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Author: Michelle
Date: 08-19-02 07:59
I live alone and I realize that I need to slow the pace in which I consum my meals when I am at home. I am looking for ideas on how to do this.
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Author: Dee
Date: 08-19-02 08:56
Morning!
Try eating Chinese style with chopsticks and multiple dishes of food! We had a lovely Chinese lunch in a really nice restaurant yesterday, and a;tjhpugh the children like to simply have some food put on a plate and then eat with their chopsicks, my husband and I eat from our rice bowls. We each put a little rice in the bottom of our rice bowl, and then pick and choose bits of food from the dishes on the table. The meal took an hour, I would say. Another thing that makes meal times slower is to have a salad as either the starter or the main meal, and cut all the salad stuff into really small pieces!! On a dinner plate of food at dinner, I make sure that at least half of my plate is covered in steamed veggies (not counting potatoes and yams, both of which I regard as a starch food and have one or the other, or a small serving of brown rice as the "starch content of dinner), and they take quite a bit of chewing. Also, we have fruit for dessert a lot (the kids like it), and slicing plums or peaches or oranges into very thinn slices and having a little home made fruit sauce to dip the slices into (or low far chocolate syrup if you want to feel decadant) makes for a slow reflective sort of finish. My children drink water with meals, but I drink green tea, and usually linger over a last little cup of that. I know it's hard when you live alone, but don't read, or watch TV, and set the table, rather than perching at a counter top. Don't know if I have helped even a little bit, but wish you well, as always! Cheers, Dee
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Author: Michelle
Date: 08-19-02 09:58
Hi Michelle!
I guss I've got a name double now...LOL. I've been on this boards a few months now, and am surprised the circumstance only came up now - Michelle being a rather popular name and all.
As for your question - I totally agree with Dee's suggestions, particularly the one where you set the table to eat and not just do it anywhere, especially while doing something else like watching tv or browsing through the day's mail.
Reminds me of this documentary I saw comparing American vs. French in eating habits - the main question being that why there are a lot more obese/overweight Americans, than there are French people when French cuisine is as rich, if not richer than the usual American fare.
One of the answers was of course regarding portion sizes. More interesting tough was the analysis on how Americans seem have forgotten the joy of actually stopping to enjoy a meal. They said Americans seem so busy and eat while doing something else, and how this "mindless" sort of eating leads to overeating. One older French lady was commenting on how odd it was for Americans to be able to drive and eat at the same time. It seemed like such an unimaginable task for her.
Michelle
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Author: Michelle
Date: 08-20-02 06:10
I want to thank both of you. I have recently started to change my portion sizes and that is helping but I know that my main problem was eating to quickly. So, that suggestion about the chop sticks is wonderful.
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Author: Michelle
Date: 08-20-02 06:50
Hi again, Michelle!
My husband and I actually came across this little paragraph on tips to eat slower last night. It suggests the use of the non-dominant hand to eat, and to make it a point not to have your fork/spoon/knife in hand at any time that there is still food in your mouth.
Michelle
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