Most of what we do during the day is automatic. We don't consider and ponder everything we do. We would be exhausted. We do things instinctively, intuitively. This saves us time and energy. What we do gets triggered by various cues - for example, at its most simple, we answer the phone when it rings, we drive on at a green light.

We also eat automatically. So in an airline, when the food is put in front of us, we eat it, hungry or not. And the most automatic eating of all is handfood - the food we eat with our hands. Pizza, cake, crisps, nuts, biscuits. For most of us, handfood is what puts on the pounds.

If you want to lose weight, check out the handfood you eat. Count up the calories and prepare to be shocked. It is likely to work out at the calorie content of an entire meal. If this could be your issue, then your resolution might be "I will only eat food on crockery with cutlery". Straightforward. Easy to remember. Effective.

And if you feel you couldn't imagine life without crisps, give me a call and see how easy it is to change!