 - Try to eat smaller but more frequent meals. The point is your body can more efficiently process smaller meals. Replace 3 large meals in a day by 5 or 6 smaller meals.
- You have to drink more water. The fact is that the regular water intake helps to drive out waste products from the body. Get at least six to eight glasses a day. A simple way to do this is to keep a water bottle handy and drink from it frequently.
 - Order small portions at restaurants. It is rather difficult to order small French fries when “super sizing” your order is such a great “value”. Pay attention to your real savings, moreover they will occur in the calories that don't end up on your backside.
- Be inefficient when you need to go to the kitchen to get a couple of things. Break this up into two trips even if you can do it in one. Keeping such behavior will easily double your activity level, burning calories without even trying.
- Consume more fiber. It has been proved that fiber is very filling. Fiber rich food helps people to find themselves full sooner.
- Consume more protein. The sources of protein are eggs, dairy, chicken, fish, beans, lean red meats, etc. Your body burns more calories processing protein than either fats or carbohydrates. Protein also helps to maintain your muscle tissue, which burns calories during the day.
- Don't let yourself get hungry. It has been proved that people who get hungry will have a much greater tendency to overeat when they do finally get something to eat. As well, because their bodies are starting to go into starvation mode, and it will hold onto whatever they give it.
- Use stairs instead of the elevator. Don’t miss any opportunity when you can add in a little more physical activity. This doesn't mean you need to go upstairs or downstairs 20 times a day. Even one or two such regularly trips will add up.
- Make 20-minutes break between servings. This time is enough for your brain to register that you are full. By waiting that long, you'll give your brain a chance to realize that you don't really need any more food.
- Betray your diet. But betray only when you have planned to betray. By planning when you are going to eat the foods you want, you turn down control of your eating habits.
In this way you no longer “give in” to your desires. You "reward yourself" for following proper nutritional habits. Do this one or two times per week and you will feel far more in control and have better healthy eating patterns.
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