Earlier this year, we shared the 25 best diet tips of all time. I stumbled across an article recently detailing weird weight loss tricks that work from Allure.
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| I found this t-shirt online and couldn't help but smile. |
There are some of the usual suspects like eat off small plates (a proven weight loss winner) and give up the guilt. The latter is a diet gamechanger. Turns out the stress induced by the guilt of overeating can cause you to eat more. Just enjoy an indulgent meal and move on. That has saved me in more ways than one.
Some of the other suggestions are fascinating and smart:
Some of the other suggestions are fascinating and smart:
- When eating out, sit at the end of a table away from the center where the bread and chips are normally placed. Easy, simple and genius.
- Sleeping in a chilly bedroom can help rev up your metabolism. It forces your body to heat itself up and, in turn, you will burn calories keeping yourself warm.
- Researchers have found that drinking one to two glasses of wine a day helps keep your weight down. Why? Well researchers can't exactly explain but they have found that women tend to eat fewer calories when drinking wine and burn more calories after drinking than men do. The key? It's moderate wine consumption.
- Check your allergy meds, these can be a sneaky cause of unexplained weight gain because H1-type antihistamines like Claritin or Allegra block the histamine's in the immune which play a role in appetite and metabolizing fat.
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I would add perhaps my most effective one: put your fork down between bites. It forces you to eat slower which allows your brain to signal your stomach you're full. It works. Promise.
Love that shirt! And the tip to sit far away from the bread/chips is great.
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