How to lose weight without dieting or exercising

Everyone knows that for losing weight we need to eat less and exercise more, but this is easier said than done. A strict diet regimen can lead to hunger pangs, and intense workouts can lead to post-workout binge eating, especially if we're not disciplined with ourselves, The Medical Daily reported. To easily shed a few pounds in a healthy way, make these six sensible changes to your lifestyle:

1. Use Smaller Plates

It’s time to dish out the food in a smaller plate, usually 8 to 10 inches, to curb your appetite. Changing your eating environment by replacing dinnerware can be an effective visual “trick” to encourage healthy eating habits. When the brain sees a large plate with white space surrounding food, it assumes the plate contains less food than a smaller-sized dish with no white space. Therefore, the optical illusion, makes the brain think the body is eating less, making it more likely to want a second serving. 

2. Eat off a Blue Plate

A 2012 study found a high color contrast between food and plate makes you eat less. Choose blue plates when eating, since the color has the least appealing blend with food.

3. Choose a Tall and Thin Glass

Size matters when it comes to serving your drinks, especially if it's sugary drinks like juice and soda. People tend to pour less liquid into tall narrow glasses than into shorter and wider glasses, suggesting we’re more likely to drink less. 

4.  Drink Water Before Every Meal

Rather than drinking water during your meal, try guzzling down a glass of H2O before your meal.

5. Chew a Piece of Gum

Chewing a piece of bubblegum may not be the ideal weight loss tool, but it can curb your appetite when it comes to snacking, decreasing hunger between meals.

6. Add a Dash of Cayenne Pepper

If you can handle spice, try adding some cayenne pepper to your meals to cut cravings. A 2011 study found the desire to consume fatty, salty, and sweet foods decreased more after the longterm spicy food intake.

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