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Are there any easy ways to lose weight?  It’s common knowledge that diet, cutting down on food intake, and exercise, increasing calories burned, combine into a formula for losing weight.  But sticking to the diet is the hard part.  It won’t be easy, but with a little work it sure is possible.  Here are some tricks to make it easier.

Carry a notebook to jot down everything that passes your lips.  Keeping notes will help you eat less.  Studies show that people eat 15% less when they track everything they eat.  15% is a lot.

The average American consumes an additional 245 calories per day just from drinks.  Switch from juice, soda, and other calorie drinks to water calorie water}.  245 calories a day add up to 90,000 calories in the course of a year.  That’s 25 lbs.  Are soda and juice really that good?  Another fact is that despite their calories, drinks like soda and juice don’t trigger a feeling of fullness the way foods do.

Eat five or six smaller meals a day instead of three large meals a day.  Studies show that eating in smaller portions more often results in eating 30% fewer calories.  Furthermore, even the same number of calories eaten in smaller portions during more frequent meals can result in weight loss.  You’re less likely to binge because the body releases less insulin.

Make sure your wardrobe only includes the skinny clothes.  If you don’t have clothing that’s comfortable when you’re fat, you’re more likely to be reminded to keep slim every time you dress.  And you’re less likely to gain weight if doing so means having to buy a whole new wardrobe|And if you have to purchase a whole new wardrobe you’re less likely to gain weight}.

Use smaller plates.  available, and they eat less when less food is available|It’s proven that people eat what’s in front of them}.  Use the salad plates instead of dinner plates.

Try serving meals on the plate, restaurant style, rather than in bowls and on trays.  Again, people tend to eat what’s in front of them.

Avoid white foods such as white bread, sugar, and white rice.  Those are the foods with loads of carbohydrates which lead to higher blood sugar and weight gain.  Stick to whole grain breads and dark rice.  Don’t worry about the sugar, pretty soon you won’t miss it.

Weight loss isn’t easy, but relatively speaking there are easy ways to lose weight.  effortless.  If weight loss were easy, everyone would be a supermodel|Don’t think it won’t take a little work.  If weight loss were effortless everyone would be slim all the time}.