Smaller Tastes Better

I want to build on the concept of eating smaller portions more often during the day. Doing this gives us more long lasting, sustainable energy. It's a great cure for feeling very up and down throughout the day due to big meals or long periods of no food.

Today while I was at the shopping center we got some food, and then continued to shop. After shopping, I decided a snack or a little something could hold me over. I looked up and saw the most beautiful ice cream, or gelato, in the world. Most would say, ice cream? Isn't that just fat and sugar? To me this isn't bad at all especially because of the portion of gelato I received.

So my theory goes like this: Make the food taste as good as you want. If that means real butter, heavy cream, cheese, oil, sugar, or whatever, then that is fine. My mother always taught me, if you don't like the taste, don't waste the calories. This is probably why I do not like frozen yogurt. I want my ice cream because it tastes delicious. I don't want a complete bowlful of half the ice cream carton because honestly, after two scoops of the stuff, I've gotten the taste, I've enjoyed myself, and now I'd like to stop feasting or enjoy another food or drink.

This can be hard to practice, especially if we are used to grabbing the huge portions or have eyes that are bigger than our stomachs (my problem). Also, a lot of the time products are sold in portions meant to be shared or bigger than for one person. This is difficult, but after tossing out old fashioned laziness, this can be fixed with a chip clip, plastic ziploc, or other canister method (I prefer the roll up and set on its side method).

So next time you are eating one of your guilty pleasures, after a couple bites stop and ask yourself, how much more do I need to eat here in order to be satisfied? You'll find yourself being able to portion food a lot better.

Using this thought targeted approach to eating should help athletes or anyone lose weight or curb their snacky habits. It also forces us to try new foods just to quench curiosity.