1.
Do you
love salty snacks? There is a guaranteed
chip bowl at any party and somehow my chair ends up within a hands reaching
distance. Somehow you end up eating half
the bowl. Before you leave your house,
portion some of your favorite snacks into single servings. No deprivation and you feel totally
satisfied.
2.
If the
party is in the living room, why are we crowded by the food table? How many visits have you made? It’s like opening up the fridge every
10minutes and expecting something to be different. You’re just going to end up eating more. Are you really hungry? If not, what is it that you are feeling? Bored? Anxious? Happy? Walk away from the food table and try
something else. Go back to the party,
take a walk, talk with a friend.
3.
Fill up on veggies before you move on to the
more decadent foods. Use the dinner
plate for veggies and the small appetizer plate for your heartier foods. Eat slowly and be mindful of the
flavors. Eat too fast and your brain
doesn’t have enough time to recognize that your stomach is full. Within minutes of scarfing down your first
plate you are back at the food table for seconds. When you eat slowly and mindfully, you will
find that you are satisfied with just one serving.
