Discover Our Eating Habits

Discover Our Eating Habits

By Karen Chai

All the more, when our family members enforce main courses during meal times that are full set meal items; they may be topped with ample amounts of carbohydrates, protein, fats and sucrose dense fibres such as fruits for desserts, juices and milk that goes right after. Yes! There goes in all those calories beyond our imagination. Portion control is indeed very important, and it is good practise to eat just enough, instead of eat a lot to fill the stomach everyday. Well, that does not beat an occasional joyful feast applicable for only certain days of the week? Nonetheless, for each day, we should learn about just how much we did consume or should consume:-

Remember What We've Eaten

Always remember what we have eaten just a few moments ago or a few hours ago. Some people even plan ahead their meals one day before, so they would not overeat the following day. That is how careful, we should look into our daily food intake. Make sure they are of balanced nutrition and full of natural goodness for the body. A typical good meal is made out of a proportion of more natural carbohydrates with some protein and less fat. Choose less processed organic goods so they easily go into our bloodstreams to sustain us of a lengthier provisions of slow release of energy.

Drink Instead of Eat More

If we may ever feel like bingeing or munching on something, grab a drink instead of grab a solid. Make a drink through a thoughtful selection hierarchy based on the need for the moment. If one is absolutely craving for a sugary intake, make a hot coffee with little added brown sugar or tea. If one is lightly thinking of wanting to eat something, perhaps just grab a diet soda to temporarily occupy the palates. For better health, choose herbal infusions or fresh squeezed natural juices instead.

Ask Yourself This Question

Discover our own binge habits by each time clearly identifying it within our heads. As soon as we may feel tempted to grab a bite on a snack, ask this question "Am I really hungry or what?" If the answer is no, then logically tell the mind to resist it; if the answer is yes, then logically tell the mind that it is good to have some snack in between. Just be sure that, it is not the whole pack that we are finishing. Practise some good food storage skills, pour the rest into an air tight jar, so we may be able to keep our hands off the rest; this is an important step to take.

Choose Better Food

Choose the better/healthier options available within our reach. For example, between a pack of unopened cookies to some fresh fruits in the fridge to some leftovers from last night. Which would you choose? Choose wisely by asking yourself, "Am I really hungry?" If the answer is yes, choose real foods, else choose the fruits in the fridge. If you are experiencing neither, then ask yourself, "Do I really want to open the pack of cookies now?" If the answer is yes, "think again.." Perhaps, another time? And soon we may be able to leave those cookies alone.

Eat wisely, choose our food wisely, manage our foods wisely and soon we shall have a fitter, better body due "foody-mind" discipline.

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