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Over eating is your biggest enemy when you are trying to lose weight or even maintain a healthy body weight.

Many people cannot control their appetite which is one of the biggest problem when it comes to losing weight. You maintain a diet plan for a week and you see good results, but god forbid if you get an appetite surge and you cannot control it, all your hard work is gone in vain. Most of the people give up here and lose all of the progress that they have worked so hard for.

It does not have to be like this. There are some simple techniques to avoid over eating. I have listed 7 appetite busting ideas that will help to maintain a good healthy body weight.

1. Health Snacks: This may sound odd, but if you eat throughout the day, you will be able to control your appetite. Many people do not eat throughout the day. To compensate they overeat during dinner and have unnecessary calories at the end of the day. Snacking and having small meals is a good way to avoid this.

2. Water: If you think you are over eating try having water the next time when you are hungry. When you are full of water, you feel less hungry, Just keep drinking plenty of water throughout the day

3. Leafy Green Vegetables: The next time when you feel like eating, try having some leafy vegetables like lettuce, cabbage, kale, or spinach. These have very few calories. Try to make leafy vegetables a part of every meal. Having vegetables will make you feel full and reduce your calorie intake.

4. Fibre Tablets: When your body takes in fibre you feel full faster and for longer. You can use this to your advantage. Grab some fibre tablets from your local health food store. Take a fibre tablet with water to trick your brain into thinking you have eaten more that you really have.

5. Exercise: Exercising is a good way to control your appetite, This in no secret but exercising burns calories. Your body uses stored fats to burn calories. You body converts these stored fats into blood sugar. This raises the blood sugar which suppresses your food craving.

6. Feel Rested: Sleeping well is an important factor in controlling your appetite. If you have not slept well you feel tiered and lack energy. So to compensate you eat because your body needs energy. If you sleep well, you don’t feel tiered and you eat less.

7. Realize Hunger for what it is: You need to control yourself, sometime people might feel that slight hunger pang, and they immediately jump for that bag of chips. You need to control yourself and realise that every time you feel hungry, you don’t have to eat.