Do easy ways to lose weight exist?  Everyone knows that diet, lowering caloric intake, and exercise, increasing the number of calories you burn, work together as a formula for losing weight.  But sticking to the diet is the hard part.  It won’t be easy, but with a little work it sure is easier.  Here are some tricks to make it easier.

Keep a daily log of everything that passes your lips.  Writing down everything you eat and drink, even water, helps you eat less.  Studies show that people eat 15% less when they track everything they eat.  15% is a lot.

On average Americans consume 245 calories a day from drinks.  Switch from juice, soda, and other calorie drinks to water.  245 calories a day add up to 90,000 calories per year.  That’s 25 pounds.  Water isn’t that bad, is it?  Another fact is that despite their calories, drinks like soda and juice don’t trigger a feeling of fullness the way foods do.

Eat five or six smaller meals a day instead of three large meals a day.  Eating more meals with smaller portions results in eating 30% fewer calories.  Furthermore, even the same number of calories eaten in smaller portions during more frequent meals can result in weight loss.  You’re less likely to binge because the body releases less insulin.

Make sure your wardrobe only includes the “skinny” clothes.  If you don’t have clothes that are comfortable when you’re fat, you’re more likely to be reminded to keep slim every time you dress.  And you’re less likely to gain weight if doing so means having to buy a whole new wardrobe.

Switch to smaller plates.  It’s proven that people eat what’s in front of them.  Use the salad plates instead of dinner plates.

Try serving meals on the plate, restaurant style, rather than in bowls and on trays.  Again, people tend to eat what’s in front of them.

Avoid white foods such as white bread, sugar, and white rice.  Those are the foods with loads of carbohydrates which lead to higher blood sugar and weight gain.  Stick to whole grain breads and dark rice.  Don’t be concerned with the sugar, pretty soon you won’t miss it.

There are a lot of other tips for easy ways to lose weight.  Don’t be intimidated if it’s only easier instead of effortless.  If fast weight loss were easy, everyone would be a supermodel.