20 easy ways to loose weight before marriage

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# Include two fruits or vegetables in every meal or snack. You'll feel fuller and cut back on calories from other foods. # Eat breakfast. You'll be less likely to overeat later in the day. # Snack every 4 hours (try oranges, apples, pretzels, string cheese). # Eat at regular intervals. # Know your portions: 1/2 cup of rice is the size of your fist, an ounce of cheese is a large marble; a 3-ounce serving of meat is a deck of cards. Divide your plate: 3/4 with vegetables, grains, beans and fruit; 1/4 with extra-lean meat or low-fat dairy products. # Make room for cravings. Have a cookie now and then; just drop something else that day. # Drink water -- a glass every one to two hours will keep you full. # Eat slowly. # Cut 100 calories a day (replace that candy bar with an orange and banana) and lose a pound a month. # Buy pre-cut fruit and veggies: You'll be more likely to munch on them for a snack or make a salad for dinner. # Go for the less processed food (potato versus chips, whole-wheat bread over doughnuts.) # Don't eat on automatic pilot (i.e. tasting while cooking, noshing from the serving bowl.) # Limit alcohol to special occasions. Not only is it highly caloric; it also stimulates appetite and obliterates willpower. # Brush your teeth after eating. # Eat beans: add a handful to salads and soups to curb hunger pangs longer. # Sweeten with spice. Add spices like cinnamon and vanilla to desserts versus sugar. # Try a new food each day. The flavor will save you from dietary boredom (add mangos to a chicken dish, jalapeno relish to your sandwich, winter pears to salad.) # Go spicy. Get a hot flavor boost with chilies, salsa and curry instead of by overeating. Don't even open the menu. # Resist temptation by just ordering the steamed veggies or something else low-fat like a grilled chicken salad or a soup and salad combo. # Try an herbal supplement to help curb your appetite and give you more energy.