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Surprising: These 6 changes in your decor can help you lose weight

TNN | Last updated on - May 7, 2019, 15:08 IST
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Make your house look more neat, healthy and young

Losing weight by cleaning your house is an age-old trick but if you are wondering how can a few decor changes can help you lose weight, believe us, you can. With these organizational and diet-friendly changes, your house will also look more neat, healthy and young.
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Place the fruit bowl properly

Research shows that if you eat snack only after eating a fruit, you are most likely to lose weight faster. Taking a cue, place the fruit bowl just where your snacks are placed so that you remember eating a fruit before indulging in snack. Fruits fill your stomach up with good content and leaves very little space or no space for unhealthy snacks. Got the trick?
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Organised kitchen countertops

If your kitchen countertop is overloaded with snack boxes, wafer packets etc., you will end up giving in to unhealthy cravings. Make sure the countertop neatly displays blenders, mixers, fruit bowls and healthy snacks. If you have your blender in front of you, it will motivate you to prepare yourself a healthy smoothie or shake.
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Get small bowls

Replace all your big bowls with small ones and see the difference they create. This small change in your kitchen can bring visible changes in your weight. The logic is simple - when you pour yourself a meal in a big bowl, according to human tendency, you will fill it up till it looks full and if you are pouring in a small bowl, the portion control will automatically seep in your diet routine.
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Organised refrigerator

Keep your refrigerator clean and organised as it highly impacts the eating pattern. Try storing the healthy options like boiled eggs or yogurt in the middle shelf because that is the most attention grabbing position in a fridge. This trick really helps.
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Make your closet fitness-friendly

All of us have that one or two outfits we do not fit into anymore. Place them in the front row of your closet. Place all those fancy heels and perfect outifts you aspire fitting into and trust they, they will turn out to be the most effective motivators to lose weight.
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Opaque snack containers

This is a funny but effective trick to lose weight. Always buy opaque containers for storing your snacks. Neither will they be visible, nor will you give in to your temptations.

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