How much we eat... this is the key to our life and to our weight.
There are a ton (pun intended) of reasons why we sit down to eat. This is the challenge for our life. Look at this short list of reasons that we will serve ourselves (or allow others to serve us):
- Others are eating
- We don't want to "offend" some one
- It looks good
- It smells good
- I'm tired
- I'm bored
- I'm depressed
- I'm watching a movie (and therefore want to munch on something)
- It's a buffet so I may as well get my money's worth
- It's a holiday
- It's a birthday
- It's a weekend
I think we get the idea. There are a hundred and one reasons that we eat and many have nothing to do with hunger nor with proper nutrition.
So, what should be my motivation and my guidelines?
Well, here are a couple of tips - each pound that you weigh times 13 calories daily and you will maintain your weight. So, if you weight 150 pounds times 13 calories equals 1950 calories per day to maintain your weight. You need to eat less and/or burn more calories to change the equation. You know, I weight 150 pounds in the sixth grade.
And, a simple guideline is to eat one plate of food at each meal. Do not eat more. If you need to snack between meals, do strictly fruit. Bananas and apples are what I eat between meals.
The key element in the food department is to eat one plate of food at each of your three meals during the day. That is it. If you follow the advice from last week and this week, you can probably lose 15 pounds this year just doing those two things.
Be careful. It is amazing how food-centric our society has become and how we get swept up in that type of culture.
My son, Daniel, celebrating his 9th birthday. My daughter Anna looks on.
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