Take cost of the foods environment
Set yourself up for success by managing the foods environment: when you eat, how much you eat, and what foods you are making easily available. Cook your own foods. Cooking foods in your house allows you to control both section size and what goes in to the foods. Restaurant and packed foods generally contain a lot more sugar, unhealthy fat, and calorie consumption than foods cooked at home—plus the serving sizes tend to be bigger. Serve yourself modest amounts. Use little dishes, bins, and cups for making take in appear bigger. Don’t eat out of large bins or directly from foods bins, which makes it difficult to assess how much you’ve consumed. Eat early, weigh less. Studies suggest that consuming more of your daily calorie consumption at morning meal and fewer at supper can help you drop more pounds. Consuming a bigger, healthy morning meal can boost your metabolic rate, stop you feeling starving during the day, and give you a longer period to burn off the calorie consumption. Fas...