20 ways to stay focused

1. Drink a glass of water every hour. It will make you feel full.

2. Pick one food for the day, like an apple. Cut it into 8 slices. Eat 2 slices at breakfast, 2 at lunch, 2 at dinner, and you’ll have 2 left for a snack. This way your body thinks it’s eating 4 times that day, but in reality you’ve only had 1 apple. The next day pick another food. Make sure it’s only 1 serving that you split up into 3 or more throughout the day.

3. Dont try to fast for days and days. First of all, fasting for long periods of time actually slows down the metabolism, second, it increases binge cravings immensely, and third, it affects your mood greatly. Instead of being happy for losing weight, youll be depressed simply because of lack of food.

4. If you live on your own or have a lot of privacy, tape/tack up pictures of your favorite models and always carry one around with you. When you’re hungry pull out the picture. If you live on your own, tape them up on the fridge, freezer, and cupboards (just remember to take them down or cover them when people come over).

5. Always wear perfectly applied sticky lip gloss or chapstick. It keeps you very aware of what goes in your mouth, and makes you think twice about eating anything, because you will have to carefully re-apply.

6. ‘Pro Plus’ are caffeine tablets which you can just buy from most shops, no need for calorie infested coffee, they are also easy to take if and when you do eat anything.

7. If you’re a smoker and you’re hungry, light up a cigarette. It curbs your appetite and you no longer feel hungry. If you’re not a smoker, however, I wouldn’t advise you to start simply to lose weight.

8. If you are really craving food, brush your teeth with a strong mint toothpaste. This helps to put you off food because of the taste it leaves behind.

9. When you are hungry, do something gross like dig for worms, clean a kitty litter box, or something. It will make you less likely to eat.

10. In between each mouthful of food that you eat, take a sip of water. It fills you up and slows down your eating so that you stay in control and the meal doesn’t turn into a flat-out binge.

11. Keep sugar-free jello on hand, it’s sugar free and calorie free, eat as much as you like.

12. When drinking water, drink ICE COLD water… your body has to burn calories to keep your body temperature up.

13. Take fiber like benifiber instead of taking laxatives because they are not an effective way of purging, and you actually gain weight by taking them. There are natural laxatives though, found in foods like prunes and grapes.

14. Try to eat in the same place every day. Somewhere solitary. Not in front of the TV or computer. If you have to stop what you’re doing to go eat you might not even bother.

15. Eat what you crave. But eat it before you crave it in moderation. For instance, instead of a whole chocolate bar, get one of the small ones and only eat 1/2 of it. Allow yourself to enjoy it. Deprivation leads to bingeing.

16. Sleep at least 6 hours a night. Less than 6 hours sleep a night stimulates appetite by 15%. A lot of people with eating disorders suffer from insomnia, but it really is important to get as much sleep as possible.. Not just for weight loss, but because it helps the body stay healthy even though it is starving.

17. Lower the temperature in your house 10 degrees to burn more calories, or take an icy cold shower/bath. Like drinking the ice water, it causes your body burns calories as it tries to warm you up.

18. Always eat teaspoon size amounts of food at any one time and chew well. You will become fuller with less food so wont want to finish what’s on your plate.

19. If you’re with your family and you’re at a buffet, spend most of the time acting like you’re picky, and walk around the buffet tables. Then just get a little something and spit it in your cup or napkin. Sneak in some exercise too while you’re walking.

20. Get a piece of ribbon and cut it to the measurement that you want your waist to become after you lose weight. Then you tie this around your wrist like a bracelet. The idea is that each time you see the ribbon you remember your goal, and hopefully it stops you from breaking your targets! And whenever you need a motivation boost, take the ribbon off and see if it fits around your waist.