Wacky Weight Loss Tips part 2

The next two wacky weight loss tips are a little bit difficult, Tip # 2 was to eat in front of a mirror. Seeing as I eat out often, I'm gonna be honest and tell you that bringing a mirror to a restaurant is out of the question. 

2. Take a look in the mirror.

While you eat, sit in front of a mirror. One studyfound that when people watch themselves eat, consumption of high-calorie food (such as full-fat cream cheese) drops by nearly a third, possibly because seeing themselves eat reminds them of their diet and health goals.


Tip # 3 was to immerse yourself in blue, use blue plates, blue napkins. 

3. Immerse yourself in blue.

Use blue plates, blue napkins, a blue tablecloth, even paint your dining room walls blue or use blue lights. According to a 2006 study by Dr. Val Jones, gala attendees ate 33 percent less in a room bathed in blue light.
That’s probably because we associate blue with toxic or moldy food, so we eat less. Yellow and red had the opposite effect, which is why fast-food restaurants favor those appetite-stimulating colors.

I do have blue rimmed plates at home, so for the next five days when eating at home, I will use the blue rimmed plates, If I can find a hand mirror I will try that at home as well, but what I will focus on this Monday-Friday is tip #4.....

4. Use your sense—smell, that is.

Sniffinga banana, apple or peppermint helps the weight come off. Just ask the 3,000 people who tried this during a study at the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.
The more often they sniffed those aromas, the more weight they lost, with an average drop of nearly 30 pounds during the 6-month study among those who inhaled the scents the most frequently. Some participants shed up to 18 pounds in a month. Apparently, by frequent smelling we trick the brain into thinking we actually ate the food.

I have a box of mints...I will carry it with me all week and report back.