A few weeks ago, there was a weight loss hack that involved tricking yourself into thinking you ate more . . . by cutting your food into pieces and scattering them across your plate. Now, there’s an even easier option:
Researchers from the University of Cambridge say that you can cut down on snacking by simply PRETENDING that your most recent meal was bigger and more satisfying than it actually was. (???)
So basically, you’re preparing to devour a sleeve of Thin Mints . . . but then you imagine that your last meal was this big, filling buffet, and suddenly you don’t want all those cookies anymore.
They conducted a series of experiments, where everyone ate the same meal of rice and sauce . . . then participated in varying exercises, including visualizing the meal . . . and then were offered any amount of cookies as a snack.
The group of people who were told to imagine the meal they ate was TWICE the size it was ate the fewest cookies on average. (I’ve said it before, but tricking yourself only works as long as YOU buy into it.)