Table with a view

Watching people around me, it often comes to mind what is the reason of overweight. As someone who luckily never had problems of such nature, it always occurred to me there is something wrong with dieting. It is, as well as lifestyle, attitude and metabolic flow. Basically, it's a no-brainer: cut the fries and sugars and go for a walk after reading this. But our brain runs on sugar as a fuel, so it deviates the paths of our behavior to get more of it: by hiding or exposing some visual data, by oversizing or downsizing what we see, giving it a new look or meaning. Take a look at this infographic to see what I mean, it is scientific:

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As you could read in the following text, it is your brain, not the belly, that is making you say "But, it's only a small piece of cake", well it certainly does look small if you're serving it on a pizza-plate. But, before you start buying smallest ever seen dishes try to remember the above mentioned few things - repetition is the key to success. But not with the plate refill. No.