In our society today, food can be found every where and most likely irresistible. Most people have difficulties controlling their food intake, and as a result has affected their health in so many ways. 
Rather than struggling with health issues and have undue complex over your body size, there are certain methods to control one’s self and questions we must ask ourselves.

1. Do you eat right?
2. Do you know how to limit your fat?
3. Do you exercise daily?
 

Ok let’s say you have done all these but they weren’t of much help, chances are that your food portion or rather eating habits may have crept-up without you taking notice of it. Well your problem is half solved below are some methods that would assist you avoid overeating.

1. Don’t skip breakfast: A lot of individuals feel that skipping breakfast aid to their goals of weight loss. Research has proven that skipping breakfast could only make you eat more later on, therefore consuming more calories during the day.

2. Stop before you are stuffed: Most people never stop eating until they get stuffed. It is important that one must learn their body signals and learn to practice the act of stopping before they feel full.

3. Have a glass of water before every meal: This act helps you fill up before you begin your meal.

4. Be extra selective: You shouldn’t just eat anything for the sake of eating.. You should learn to eat foods that are beneficial to improve your journey to losing weight, try as much as you can to replace processed foods with vegetables and fruits.

5. Portion control: The smaller your portions the fewer calories, the lesser your stomach walls.

6. Use medium sized plates: When eating at home or anywhere avoid very large plates, this would enable you control the size of food intake.

7. Take more time to chew your food before swallowing: This procedure slows down the pace of your appetite.

8. Take at least 20 minutes to finish your meal: Always bear in mind that your stomach takes close to 20 minutes to send signal to your brain that it’s full.

By Chinwe Akuruka