Controlling Calories: 4 Easy Techniques

	To lose weight your body needs to burn more calories in a day than you consume. Cutting a small amount of your daily calories is one way to achieve this. The process of cutting calories isn’t easy, however it doesn’t have to be hard either.  By utilizing a few simple techniques you can make cutting calories a lot easier. Use Smaller Plates – This may sound a little crazy, but studies have shown that merely swapping larger plates for smaller ones, you will eat less and not even notice.  Basically, you eat what’s given to you, and if less is on your plate, the less calories you eat. Save The Rest For Later - Restaurant dishes are loaded with calories and the plates just seem to keep getting larger and larger.  Ask for a to-go box right away and immediately place half your meal in it to take home. Eat These To Fill Up – Reports concluded that eating low calorie foods that are water-dense like fruits, veggies an broth-based soups actually give you that full feeling quicker, minus the added calories.  A good trick is to eat these foods at the start of the meal to fill up before you dig into the calorie dense main dish. Smaller Portions – An easy way to cut down on the amount of junk food you consume is to portion out these foods into smaller bags.  It’s easy to grab a full box of cookies and eat half of it in one sitting.  But if you have them portioned out in smaller bags you are more likely to eat just that.