8. Build your muscles

Start to strength train twice a week. Muscle requires a lot of energy to maintain itself and burns more calories than fat tissues.
In fact, every kilogram of new muscle you build will burn off around 130 kcals per day. This ups your basal metabolic rate in order to supply the extra energy every hour, every minute. Building muscle also forces the body to use fat, not muscle, when you're on a diet.

9. Cook using more spices and less dressings

Go easy on fatty dressings like mayonnaise and thousand island sauces. Instead, flavor up your salads and dishes with low-fat seasonings and local spices such as blachan chilli, black pepper sauce, garlic etc.

10. Keep a food journal

Keep a record of your food choices, indicating how hungry you are each time you eat. Pay particular attention to your level of hunger when you snack. Studies have shown that even keeping track of what you eat for one day can help you make changes in your diet.