Weight-loss Tip: Outsmart your hunger hormone. Eat small, balanced meals about every 3 hours or so.

Weight-loss Tip: Start with soup. People who ate a low-calorie vegetable soup before a meal consumed 20% fewer calories during the meal.

Weight-loss Tip: Be realistic. Jump-start your weight-loss program in ways that make sense, and not only will you be thinner, you’ll be happier too.

Weight-loss Tip: Water is one of the easiest ways to speed up weight loss. Your body needs water in order to efficiently metabolize stored fat.

Weight-loss Tip: Eat every meal. Skipping meals will not make you lose weight faster – on the contrary you body will begin to store fat without regular meals.