2. Don’t make it easy
Mindless munching is often a result of easy snack-access. To slow yourself down, Wansink suggests making snacking a challenge. “Put in some interruption that can make you think twice about how much you want to snack. If there’s a bowl of candy sitting at your desk, you don’t think twice, it’s there. But if you put barriers in your way, it’ll really test how much you want this.” There’s proof in the pudding. In a study Wansink did with a candy dish, office workers ate 125 calories less when the dish was just 6 feet away from them than when the dish was at arm’s distance. Those seemingly trivial 125 extra cals can add up to a whopping 11 lbs in just one year.
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