A piece of good advice from an ancient wisdom: “It’s all about eating the right food at the right time in the right amounts”.

Between-Meal Snack
Athletes eat up to 11 times per day! Us mere mortals should be eating small meals four to six times as day to boost our metabolism. “Feeling ravenous when it comes time to eat often leads to overeating. Keep snack-sized portions of nutritious food handy – such as cut-up vegetables and mixed nuts – and spread out your meals.

Sunday Rite
Put a lazy Sunday afternoon to use and stock the fridge with chopped vegetables and precooked protein like chicken and lean red meat. Prepackaging meals will make sure you don’t opt for fast food when you’re rushed for time.

Almost in every instance the cause of excessive weight is obvious: those people are gaining weight, who eat more than their body needs. Some full-figured ladies say: “But I nearly starve myself and still put on weight!”

It’s true, their breakfast, lunch and supper are not more abundant than those of their slender friends, but in between those meals they have so many bites that nearly double their daily ration.

Those “little bites” usually include sweets, biscuits, jam served with tea, or a small bag of pistachios, 100 g of which contribute 700 calories and by one third increase the nutritive value of the day’s ration.