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1. Always eat dessert

Yes, always. "A small amount can signal that the meal is over," says Barbara Rolls, PhD, author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan. She ends her meals with a piece of quality chocolate — and she's a doctor. Other options include mini-cupcakes or fruit.

2. Blot out the fat

You can use a napkin to blot a teaspoon of fat off a pizza slice. That may not sound like a lot, but multiply it by a slice a week, and that's more than a whole cup of fat you won't eat — or wear — this year.

3. Take the beltway

When junk food beckons, tighten your belt a notch. Not so you can't breathe, but so you have a gentle reminder of the size you'd like to be. "The scale isn't the only measure of weight"

4. Go public

Enlist the help of coworkers, friends, and family — and know they're watching. "The power of embarrassment is greater than will-power"

5. Get spicy with it

Capsaicin, the substance that puts the hot in hot pepper, temporarily boosts your metabolism. Just make sure you're drinking a yogurt lassi with that searing-hot chicken vindaloo. Dairy blocks capsaicin's sweat-inducing signals better than water.

6. Milk it

Consuming 1,800 mg of calcium a day could block the absorption of about 80 calories. Jump-start your calcium intake by filling your coffee mug with fat-free or 1% milk, drinking it down to the level you want in your coffee, then pouring in your caffeine fix. That's 300 mg down, 1,500 to go.

7. Go organic

That's where you're likely to find bread and cereal with fiber counts that put the conventional choices to shame. Thought you were doing well with your 3-g-per-serving Cheerios? Nature's Path Slim blows it away with 10 g. (And it really doesn't taste like a shredded shoebox.)

8. Splurge on precut veggies at the supermarket

Sure, they cost more, but you're more likely to eat them.Make low-energy snacks as easy as possible.Keep vegetables as near to hand as you can. Make it so you have no excuse.

9. Practice fine dining

Pick a restaurant where you'll actually want to linger. "When the meals are not hurried, the presentation is beautiful and the portions are reasonable so you can regulate your attitude". That means your body — not the empty plate — will tell you when to stop.

10. Don't skip your 3 pm feeding

"Have a 150 calorie snack [now], and it can save you 400 calories later," Anding says. An ounce of nuts or two sticks of string cheese weigh in at about 170 calories.

11. Increase your a-peel

Speaking of fiber, a lot of it's in the peel, whether it's potatoes, apples, or pears. Even oranges — don't eat the whole peel, but keep the pith, that white stringy stuff; it's packed with flavonoids. More nutrients, more fiber, less labor.

12. Drink with your dominant hand

If you're circulating at a party, by keeping your glass in the hand you eat with. If you're drinking with it, you can't eat with it, can you?

13. Plate it

Whatever it is, don't eat it out of the container and don't bring the container to the couch. "Part of satiety is visual," Your brain actually has to see the food on the plate, and when you reach into the jar, or the box, or the bag, you don't see it. If it's worth eating, put it on a plate. Eat what's there, then stop.

14. Keep your hands busy

Find a way other than food to work off your nervous energy. It's behavior modification."Instead of grabbing a bag of chips, you pick up your knitting. Art works, woodworking works — anything that occupies your hands."

15. Take 10

When your mind strays from your desk to the vending machine, it could be hunger — or it could be boredom or irritation with your boss. If you're still thinking about snacking 10 minutes later, then you're probably hungry. Think of it as a chance to have one of the nine servings of fruits and vegetables you need each day.

16. Go out for ice cream

Or an eclair. Or even guacamole and chips. Just go out. Don't keep your danger foods in the house. You can't eat half of a carton of ice cream that's not there.

17. Start with salad

It's the holy grail of dieting — eat less by eating more. Research has found that eating a salad as a first course decreased total lunch calories by 12%. Avoid the croutons and creamy dressings, which have the opposite effect.

18. Just scrape by

Always order your bagel or burger with a plastic knife. Use it to scrape off the excess cream cheese and mayo. You could shave off as many as half the calories.(I will tell...mayo lebih aa bang,''extra mayo please''...hahaha.Cash)

19. Send back the bread

All it takes is a wave of the hand, a smile, and a "No, thank you."

20. Go crazy — sometimes

Deprivation won't make you thin — or happy. Designate a meal or two a week when you can eat absolutely anything you want.
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zulPutrajaya · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:25 am Post subject:

waaaaaahhh nice tips cash...

btw i love how they encorage you to eat dessert and ice cream... kinda risky isnt it LOL... but will definitly follow these tips
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CASH · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

I don't think so Zul, if you ask me its more risky not to have it......our mine is such, the more you avoid, the more you try to take it. So go with the flow....
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Brother in Law · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject:

... more like 20 ways to disaster... Confused

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Pam · Extremist Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 1020 Location: Sibu

I have one tip only.. splurge on everything except food. Go for facials, hair do, car wash, clothes, skin products, jewellery, accessories etc.. Wink

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Brother in Law · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

... but Pam none of those taste really nice and some are very hard to digest.... Rolling Eyes

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Pam · Extremist Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 1020 Location: Sibu

You better go on home now Marty.. Drive safely.. oh, on the other hand, let me hail u a cab.
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Brother in Law · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject:

... is that like Hail Ceasar Question

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CIKGU ARTHUR · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:04 am Post subject:

Big is beautiful; there's more...much more to love!!! ...I like number 14 and also number 12 though holding a drink isn't what I have in mind!!! LOL!!!
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sweetmag · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

hmmmm... 12 and 14 huh? I thought your wife was an 8? slim and slender? or was that Pam? Laughing

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Brother in Law · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject:

.. 12 and 14 are slender here... Rolling Eyes

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Pam · Extremist Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 1020 Location: Sibu

How on earth can a person eat KFC regularly and stay at size 8? Oops, i let the cat out of the bag. Darn!
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CIKGU ARTHUR · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

My wife insists on buying pork belly, saying that the meat is nicer. Then she eats all the lean...and guess who gets to eat all the fat!!! Gosh...we'll the opposite of Jack Sprat and his wife; the cat still gets the bone though. LOL!
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Brother in Law · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:42 am Post subject:

..you're lucky Arthur.. Marie calls me a pork belly... Rolling Eyes

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zulPutrajaya · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

wait what is a size 8... i wear size M or if i want to bad... size S... so what number am I?
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CIKGU ARTHUR · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:40 am Post subject:

...Last!!! Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!
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zulPutrajaya · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

LOL deyyyyy!
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sweetmag · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:

12 and 14 are slender there? UK here I come! hahaha Laughing

Over here it took them so long to realise that people who are bigger than the normal S, M & L need clothes too! Only now they have clothes for the plus sizes and here if your 12 or 14, you're a plus honey... clothes are of different labels! Confused

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Brother in Law · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject:

... Mag that just means the women over here are bigger, a whoile lot bigger... sometimes you have to walk on the other side of the road to get by Twisted Evil

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sweetmag · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:

hahaha

ya I know... that's why I said its hard to get clothes here. cuz over here they expect you to be small cuz we're asians! Razz

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