​I love to eat! But unfortunately, I’m trying to drop a few pounds so I’m trying to be more restrictive with what I eat. I’m cutting my calories and trying to pick healthier choices. To be honest, I am always hungry! Always! I crave everything throughout the day and it’s hard to give into those cravings and continue to eat when you’re trying to lose weight. I think the biggest challenge for me with losing weight is definitely my diet. I can work out every day if I really want to, but being better with my diet has been quite harder recently. I’m sure we all at some point craved food we know is not good for us (excessive pasta, french fries, cookies & ice cream for me)

• NUMBER 1 TRICK!!! – Water! Drink until you can’t drink any longer, then when you feel like you have to go to the bathroom every second, drink some more J We all know how important it is to drink water and stay hydrated, but I use it to trick myself into being full. The more water I drink the more full I feel and the less I want to stuff myself with food. I am trying to drink at least a gallon a day these days. Con – you will be going to the bathroom a lot!

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• Veggies – load up on veggies. Along with drinking tons of water, load up on veggies. Low calorie veggies. Anything you can eat a lot of without tons of calories to fill you up. Trying drinking a bottle of water and a bowl of veggies and see how much you are still willing to eat after the fact. Some may rather enjoy fruits and that is also an option (just be cautious of the sugar). Some favorites of mine include: spinach, asparagus, broccoli, lettuce (or just a big salad).

• Gum – sugar free gum that is. This does not help with keeping you full, but could help with your cravings when you’re longing for something sweet and just to have something to chew on until your next meal.