Apparently, if a woman or a man sits opposite a male to eat they will eat less.
Women eating in groups with only women will buy and eat more food than they do if men are present.
The same works in reverse for men, however. The study carried out at Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, found that men tended to buy and eat more in presence of women than they did when they ate only with other men.
So women take note, sitting down with your partner to dinner could make you thinner – but don’t surprised if he piles on the pounds.
If you can’t persuade your partner to eat with you then eat with yourself.
Eat in front of a mirror, as seeing your reflection appears to cut down on how much munching you do by a third, according to a study.
A study titled “The mirror, as a self-awareness enhancing tool, which can modify food consumption behaviours” found that eating inform a mirror dramatically reduces how much you eat.
It seems having to look at yourself helps to remind you of your fitness goals, helping you resist delving in for seconds.
A woman has revealed how she shed an impressive five stone after following a new weight loss diet ahead of her wedding.
Danielle French, 28, said she could “barely fit into any of her clothes” after ballooning to 1st 4lb.
The mortgage advisor from Barnsley, who was a size 18 before, feared that she would be a “big bride” and would end up hating her wedding snaps.
She explained: “After getting engaged I continued to put on lots of weight until March 2015 when I got to my biggest and could barely fit in any of my clothes.
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