The 10 Weight-loss Strategies With Staying Power

Clear through the clutter and add these trusty hacks to your kilo-kicking armour – tried, tested and approved by the experts

- Clare Baxter

The weight-loss world is more of a minefield than a Kardashian dating life. Navigating the conflicting advice and parade of fad diets (hey, teatoxes) to cut a few kilos is one thing, but you also want to do it in a healthy way. And for it to be sustainable. Oh, and easy to fit into your life. “Anyone can lose weight: crash diet, cut kilojoules fast,” says exercise physiologist Drew Harrisberg. “There are so many ways to lose it, but keeping weight off long term, that’s the hardest part and what everyone is looking for.” With this in mind, we combed the science and tapped the experts for the techniques that’ve stuck around – for good reason. All so we could deliver you the most effective, sustainable strategies to help you hit your healthy, happy weight – and maintain it.

one Power down portions

To see how serves have grown over the past 50 years, check out your grandparents’ wedding plates, suggests Clare Collins, professor of nutrition and dietetics at the University of Newcastle. “You might think they’re side plates because they’re so small, but those were the real serving sizes,” she says. A 2016 Deakin University study saw people who were given large plates eat 44 per cent more than those with dishes half the size. So, try buying plates from antique stores to naturally reduce your kJ intake.

two Join the breakfast club