3 mistakes we make when losing weight

Three only? I think, you know. When it comes to losing weight, I make it three million. At least. I forget to stop at the supermarket and that ends with my nose in the plastic containers of our local takeout. I consume more when the weather is nice and a glass of white quickly adds some extra calories, and I'm not even talking about what I order as snacks on the side. And when someone parades by with a red velvet, then I want, must, and will take a bite. Even though I don't like sweet, quite strange actually. But these are three mistakes that you easily make and it's a piece of cake to correct them., because it's all in your head.

1. Leave your dishes in the cupboard

Eating a sandwich from a bag, those plastic containers from takeout, or nibbling on sandwiches from a lunchbox (do those things still exist?): stop doing that. Science shows that your brain only really registers that you're eating when you set the table. With a nice set of dishes if possible. I recommend that last part. When you eat with knife and fork, you're less likely to snack in between.

2. Standing up

You need to sit to lose weight. Yes, I didn't see that one coming either. The Brits showed that people who stand during a meal are quicker to reach for the candy jar than those who plant their behinds on a chair. I can sit, you can too. Let's sit together to lose weight, I think it's a keeper.

3. Ban the snack

Everything you eat, take seriously, make it bigger than it is, and label it as a meal. If you don't do this, your brain thinks you're not eating, which causes rumbling in your stomach. So you do eat that snack, but you call it something else so the signal ‘full’ stays on longer.

There. It's a piece of cake. You can do it, I can do it. Enjoy your meal, but do put those plates on the table, sit down on those behinds, and also give your apple the credit it deserves.

P.S.: Once you have these three down, you could try ten more things to lose weight.
P.P.S.: These are snacks, uuuuh meals that drip with sugar.

Source: Psychologie Magazine