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Originally Posted by wayner
Have apples handy.
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Good one; I like that. Healthy, simple, easy to munch on. I suppose the same could also be said of, say, celery sticks or something, right? Instead of munching on chips, I should grab some celery or an apple.
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As you pass the stack of brownies, calculate in your head how many hours that will cost you in the gym before you indulge
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I like that, too. I should think of beer this way. A 300 calorie IPA will cost me 20 minutes on the treadmill -- and I should enforce that on myself. "I can have this beer, but I lose 20 minutes on the 'mill tomorrow for it, in addition to my scheduled workout." That's really the only way that would work for me. I tend to do compensatory behavior, e.g. "I worked out, therefore I can have this pizza/beer/donut."
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Look at how skinnier people around you eat. If out for dinner, do they order a regular coffee while you order the one with whipped cream?
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This may help other people, but it doesn't do me much good. The only person that I hang out with regularly who's skinnier than I am actually has an eating disorder. So maybe a bad example. Many of my friends *try* to lose weight, so they'll make a show of having a salad at dinner, or only eating 3 slices of pizza, but they're generally not successful, so I can't be like, "Oh look at that friend who's doing this right, I'll just eat what he eats."
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(Small plates help if you've been trained to eat everything on your plate)
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+100. For those who haven't tried this, I totally recommend it. 100% psychological trick, but it works on me every single time. I take less food (and am equally satisfied afterwards) if I have a smaller plate. Keep laughing, right up until you try it. Maybe I'll try getting half-pint beer glasses, so I'll drink half as much beer and find myself equally happy about the experience. Hmm...