Slow Down Your Eating
You might be surprised to learn that simply slowing down the rate at which you eat your food can have a profound effect on your body weight.
The longer it takes you to eat your food, the less food you will need to eat to feel satisfied. There are some simple techniques that can get you out of a bad habit of eating too fast and consequently, eating too much.
Try to chew your food a little longer before you swallow it. This will help with the digestion of the food and the extra time that it takes you to chew will also help you to feel more satisfied without having to have such a large amount and becoming sated.
Don’t load up your fork or spoon with more food until you have finished eating the food that is already in your mouth. One simple way of doing this is to actually put your fork or spoon down until you are ready to pick up the next mouthful of food to eat after chewing and swallowing.
It breaks the habit of over eating from eating too fast. If you look at the way that French people in particular eat as a whole, you should notice that not only do they have smaller portions of food, but they take a lot longer to eat their food. By eating smaller amounts and taking longer to eat those smaller amounts, they are doing two things that help them to stay slim.
You will find that once you start eating a little slower, you will actually get to enjoy the food a lot more. You will have more time to savor the food you are eating.
It takes a little while after eating food for your body to register the fact that it has had enough. Many people overeat when they eat too fast because it doesn’t allow the brain to register that the stomach’s is full. You should never eat until you are full; rather, eat until you feel comfortable, which is the sign that you have had enough.
“When in doubt, just take the next small step”