You Can Think Yourself Thin
It may sound silly, but there’s science behind the idea. People in a study who thought about their last meal before snacking munched less. So before your next nibble, picture your lunch plate.
Mind over Matter
It made no difference how tempting the treat. When people were asked to remember what they had for lunch that day prior to eating a popcorn snack, they ate less of the munchy stuff — regardless of whether it was seasoned or served plain. All of which suggests that appetite may be linked to food memory cues.
Daily Strength for the Dieter
Give yourself some superhuman willpower with these tricks for resisting dietary temptations:
Scrap the three squares . . . and eat smaller, more frequent meals:
The Six-Meal Diversity Deal
Are you still stuck in the three-meals-a-day mind-set? Many people get hung up on the misconception that eating anything beyond their allotted three meals per day constitutes a failure of dietary willpower.
Although it’s true that eating empty-calorie snack foods between meals is no recipe for health, limiting yourself to the traditional breakfast, lunch, and dinner feeding format may not be doing you any favors either.
Forget between-meal snacking. Forget three squares a day. Your new recipe for healthy eating: six is better than three.
It sounds like a contradiction, but with a focus on diversity and proper portion size, eating six mini meals per day instead of three larger meals can help you feel fuller, eat a more varied diet, and be healthier overall.
Nosh on whole-grain bread with olive oil before a meal.
Take a nap.
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