Some useful tips to lose weight

    In nature, animals eat when they are hungry and stop eating when they are no longer hungry. Human beings often eat out of habit, routine, boredom, or because they have been conditioned to believe that it is possible to eat for pleasure. There are several positive steps you can take to address these harmful trends.

   Always remember that eating yourself is only the way to provide your body with the nutrients and energy it needs to lead a healthy, healthy life for a long time. Remember that our Creator designed eating, or satisfying our hunger, as a very pleasant occupation, which we enjoy every day, all of our life, and that this pleasure should be physical as well as psychological.

   Also remember that you will not enjoy any meal, either concretely or mentally, if you are not hungry. You need to have an appetite to get the most enjoyment from a meal. Organize your eating routine so that you are sure to be hungry at mealtimes, and don't spoil that precious appetite by snacking throughout the day.

   Also remember that junk food will never satisfy your hunger. And that the best and easiest way to stop eating junk food is to stop buying it.

   Even today, we tend to overfill the plates of our family and our guests. We had a group of friends whose custom was to offer a profusion of incredible desserts, and we could hardly refuse to touch them, for fear of offending them. Those whose turn it was to host felt compelled to match, if not surpass, the performance of the previous couple.

   Paradoxically, during these dinners, the conversation mainly revolved around weight issues. There is no doubt that in times of restriction such abundance would have been formidable. But times have changed. For most people in Western society, the problem is rather overconsumption.

   It was thought clever to pour twice as much alcohol into people's glasses as they wanted. Fortunately, campaigns such as “Drink or drive, you have to choose” have sensitized the most receptive fringe of the population, and this practice is on the decline. It's just as stupid to make a point of stuffing people with food, even if they don't have a weight problem.

   Remember that your family and friends want a healthy and enjoyable life as much as you do.

   They will appreciate you all the more the more you help them. If you notice any kind of practices among your loved ones, settle it with them: change the situation, make them understand that the ideal host is not the one who offers a profusion of expensive junk food, but the one who offers a pleasant meal, nourishing and profitable.

   If you find yourself with a plate that's too full, whether you've filled it yourself or not, don't feel pressured to gobble it all up just because it's there, or out of courtesy to your host.

   Personally, I find it frustrating not being able to clean my plate, but I have gotten into the habit of asking myself during the meal: "Do you really always enjoy this? If the answer is no, I stop eating. Remember that the less you eat in one meal, the more you will enjoy the next. Avoid the peanut trap. That maddening habit of friends and restaurant owners of sticking a bowl of peanuts, crisps and other appetizers right in your face the minute you get home. It is mental cruelty. They are only subjecting you to temptation.

If you can avoid ytouching, you'll be fine, but eat just one crisps or peanut, and before you've had a chance to say phew, you've cleaned the bowl completely. You'll lose your appetite, and you'll wonder why the meal won't seem as enjoyable and delicious as it should have been. I don't need to show any willpower to resist the temptation to swallow that first peanut or that first crisps. It is enough for me to know that if I had taken it, I could not have stopped myself from emptying the bowl, and you cannot imagine the pleasure it gives me. Pleasure moreover increased by the spectacle of the poor wretches who cram this filth into the dumpster. Friends and restaurant owners should know that it is cruelty to subject your guests and customers to such a temptation.

   Beware of all tampered with food. If you don't particularly like the taste of a food, ask yourself what it really is, basically: if it's a sweet, choppy dessert, or meat drowned in a complicated sauce, ask yourself whether it's the flavor of the food you really like or the flavor of refined sugar. If it's the sugar, you've been fooled. I know a lot of people who you wouldn't swallow half a glass of cream or half a glass of a good whiskey, but mix the two and they'll empty half the bottle of a certain famous liquor.

   Don't be a slave to the conditioning of your taste buds. Remember that foods with high water content taste the best, and try to follow the rules of timing and combination.

   Before concluding, I promised to broach a subject that does not really relate to the problems weight. It's a separate topic, but I'm dealing with it because I believe it's essential for a healthy, happy and enjoyable life as well: PHYSICAL EXERCISE.