Maureen Pence lost 45 pounds by drowning her appetite before every meal.
Maureen, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, had resigned herself to being overweight. She liked to eat and dined out often. But when her father, a retired physician, suffered a heart attack, her attitude changed. At age 31, she knew that she had to get serious about slimming down. So she followed the standard weight-loss advice, trying to eat healthier and exercise more. This was easy enough—when she was at home.
Maureen’s job as a production manager for a chemical company required her to eat out frequently with clients. Finding something relatively healthy to order from the menu usually wasn’t a problem. But the portions were huge, and Maureen—well, she was hungry.
Then one day, Maureen drank a full glass of water before she went to a restaurant. She found she wasn’t as ravenous when she ordered, and she didn’t wolf down her meal. In fact, she left some of her food uneaten. Quite by accident, she had discovered a weight-loss trick.
“I started drinking a big glass of water before all my meals and taking sips between bites,” Maureen says. “I was amazed at how full it made me feel.”
Gradually, she was able to lose 45 pounds. Today, at age 36 and 153 pounds, Maureen is a slender and happy size 10.
WINNING ACTION
Start every meal with water. Like Maureen, you can keep your appetite in check by drinking an 8-ounce glass of water before every meal. And make sure the water is ice cold; your body has to burn almost 8 calories to raise the water temperature to 98.6°F. In fact, if you were to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of ice-cold water a day, you’d burn about 62 calories. That adds up to more than a pound’s worth of calories in just 2 months.
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