Got a favorite meal? Picture it right now. Apparently pondering on a past meal can make people eat less instead of salivating for it all over again, according to a recent Psychology Today post. Amnesic patients went as far as eating the same meal twice simply because they forgot that they had eaten lunch already, leading them to eat another meal 10 to 20 minutes later. Trying to combat those hunger pangs? Here are 10 tips to beat the odds. 1. Imagine the meal eaten earlier in the day. Psychology Today reports that that can make people less likely to grab snacks. The time of day matters, too. People were more likely to want to eat when recalling a meal from yesterday than they were from earlier the same day. 2. While exercise helps to increase muscle and burn fat, being health conscious...
