1. Don't gorge yourself when eating. Get up from a meal feeling that you could eat a little more. A lot of people tend to eat to much for several reasons. The food is good, people encouraging you to have a little more or encouraging you to try something that you didn't have on your plate.
2. Never eat merely from a sense of duty or to please someone else. For instance.. someone encouraging you to eat because they made something just for you. Another example.. being out with friends that want to get something to eat, but don't, because you said you didn't want anything. This tends to make you feel that you have to eat with them, whether you want to or not.
3. Don't 'bolt' your food down. Eat slowly and thoroughly chew all you eat. If you eat too quickly then by the time your body tells you it's full, you've already eaten to much.
4. Drink water throughout the day. Most people already know this one, but fail to follow through with it. Drinking water can help you to feel like you're full, so you won't eat as much. Plus it has many other benefits you get from it besides just helping you to feel full.
5. Exercise. Diets don't usually work too well unless you're also engaging in some form of exercise. There are many different ways of getting some exercise. Working out at home, joining a gym, doing activities that you enjoy.. such as dancing, working around the yard, cycling. Find something you can enjoy doing and you will be more likely to stick with it.
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