If you managed to escape the Ganesh festival minus major weight disasters but are awaiting the festive season with dread, here are a few mind hacks that may help you tide through without an increased waistline.

One bite at a time

Yes, this may be a bit obvious. But, often, as is mentioned in the seminal mindfullness book 'How to Train a Wild Elephant', By Jan Chozen Bays, we are not aware even of what we are eating, let alone how much we are eating. In the book bays talks of how, when not watching, we pop in the second bite even before we have swallowed the first one.