Getting Fit

Psychological tricks to fool your mind to think less is more

This is an article I wrote and published on www.plussizetall.com

Losing weight and eating more healthily is an annual favourite New Year’s pledge; here Professor Wiseman, Psychologist from the University of Hertfordshire, provides five psychological tricks to fool your mind into believing that less is more.



Psychological Trick 1. Using the theory out of site, out of mind, place all unhealthy food you are trying to avoid out of site by putting it in opaque containers and on a high shelf. Alternatively remove from the house all together.

Psychological Trick 2. If you are trying to cut down on alcohol drink the alcohol from narrow glasses. People measure the amount they are drinking by depth. By pouring a drink into a narrow glass you think you are drinking more than if the same drink was in a wider glass.

Psychological Trick 3. Make small changes to your routine to help you burn calories without even realizing it. Take stairs for example rather than the lift. Get off the bus a stop earlier and walk the rest of the way.

Psychological Trick 4. Serve food on smaller plates! Researchers in America have shown that a portion of food on a small plate looks more than the same size portion on a big plate.

Psychological Trick 5. Keep a food diary. A food diary honestly kept will show you what food you consume during the day.

Source: BBC, Psychological tricks to keep you on your New Year diet

Good tips for the Dukan Diet too!