4 Tricks to Lose Weight and Change Your Eating Habits

The difference between those who manage to get rid of a few pounds and those who do not succeed, is, most of the time, making some small changes in your everyday life… and making them a habit. In this article, you will discover four of such tricks.

1. Semi-fasting

Many investigations show that a good habit to encourage weight loss in the abdominal area, is to dine early and delay breakfast. If there is no contraindication, it will help you to lengthen the hours without eating (most of which are when you are sleeping). Dine early and lightly and try to spend at least 12 hours fasting.

2. Have your own journal of sins

If you are aware of those "sins" that you commit from time to time, your mind, instinctively, will try not to abuse them. Write down in a notebook what tempted you (more bread than usual, a croissant, too many cookies, an extra-caloric bun…) and how you felt in the two hours before eating it (sad, tired, very irritated…).

3. A reminder ribbon

This trick was used by women decades ago: they tied a colored ribbon to their waist (under their dress) to remember not to overeat. You can tie it to your wrist (or use a bracelet but always for that purpose, do not use it on other occasions). Every time you see it, you will know that you should eat just enough to satisfy yourself, no more.

4. Combine spicy and sweet

To avoid falling into the temptation of eating something that does not suit you (bread, pastries or cookies), a trick that is very good is to combine spicy foods (spicy curry, pepper, chili…) with others that provide a sweet touch (corn or pumpkin). Thus, when you have a difficult day, you will silence the desire to take those foods that do not suit you if you want to lose weight.

"Practice makes perfect", our elders repeated to us when we were children. And they were not wrong. In the vast majority of cases, obesity is not inherited but is the result of repeating habits that experts call obesogenic, that is, capable of promoting obesity.

If you want to lose weight, there are some premises that you should not forget:

• Do not pretend to make big changes. Habits-especially at the time of eating-provide us with security. Therefore, when we try to modify them overnight we fail.
• The solution is to go repeating attitudes until they become one more habit.

To make it clear, here is a very common example:

• If you add oil to your salad it is very possible that you add the equivalent of 3 or 4 tablespoons, which would be increasing by more than 300 kcal that -slight-dish.
• But if you get used to adding that seasoning with a spray you can reach all corners with the equivalent of a single spoonful (90 kcal).

Remember that "if you want different results you should do things differently"? Apply it, use these simple tricks that we propose… and you will see how you feel the results.