Category: food
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Focus on your pride
When we go out to eat, should we think about how bad we feel if we eat the fried fish, French fries and chocolate cake? Or, should we consider how good we’ll feel if we eat the baked fish and steamed vegetables? Focus on your pride, advises Deborah Macinnis, vice dean for research and strategy…
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Can you eat just one potato chip?
If you can stop after eating one chip, you deserve an award for your self-discipline. A study by Harvard University scientists indicates that potato chips headed the list of foods that can be blamed for weight gain, according to an article in the June 23, 2011, Dallas Morning News. “They’re very tasty and they have…
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Simple tricks to stop overeating
Specifically, the headline on the cover of the thin magazine/leaflet reads: “Stop Overeating. Three simple tricks.” Inside the Weight Watcher Weekly for June 19-25, I fiound these tricks: At home, serve measured portions on the plate instead of serving family style. At a restaurant, order two appetizers. And, when you visit a friend, wear your…
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Who could resist buying a book titled The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted? I couldn’t. I bought it even though I had stood in Border’s and read the entire 11-page short story with the same title in Elizabeth Berg’s book. Do you identify with a woman who walks out of a Weight Watcher meeting…
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Need a new reason to lose 10 pounds?
Fayteen and I are now eating lots of fruits and vegetables for three reasons—two old reasons and one new reason. The first reason is that we want to look better. No, we don’t want to look like the anorexic, 20-something models in the fashion magazines. But, we do want to look our best and we…
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What do you do when you lose self-control?
In our last blog post, I confessed that I recently lost control and ate almost a whole box of Samoas, my favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies. Did I enjoy every bite? Almost every bite. I was beginning to feel guilty before I reached for the last cookie. What do you do when you lose…
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The good news and the bad news
The good news is that I practiced moderation during a recent weekend trip to Tulsa. I didn’t eat donuts for breakfast, the wonderful bread and butter offered during lunch at a fancy restaurant or the brownies at an evening cookout. The bad news is that I lost all of my self-control as soon as I…