10 Simple Hacks To Trick Yourself Into Eating Less

Be smarter than your stomach.

1. Use small plates and bowls. Retire the gargantuan ones you've been using 99% of the time.

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You'll pile less food onto your plate with smaller dishes than you would with larger ones. It's science!

2. Don't match plate color with food color.

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It makes for ugly Instagram photos. But also: The bigger the difference in color between your food and plate, the less likely you are to over-serve yourself.

3. However, it DOES help to match your tablecloth and dishware.

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You do have a tablecloth, right?

4. Unsurprisingly, those 100-calorie packs actually work.

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Studies show you'll eat between 25.2% and 54.1% less than if your snack was in a large bag — which explains your last encounter with Doritos.

5. Don't eat in front of your computer or TV.

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The more distracted people are, the more they eat. "Scandal" and "Walking Dead" = dangerous levels of distraction.

6. Keep your food out of reach and out of sight.

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That includes the bag of mini Snickers on your desk at work. SHUT. IT. DOWN.

7. Replace your rocks glasses with Collins glasses.

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People pour 20% to 30% more alcohol into short, wide glasses than into tall, narrow ones of the same volume.

8. Eat with big forks.

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It makes no sense, but people eat less when they use bigger forks instead of smaller ones. Or you could just use chopsticks and only manage to get a fifth of the food into your mouth.

9. Imagine eating your food before you actually do.

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No, really. If you first imagine how glorious each bite of your food will be, you'll eat less when you actually dig in.

10. Cut your food into smaller pieces.

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It works with anything: sandwiches, chocolate bars, pizza. You're fooling your brain into thinking you're eating more than you really are.