A Diet Without A Diet

Seven easy ways to eat less without dieting or counting nutrients and calories. All about how to easily and effectively avoid gaining excess weight.

Seven easy ways to eat less without dieting or counting nutrients and calories. All about how to easily and effectively avoid gaining excess weight.

1. Chocolate is the worst snack

Try to eat every three hours and do not skip meals, as hunger breaks provoke you to eat much more than you need. If you still can't eat a full meal, avoid carbohydrate snacks - a piece of cheese will satisfy your hunger better.

Do not keep chocolate and other sweets at the workplace or on the dining table at home. There is a big chance that by automatically opening the package to "eat a small piece", you will not even notice how you will add an extra 500 calories to your daily intake.

2. How to eat less?

Studies by nutritionists show that satiety from food comes after 15-20 minutes, while the average meal lasts about 3-7 minutes. Remember that if you eat too quickly, you undoubtedly risk eating more than you need.

In addition, consider that a glass of warm water, drunk before a meal, is one of the easiest ways to get full faster, and, accordingly, to consume fewer calories - water will simply fill the stomach, sending a signal of satiety faster.

3. Don't be distracted by food

By eating while watching TV or reading a Facebook feed, you risk eating much more than you need. Your attention must be focused directly on food and its quantity, otherwise you risk overeating.

Also, try not to talk while eating, because during a conversation you can easily lose control over how much food you put in your mouth - as a result, you automatically absorb food without thinking about whether you are hungry or already full.

4. Should we start dinner with wine?

It is best to start eating with meat or another source of proteins and fats, as this method will allow the body to more clearly determine the limit of saturation. At the same time, remember that starting dinner with something sweet will only delay the aforementioned satiety.

The worst start to dinner is a glass of wine, because the alcohol contained in it stimulates the appetite and reduces the feeling of control over incoming food, provoking overeating.

5. Avoid "economy" packaging of products

If you want to eat sweets, or you can't resist the desire to drink Coca-Cola, do not buy large packages of these products - after starting an "economical" maxi-pack of M & M's, you will not notice how you will eat all such small and tasty candies.

This rule also applies to the general consumption of food, since the presence of a product in large quantities definitely provokes the fact that you eat more than necessary. Try to measure exactly as much food as you need to be full.

6. Do you know about flavor enhancers?

You've probably heard about monosodium glutamate taste enhancers, a substance that stimulates the taste receptors of the tongue and makes food tastier, and you probably even study the composition of products for the presence of this food drug.

But few people know that monosodium glutamate can be contained in various spice mixtures, not to mention that fast food chains and even ordinary restaurants are happy to use it to improve the taste of products, forcing you to eat more.

7. Keep a food diary

It is obvious that the ideal method of determining the calories consumed per day is their mathematical calculation. However, if for some reason you do not want to keep it, try to at least write down a list of products that you eat during the day.

Finding "random" three bars of chocolate on this list will really embarrass you, and next time you will have extra motivation to give up senseless and completely unnecessary calories. Remember that it is easier to gain fat than to burn it later.

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Most cases of overeating are associated with a lack of control both directly over the process of food consumption and over the amount of this food. The easiest way to monitor incoming calories is to consume them consciously.