How to make your stomach smaller?!!

[lainiej]

This will probably seem like a daft question (I'm prepared for the usual comments) but I'm interested to know if there is something I can take or drink that will make my actual stomach (internal) shrink in size. I seem to remember years ago that some sort of vinegar was recommended - yuck!

I'm trying desperatley to lose weight but I never seem to be full. I know that eventually by eating less my stomach will shrink but just wondered. TIA Elaine

[johnlambert]

there are surgical proccedures that make your stomach smaller by cutting it in half and sowing it back up, however this is only recommended in extreme cases. the bes way to lose weight is a sensible diet and drink plenty of water with each meal to make your tummy "think" it's full of food

[Scarlett]

I don't know of any magic food- but anything that makes it shrink sounds horrible to me. I think you are simply eating the wrong foods! You need to eat low GI food that will fill you up and make you less likely to want to snack. The first few days of a diet are always the hardest as your stomach grumbles in protest against not being fed it's usual amount. After a week it should settle down.
Try eating lots of wholefoods, oats, rye bread, oatcakes, wheat-free pasta, brown rice, and lots of vegetables and salad. Cook from scratch every day.
Look at Carol Vorderman's detox diet. You basically just eat the "right" type of foods without weighing and calorie counting and get used to eating until you are content (not stuffed) and listen to your body's signals.
This will also give you loads of energy and make you feel healthier, unlike a lot of diets that keep you on processed foods or even worse, milkshakes.