Eat less at restaurants by checking calorie counts!

Sticking to your diet at restaurants can be tricky, in part, because the atmosphere can distract you from fullness cues. The fi x: Take a look at the calorie counts on menus, and a study in the Journal of Retailing shows you’ll automatically eat 83 fewer calories per meal— enough to lose 10 pounds in a year. ✤ It works! Seeing calorie counts reminds you of your diet goal, so you subconsciously pay more attention to what you eat! No counts on the menu? Swapping in reducedcalorie salad dressing for regular cuts about the same number!

For extra success:

Move healthy food to the left! Your brain is trained to read numbers from left to right (as in 1, 2, 3). Putting the healthy choice to the left of the less healthy choice will nudge your subconscious to favor it and reach for it first!