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Trying to lose a few? Aren't we all. You’ll lose even more if you set out a plate of this before each meal: apple wedges.

Eating a bit of high-fiber fruit -- like a small apple or pear -- before each meal is a proven weight-loss booster.
Fruit Booster
You've seen those ads for weight-loss pills that promise to help you lose even more weight when you diet. It's possible that apple wedges could give those pills a run for the money. In a recent study where women were divided up into fruit-before-meals and no-fruit-before-meals groups, the fruit group lost more weight -- even though they all followed the same reduced-calorie diet. The key? Choosing fruit that's high in fiber but low in calories (read: high water content, like apples). Here's why fiber and water make a fabulous combo.

More Waist-Shrinking Diet Tips
Let's face it: We need all the help we can get when it comes to whittling our waists. Here are some other easy changes that help support that effort:

Have a boiled egg instead of a bagel for breakfast. Here's why.
Change what, not how much, you eat. Here's what we mean by that.
Hit the snooze button. Here's how a little extra sleep helps.

RealAge Benefit: Eating 25 grams (38 grams if you are a man under 50) of fiber per day makes your RealAge 2.5 years younger than eating 12 grams of fiber per day.

EDITOR'S PICK

You eat as much with your eyes as with your mouth, so give your apple appetizer a visual flourish: Slice, core, and arrange on this whimsical three-tiered "apple tree." Add some low-fat yogurt dip seasoned with vanilla and cinnamon . . . and drop those extra inches deliciously.

http://www.realage.com/ct/tips/4918/

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