How to Have an Effective Weight Loss and Lose Weight Fast? - Eat Slowly

By eating slowly, you will have full control your food intake. It takes 20 minutes from the time you begin eating o the time your brain receives the message from your stomach that food has been consumed. During those 20 minutes, if you eat quickly, it is possible to devour an abundance of food ?much much more than you ever need. If you have always eaten rapidly, it will take a conscious effort to eat slowly. Here are some tips to get you started

1) Have a (non-alcoholic) drink before starting on the food; this will slow you down, and at the same time will fill you with fluid. Water ?plain or sparkling ?is ideal, but tea or even a cappuccino does the trick in the colder months. Take pleasure in the drink while everybody is busy with the bread basket. It will take the edge of your hunger, so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

2) Start with a course that takes time to eat. A salad containing lettuce, rocket, cucumber, capsicum, onion and carrot needs a lot of chewing. Hot soup is a good option because you cannot consume it quickly; try a chew variety such as bean or chunky vegetable. When you have finished, you will be satisfied and able to take your time with the next course ?or maybe not even bother with it all.

3) Cut a small piece of food, put it in your mouth and then put the knife and fork down. Chew it well. Do not pick your knife and fork up until you swallowed the mouthful. Now cut another small piece, and go through the process again.

4) Focus on your food and make a conscious effort to register the taste of everything you put in your mouth

5) You cannot eat and talk at the same time, so involve yourself in the conversation at the dinner table. Chatting with friends and family over a meal transforms it from a fuel stop to a pleasant social occasion. Aim to be the last to finish, not the first

6) Take five. Simply slowing down ?just by taking a 5-minute pause between course ?offers your body a chance to say 慔ey, enough!?/p>

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