Simple Ways to Eat Less

16 Simple Ways To Eat Less

How to get a grip on auto-pilot noshing and be more mindful when you eat

By Sari N. Harrar

·         Curb Distracted Eating for Good

·         1. Plate your main course in the kitchen

·         2. Don't jump up to clear the dishes

·         3. Use smaller plates and tall, skinny glasses

·         4. Save wine for dessert

·         5. Stop, look, and listen while you eat

·         6. Divide the food on your plate

·         7. Chew gum while baking

·         8. Keep baby carrots nearby while cooking

·         9. Serve your kids smaller portions

·         10. Teach the kids to clear their own plates

·         11. Don't miss meals

·         12. De-stress by taking care of yourself

·         13. Close the kitchen two hours before bedtime

·         14. Keep snacks out of sight

·         15. Brush your teeth after dinner

·         16. Make TV a food-free activity

·         More weight loss tips

Curb Distracted Eating for Good

Find out if these mindless munching habits are making you fat

You're eating healthy foods—but still weigh more than you'd like. If that's you, consider this tidbit of edible math: When Cornell University researchers asked volunteers to estimate the number of eating decisions they make everyday, most said 15. In fact, they really made about 221 decisions about what to eat—as well as how, when, where and with whom they'd eat.

"So many food decisions are made on mindless autopilot," says researcher and food psychologist Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindless Eating—Why We Eat More Than We Think."It's really easier than we think to let small things around us—plate size, package size, people around us, distractions—influence these 200-plus decisions, because we are not aware of them in the first place."

From taste-testing globs of cookie dough to taking second helpings of mac 'n' cheese to settling in for this week's episode of The Voice with a bag of chips, auto-pilot noshing can pad your diet with hundreds of undocumented calories every day. Getting a grip on "amnesia eating" could close hidden diet loopholes so that you can reach your healthy-weight goals—and cut unwanted fat and sugar out. Here, strategies to help you identify situations where you consume excess calories and how to set yourself up for success.

Eat 400-calorie meals to lose weight without feeling hungry.

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