Over eating is your biggest enemy when you are trying to lose weight or even maintain a healthy body weight.

Controlling ones appetite is a huge problem for many people. You do everything right for a week and lose weight. Then you skip your diet plan for a week and put on those extra pounds. Certain appetite surges can cause overeating, and you can put on weight very quickly. With the added pound many people get demotivated and give up and lose all of the progress that they worked so hard for.

It doesn't have to be that way. There simple ways to control your appetite and avoid over eating. In this article we will look at some of them. Here are 7 appetite-busting ideas that will help you to control how much you eat, and in turn maintain your healthy weight:

1. Healthy Snacks: To maintain your body weight and not put on weight, you need to eat small meals throughout the day, many people starve themselves during the day and stuff themselves during dinner with unwanted calories, this helps add those extra pounds. Snacking and having small meals throughout the day is a good way to avoid this.

2. Water: Another great way to control your appetite is to drink plenty of water. When you are full of water, you will feel hungry less often. Drink plenty of water throughout the day.

3. Leafy Green Vegetables: When you do feel the need to eat, try eating leafy greens. Vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, or spinach, have very few calories. Try making leafy vegetables a part of every meal. This will ensure you feel full, while greatly reducing your calorie intake.

4. Fibre Tablets: When your body takes in fibre you feel full faster and for longer. You can use this to your advantage. Grab some fibre tablets from your local health food store. Take a fibre tablet with water to trick your brain into thinking you have eaten more that you really have.

5. Exercise: Another idea that may seem backwards is exercise as a way to control your appetite. When you exercise you burn calories. Your body takes stored body-fats and converts them into blood sugar. This raises your blood-sugar level and suppresses your cravings for food.

6. Feel Rested: Getting enough sleep is an important part of controlling your appetite. When you're tired, you tend to feel that afternoon slump. To compensate you eat because your body needs the energy. Getting enough sleep each night is important to appetite control.

7. Realize Hunger for what it is: Many people perceive hunger the wrong way, if they slightly feel hungry the run for that bag of chips, You need to control yourself and not eat every time you feel hungry.