If you think of your next workout as a ‘fun run’ or as a well-deserved break, you’ll eat less afterward, research has shown. However, if you think of it as exercise or as a workout you’ll later eat more dessert and snacks, to reward yourself. For beginning or veteran exercisers, the bottom line is this: “Do whatever you can to make your workout fun. Play music, watch a video, or simply be grateful that you’re working out instead of working in the office,” said one author.