A study found that online weight-loss buddies help you keep the weight off. The researchers followed volunteers for 18 months. Those assigned to an Internet-based weight maintenance program sustained their weight loss better than those who met face-to-face in a support group. Ok tis study is done in the states, not sure how it'll relate to our local "culture"... well no harm trying right?...lol...
2. Walk for 45 minutes a day.
A Duke University study found that while 30
minutes of daily walking is enough to prevent weight gain in most relatively
sedentary people, exercise beyond 30 minutes results in weight and fat
loss. Burning an additional 300 calories a day with three miles of brisk
walking (45 minutes should do it) could help you lose 30 pounds in a year
without even changing how much you’re eating. That's not bad right?
3. You need more blue in your life!!!
How often do you see fast-food restaurants
decorated in blue? Hmmm... probably NONE!!!!! : Believe it or not, the color
blue functions as an appetite suppressant. So serve up dinner on blue plates,
dress in blue while you eat, and cover your table with a blue tablecloth.
Conversely, avoid red, yellow, and orange in
your dining areas. Studies find they encourage eating. Think MacDonalds &
KFC !!!!!
4. Use smaller dinner plates.
Studies find that the less food put in front
of you, the less food you’ll eat. Conversely, the more food in front of you,
the more you’ll eat — regardless of how hungry you are.
The same goes for liquids. Use smaller
glasses!!!!
5. Mirror at the Dining area.
One study found that eating in front of
mirrors slashed the amount people ate by nearly one-third. Seems having to look
yourself in the eye reflects back some of your own inner standards and goals,
and reminds you of why you’re trying to lose weight in the first place.
6. Wash, scrub anything once a week
A floor, a couple of windows, the kitchen
, or your car. A 80kg person who does that will burn about four calories for
every minute spent cleaning. Scrub for 30 minutes and you could work off
approximately 120 calories. And your environment will sparkle.!!!!
7. Brush after every meal.
That clean, minty freshness will serve as a
cue to your body and brain that mealtime is over
I've been reading alot of this blue thingie!!!! Is it really effective. Got to change all my plates & bowls to blue then....lol.....
ReplyDeleteI like your no. 6 & 7
Blue thingie is true.
DeleteNotice many of those Japanese bowls & plates usually uses blue, this dont affect Japanese?
DeleteMaybe It dont affect them so much because most of the Japanese food are so colorful & beautiful to begin with. Perhaps that cancel out the blue effects????
DeleteI vote for the walk 45 mins a day. My mum did it & lose weight! When she found out she was diabetic we all got a shock, she's pump & start walking every night.
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