How to lose weight with imaginary eating

Losing weight can be as easy as daydreaming, according to research published in "Science" magazine. Imagining that you're eating food helps you to actually eat less of it. This is a great tool to help you resist the food temptations that could interfere with your diet. This technique alone won't lose the weight for you, but it will help you to stick to your diet better.

Things You'll Need

• Imagination

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Instructions

• 1

  One of the most important steps in weight loss is figuring out what your trouble foods are--finding your trigger foods, so to speak. This could be the twinkies you just can't resist, the pasta with alfredo sauce, or the comfort food your mom always made for you when you were feeling down. It could also be the chocolate cake staring you down at the Christmas party.

• 2

  Daydream about that food. Make it as vivid and real a daydream as possible. If it's a food you crave often, then re-create this daydream every time you're craving it, or as often as possible.

• 3

  Repeat the food daydreaming often. Daydreaming about eating a food helps you to resist eating it, making you actually crave it less. The more you imagine eating the food, the less you actually want to eat the food in real life. Also the more you imagine eating that particular food the less you will eat if you do decide to have some.