Every single day, it seems, there's emerging guidance headlining in newspapers and magazines on how best to lose weight. It might get frustrating attempting to get the real info from rubbish, so we turned to some pros.

Cinnamon helps to curb soaring blood sugar levels by stimulating insulin production. There is some evidence to suggest that cinnamon extract also makes fat cells more responsive to insulin, which means they are much less likely to hold on to extra power, and far more likely to burn present shops instead. Add a touch to your own cereal in the morning.

Maintain a food diary. Writing down everything you eat and drink and any thoughts linked to that eating helps you become much more mindful of your eating habits and problem areas. Recognising what is happening and understanding more about yourself is a powerful way to start planning changes to your diet and puts you in control. Maintaining a food diary, even intermittently, also helps you stay on track, and lets you look back to see the excellent progress you have made. (It is possible to try WLR's on-line food diary free for 24 hours.)

Keep food out of sight. Food is every-where - on TV, magazines, shops, petrol stations - and can trigger cravings. At home, keep weakness foods out of sight, or out of-the home! Serve meals onto plates rather than from dishes on the table. And steer clear of buffet meals - studies reveal they motivate us to consume more.

Cut down on alcohol. It truly is filled with empty calories of rather little nutritional value that'll leave you feeling sluggish, starving and dehydrated, making you much more likely to-reach for unhealthy foods to soak up your hangover the next day.

Outsmart your hunger hormone. Once hunger takes over even the most driven and centered dieter will fight to become successful at weight loss. Our bodies secrete a hormone called ghrelin, which controls hunger and drives our appetite. If we do not understand, track, and control our ghrelin, we can forget about losing weight. Science tells us that the best way to restrain ghrelin will be to eat small, balanced meals about every 3 hours or so. That is because ghrelin will spike after about three or four hours of fasting, so eating with regularity helps keep this eating trigger at bay. Ghrelin will also spike if we're deprived of carbohydrates, so it's important to give our brains and bodies the fuel they need. When we skip meals or avoid carbohydrates, we are inviting ghrelin to spike, which increases and makes us feel emotionally hungry. It makes us crave sugar and can derail even the healthiest eating routine.

Tweak your treat. Instead of a chocolate cream cheese muffin plus a big caff latte, get a small nonfat latte plus a tiny low fat raisin or carrot muffin. Saves 340

Remember the energy of slumber. Eight hours kip is enough for our bodies to fully mend themselves and re-energise, keeping our metabolisms speeding along and our moods soaring. Talk it up. Every time you catch the phone, stand up and pace around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half an hour more a day than slim people, in line with the Mayo Clinic. Burns up 50 or even more