When the holiday or weekend comes, you may lose control over the meals, especially the foods you really like.
Some of you may eat without control or over eating the foods that are only available during the holidays.
Surely it's not about completely removing your favorite meals, but what steps to practice via the simple strategy, the portion, Pause and protein.
Those technique to implement where you are able in enjoying the delicious meals without need to face the over eating risk or feel guilty.
The technique to use is basically the self control while eating, especially when you are served with so many choices of delicious foods.
The principle is about eating with more awareness so you can see where to stop.
The foods portion is definitely what you can control. When foods are on the table, many people tend to get as much as possible.
With portion of food to control, then you can certainly choose what foods to consume but smaller portion.
This way can help reach the calories you need with more balance and you don't lose tasting those delicious foods on the table.
Another important principle is stop before you consume another foods. After you eat main foods then "pause" for a while about ten minutes before deciding stop or eat another meals.
This "pause" should be important for giving enough signal to brain.
With this strategy, it helps give yourself chance to do most ideal next.
The principle you don't want to miss is the protein to include more. Protein can basically help you full compared to simple carbohydrates.
You start the selection of protein sources from meat or chicken. Enough protein will help control the portion, hence stop over eating.
Self control you do while dieting is obviously not avoiding all the foods.
The wrong approach can always cost the diet where eventually the eating habit can be ruined and affect the weight.
The ideal strategy and approach can result for the flexible diet where you eat with the awareness.
Self control is also about teaching yourself how to be wise in front of the foods selections that are harder to resist before.
Understand what to choose, ideal portion, type of foods and everything that will be the best balance you can reach.
Of course beside three main strategies above, there are still additional ways to try, one of them is when you can eat slowly as part of diet.
Choose smaller plate, so you can basically control the portion and avoid eating more than necessary.
Drink enough water and keep body hydrated, where body can mistaken the thirst with hunger.
Eat the main meal first instead of snacking, so you can stabilize the blood sugar.
You must try to focus enjoying the meals and not get distracted by the phone. Your awareness can actually help notice the calories you get as well.
Importantly stay active with exercise to burn the calories as part of diet program to do.
