PHO TO GR APH(FA R R IGH T): PHO TO A LTO /GETTYIM AGES

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Hit cravings

head-on

B race y o u rself fo r th e big ones: “W h e n a food

is fo rb id d en , you give it m o re pow er,” say s Jo a n

Salge-B lake, MS, RD, LDN, C linical A ssociate P ro fe sso r

a t B o sto n U niversity, US. “If y o u ’re crav in g so m eth in g ,

go fo r q u ality n o t quantity.” F or exam ple, w h e n craving

ch o co late, a ch eap , m ega-size ch o co late b a r w o n ’t give

y o u th e sa m e sa tisfac tio n a s a sm all p iece o f so m e

really good chocolate.

O ne caution: fo r so m e people, ce rta in fo o d s are all o r

n o th in g , m ean in g o n ce y o u g et a b ite, y o u can ’t sto p

(if yo u are n o d d in g in ag reem en t, se e tip 9).

Display your

fat photographs

A n u n fla tte rin g sn a p m ay h av e m o tiv ate d you

to s ta rt y o u r diet; th a t’s w h y th is (ad m itted ly d au n tin g )

tric k w orks. P lace th o se n o t-so -fla tte rin g p h o to g ra p h s

w h e re v e r y o u w o u ld b e te m p te d to o v ere at—y o u r

sn a ck draw er, refrig erato r, o r cookie jar. If y o u d o n ’t

h av e an y re c e n t p h o to g ra p h s, ask a frien d o r fam ily

m e m b e r to sn a p o n e o f y o u w ea rin g form -fitting

clo th es. T h e payoff: o n ce y o u lo se th e w eig h t, y o u ca n

m ake th is y o u r ‘b e fo re ’ p h o to g ra p h to sh o w o th e rs

h o w fa r y o u ’v e com e.

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H N H K B

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Wear skinny clothes

S kinny je a n s finally h av e a pu rp o se! “ E very Friday, I

h av e m y clien ts p u t o n a tig h t p a ir of p a n ts th e y

h av e sittin g in th e ir closet,” Salge-B lake says. “P eo p le are

u su ally a t th e ir lo w est w eig h t o n Friday, so th e p a n ts te n d to

b e a little looser, w h ich m o tiv ate s th e m going in to th e

w ee k en d w h e n th e y ’re m o s t te m p te d to overeat.” A s th e

p a n ts g e t looser, Salge-B lake h a s th e m fin d a n o th e r p air

an d c o n tin u e u n til th e y rea ch th e ir goal.

J u s t w ea rin g fo rm -fittin g clo th in g ca n h elp y o u stick to

y o u r diet. S ay yo u ’re d ecid in g w h e th e r y o u sh o u ld have a

few cookies. Im agine m aking th e d ecisio n w ea rin g sk in n y

je a n s an d a fo rm -fittin g s h irt v e rsu s baggy sw ea t p a n ts

an d a n o v ersized tee. F orm -fitting clo th es also quickly

let y o u k n o w w h en y o u ’v e g ain ed a n e x tra kilo o r tw o.