Weight-loss Tip: Plan your meals for the week. It’s tough to resist fast food when you don’t have any ideas or healthy foods on hand.

Weight-loss Tip: Flavour your meals with spices and lemon juice. These two ingredients can curb hunger and speed up your metabolism.

Weight-loss Tip: Give the extra dessert from a dinner party to your guests to take home to avoid the temptation of eating it yourself.

Weight-loss Tip: Make soup in advance and refrigerate it. Excess fat will rise to the top, allowing you to remove it before reheating.

Weight-loss Tip: Avoid serving from dishes at the table. Dish up in the kitchen and leave the rest there to avoid going for seconds.