Top 50 ways to lose weight or burn fat

41. Tackle Food Cravings Head On

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Many thousands of people worldwide have benefited from applying the easy to learn system of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to obtain long lasting relief from many concerns – and now food cravings!

Often likened to ‘psychological acupuncture’, the technique stimulates pressure points on the body without needles while the person concentrates on particular thoughts. "Psychological acupuncture can help override our emotional and physiological responses to different stimuli, including food," Psychologist Dr Stapleton has said.

Pioneering the world´s first clinical trial of EFT for food cravings, Dr Stapleton and Ms Sheldon found that 6 months after an 8 hour treatment program ended, participants´ cravings for the food they targeted remained significantly low and furthermore the power of food had decreased and their restraint increased. These benefits were maintained at 12 months with an added improvement in BMI (Body Mass Index). It was concluded that his technique may be beneficial for people whose food cravings contribute to their weight problems.

Beat Food Cravings

42 . Set goals and rewards

If reduce weight by x I'll have sex again :) Create food trade-offs or food policies. One 30 minute walk = one desert. No walkies means no desert. If you are going to have a treat, work out how much exercise you need to do to burn it off and only have that treat if you are willing to do the exercise. No snacks at your desk - eat them in the kitchen. Treat yourself with none food rewards. One week without chocolate and I'll treat myself to a massage.

43. Jogging

Jog as little or as much as you want. If you can, avoid jogging on hard services and make sure you have decent jogging shoes

44. Take breaks whilst eating

Don't worry if your food get cold - you'll eat even less. The goal should be to eat for twenty minutes. Your fork is not a shovel. Slow down and chew chew chew. Take the time to enjoy your food.

45. Avoid temptation

Another ways of putting it is to avoid the cues to eat. Bakeries, takeaways shop, don't walk through the kitchen and turn off the TV to avoid food adverts. Think about what often gets you thinking food then avoid it as much as possible.

46. Make eating seconds inconvenient

Serving dishes belong in the kitchen not on the table. Anywhere really away from you.

47. You had butter stop not eating margarine

Switch to margarine but make sure they have no trans fats in them.

48. Our brains focus on height rather than width

This is known as the horizontal- vertical illusion. So if you must eat ice-cream, eat it out of a tall glass.

49. Have more sex

No reason why losing weight can't be fun. "Take me upstairs before I eat this chocolate" and romance is alive and well.

50. Walk to the shops

You'll buy less to if you have to drag it back home