Eating Tip

While researching and studying emotional eating, I have often run across the emotional eating tip: “Eat from a smaller plate.” The idea behind the tip is that it will trick you into thinking you are eating more, and you won’t feel so deprived, thereby empowering you to continue to diet. I’m not convinced our minds are that simple, but I would like to offer a modified tip: “Eat from a plate.” That’s it! Simply try to eat from a plate. Ask yourself how often do you eat from a fast food sack, a paper covered tray, a cellophane wrapper in the car, or standing in the kitchen while eating right from the dish the food was prepared in? It’s a little crazy to think we are soooo busy that we can’t get a plate out, dish up a meal, and sit down to actually nourish our bodies with food. We have minimized taking care of ourselves and nourishing ourselves to a rushed activity with nothing more than our food served in paper or anything else that is convenient and fast.

I think you will find that eating from a plate makes the food so much more enjoyable, and you actually notice THAT you are eating and WHAT you are eating. Eating is your most basic need. Let’s treat eating right. Let’s eat from a plate, and actually pause while we nourish ourselves!