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Eliminating excess kilojoules

1. Spice up your meals. You’ll eat less.

2. Bulk up your salads. Chop vegetables into bigger pieces instead of shredding or slicing. You’ll chew more and eat less.

3.Drink water before your meal to decrease your appetite.

4.Try a juice spritzer, instead of juice. Just mix half of your favourite juice with water or sparkling water and you can cut up to 400kJ a glass. Over a year this could mean 3kg.

5.Have a cup of green or jasmine tea before you walk. Caffeine liberates fatty acids from your muscles so that you can burn fat faster.

6. Spray, don’t pour, oil. You’ll use less.

7. Have chunky soup, full of large vegetable pieces. It will fill you up more than pureed soup.

8. Read labels so that you can check for serving size and fat and sugar content.

9. Get a lunchbox and take a healthy, low-fat lunch to work.

10. Measure pasta into servings to avoid cooking too much and overeating.

11. Savour your snack. Eat slowly and enjoy every bite.

12.Earn your kilojoules. Before you grab your fork or spoon and start eating, do 10 sit-ups or push-ups.

13. Satisfy your cravings in other ways like chewing sugarless gum or popping a mint.

14.Paste some friendly reminders about your eating plan on your mirror, or computer.

15. Get inspired, but don’t beat yourself up for not instantly attaining the ideal.

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