Super Stupid diet tricks that work

Last Friday, Mark and Elisa interviewed Gregg Stebben from Men's Magazine about super stupid diet tricks that really work.

Super stupid, super simple eating tip #1: Stop drinking diet soda like it's water.
Maybe you think that because the name contains the word “diet” that it somehow magically will help you lose weight? Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. In fact, one recent study found that when people swapped their favorite sugary soft drink for the diet variety, they actually ate more desserts and bread than people who swapped their go-to beverage for water. Instead of helping you to diet, sweeteners may actually increase you hunger for the sweet things that cause you to gain weight.

Super stupid, super simple eating tip #2: Stop trying so hard
Here’s the problem with adopting a super strict or super rigid diet- When you do so, you almost guarantee that your weight-loss efforts will be sabotaged by food cravings. Flexible dieters seem have just as many cravings and give in to them just as often as dieters on rigid plans, but it appears that flexible dieters are better at cutting themselves some slack. This also means they are more likely to get back on track more quickly instead of eating even more while continuing to beat themselves up.

Super stupid, super simple eating tip #3: Stop staying up too late
A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that too little sleep can cause you to overeat fatty foods. Why? One theory is that too little shut-eye may increase your appetite by short-circuiting your brain's sense of reward. When people in the study slept only four hours a night for five days, they took in nearly 300 calories more than when they slept nine hours a night.

Super stupid, super simple eating tip #4: Start eating more meals with beautiful women
How crazy is this: When men eat with their wife or a girlfriend they eat 37 percent less than when they eat with a male pal. Moral of the story: Make sure you eat more meals with beautiful women and you’ll also be making sure you look better and better to all the women you dine with.

Super stupid, super simple eating tip #5: Stop eating with your right hand (or stop eating with your left hand.) What we are trying to say here is start eating with your non-dominant hand because when you do that, you'll be more mindful of what you're eating, and probably end up eating a lot less.