It doesn’t need to be extreme to make a difference. Little changes in your daily living can help you lose weight, and be in a better shape without much effort. So here we go!
1- Drink water whenever you’re hungry
Often, we think that we are hungry, but in fact, we are just thirsty. It’s the same message that we get. If whenever you feel like snacking, you start by a big glass of water, you‘ll be able to know whether you was hunger or not, and in turn avoid excessive calories in the latter case.
2- Get off the table instead of adding more food
Whenever there’s food on the table, we are likely to add more even if we’re almost full. A good strategy would be to get up, go do something else, and then assess if you are still hungry and want to eat. Keep in mind that your brain needs 20 minutes to register the fact that you are full. So, if you finished your meal in 10 minutes, you might add more to your plate thinking you’re still hungry, while in fact, you‘re not.
3- Washing your hands while snacking
Let’s say you’re seated in front of the TV, your mouth full of chips, and your hands full of grease. Get up, wash your hands, and come back to watch TV. You will probably not want to dirt your hands again now, and will stop snacking. This works for me!
4- Brushing your teeth after food
Now, let’s say you’ve finished your dinner, and you’re seated watching a movie. You feel like having a little dessert, or snacking on something. We all know that TV is an appetite trigger, especially with its endless food ads. Now go brush your teeth right after dinner, and watch your movie. You’ll feel fresh, and going back to the fridge will means eating, losing that clean feel, so there will be less chances to succumb to the urge to snack!
5- Shopping for less candies and chips
It’s a fact. If you open your closets, and your fridge, and find candies, chocolates, chips, desserts, you will most probably eat them. If not, you will spend 20 minutes looking for something sweet, end up eating a tiny piece of whatever you find, then go eat something healthy, since this is all what’s available. Now you may be frustrated for half an hour, but tomorrow, you’ll be happy!
6- Not postponing exercising
You’ve decided to work out 4 times per week. On Monday, you came back home tired from your first day at work, so you postponed it till Tuesday. On Tuesday, you remembered that you needed to go meet some friends. On Wednesday, you got lazy. And finally on Thursday, you get up and exercise. Then, it’s the weekend. You’re tired? So are all those who are actually exercising. It just takes the effort of starting to be able to sustain any kind of physical activity for an hour. Unless you’ve got a fever, a broken ankle, or are going to vomit, you owe it to yourself to get moving.
7- Cutting down on the alcohol
I will never say it enough. Alcohol is fat, and alcohol is calories, so drink wisely. If not for your health, then at least for your waistline! Again, go for simple drinks, not cocktails or sugary drinks. In addition, drink sparkling water or diet soda between drinks. The end result will be: less dehydration, less hangover, less fat from alcohol, and of course, more energy the next morning.
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