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If you’re constantly declaring war but still losing the battle of the bulge, it’s time to employ new tactics...

1. Moderate your intake, but never deprive yourself.
Deprivation leads to obsession leads to failure. Allowing yourself an occasional treat means you’re more likely to stick to a weight-loss plan.

2. Keep fruit and veggies at eye-level in the fridge.
And banish the chocolates and ice-cream to the veggie drawer and freezer. You’re more likely to snack on fruit if it’s the first thing you see when you open the fridge.

3. Restricting kilojoules too much can backfire.
If breakfast is coffee and lunch a salad, you’re not getting enough nutrients to get you through the day, and by early evening you’ll feel starved — hello bingeing. A good breakfast (oats are brilliant) is the best weight-loss weapon in your arsenal.

4. Eat fat.
Eating unsaturated fat (found in oily fish, nuts and seeds) actually aids weight loss by fighting off hunger pangs.

5. Take a packed lunch to work.
It’s the best way to avoid joining in the toasted egg and bacon sarmie run. And include snacks in your lunchbox — nuts, fruit or an energy bar — to help you over that 4pm choc attack.

6. Avoid the “diet” foods you don’t like.
You’re more likely to fail in your weight-loss programme if you force yourself to eat foods you loathe.

7. Dining out?
Order a fibre-packed starter like a crunchy, leafy salad. Fibre fills you up, so you won’t need a big main course. And stop the waiter bringing bread to the table. Once it’s lying there, warm and fragrant in a basket, you’ll find it impossible to resist.

8. Take up a new hobby.
If your hands are occupied during your relaxation time, you’re less likely to reach for the snacks.

9. Can't do without your fish and chips?
Oven-bake the chips and cut a whopping 9.3g fat per 100g.

10. Think of yourself as a healthy person
Says Anita Naik in The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Good Health (Piatkus). “Research shows that if you can visualise yourself full of vitality and energy, you’ll be able to motivate yourself to end up that way.”

11. don’t try to be an angel overnight.
Giving up all your favourite foods at once will make you miserable, and less likely to stick to your plan. It took years to put on the weight, so allow yourself time to lose it. Ditch just one or two 'bad' foods per week.

This article first appeared in Shape Magazine