--- description: People may be able to control their hunger pangs (to an extent) if they try to remember the last food they’ve eaten. title: How to Lose Weight Using Just Your Mind image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d23580cf330e81/69877b7b0b72e3278c6dd4c9/482136239.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Research](/tag/research/) ## Research Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is How You Can Lose Weight Using Just Your Mind by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 3:27 AM CUT  Mixed race man eating sandwich Mixed race man eating sandwichTom Grill—Blend Images/Getty Images by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 3:27 AM CUT People may be able to [control](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150121-a-memory-trick-to-lose-weight "undefined") their hunger pangs (to an extent) if they try to remember the last food they’ve eaten, a psychologist has found. Eric Robinson says psychological factors can impact how much you eat and believes appetite is formed in the mind as much as it is in the stomach, the BBC reports. The University of Liverpool scientist studied people who suffer from anterograde amnesia and found that they still have a sensory memory of the food they have eaten, even though they have no conscious memory of it. Similarly, those who were made to mediate on the food they’ve already eaten throughout the day felt less of a need to consume more. Read more at the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150121-a-memory-trick-to-lose-weight "undefined"). This Is How You Can Lose Weight Using Just Your Mind ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3679664/lose-weight-mind/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3679664/lose-weight-mind/"},"headline":"This Is How You Can Lose Weight Using Just Your Mind","datePublished":"2015-01-23T03:27:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:49:17.898Z","description":"It’s simple — just remember what you’ve already eaten and you feel less hungry","url":"https://time.com/3679664/lose-weight-mind/","keywords":["Research","diet","memory","appetite"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d23580cf330e81/69877b7b0b72e3278c6dd4c9/482136239.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d23580cf330e81/69877b7b0b72e3278c6dd4c9/482136239.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"482136239","caption":"482136239","creditText":"Tom Grill—Blend Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3679664/lose-weight-mind/","name":"This Is How You Can Lose Weight Using Just Your Mind"}}]}] ```