I know many people find it surprising that I have lazy tendencies because in many areas I am somewhat disciplined. When it comes to food though, I got all kinds of lazy going on which is why I’m all about finding shortcuts, doing semi-homemade, and using as little dishes and silverware as possible because I hate washing dishes. <\/p>\n
In fact, another dirty little secret of mine is that at home I eat mainly with disposable forks and spoons so I can just throw them away instead of wash them. I’m either saving water or creating more landfill, two ways to look at it.<\/p>\n
A simple way to cut down calories<\/strong><\/p>\n A very significant yet easy way to cut down our calorie consumption is simply cutting down portion sizes. I no longer deprive myself of any foods any more. If I want something, especially if it’s a sweet or a fat like pizza or cake, I’ll just eat a small portion of it. My Inner Resistance Monster is satisfied because to him even two bites of something is better then telling him, “No way Jose.” Whenever, I do that, oh boy, the cravings intensify until I break down and then end up eating way more had I just taken the couple bites in the beginning.<\/p>\n \u00a0 I have these plate\/bowl dishes I got at World Market, and I like them because they are flat yet have edges and can hold in food like a bowl. So, I put my takeout food in one of these dishes, and as you see here, I have only one egg roll instead of two, only 1\/3 of the noodles, and about 75% of the meat. I don’t mind eating more meat because it’s mostly protein, and the dish didn’t come with that much meat in the first place, so we’re good.<\/p>\n I actually didn’t eat everything on the plate because I got full, so I stopped and put the rest back in the to-go container for lunch the next day. I think we can often underestimate the power of visual queues when we eat. When you take take-out food out of its to-go container and put it on a plate, you can have better control over the portion size you eat, and help keep on track for your health goals.<\/p>\n Eating at the table<\/strong><\/p>\n Along with putting the food on the plate, I also ate at my dining table. Normally, I’d eat my take-out in its to-go container on the couch and watch TV. Besides the food looking nicer in a plate, eating at the table made me feel like I was having more of a food experience like what you have at a restaurant versus feeling like a couch potato.<\/p>\n I did have to wash the plate, but I figured washing one plate in an effort to help me cut down on my food portions was well worth it. Glad I tried something new!<\/p>\n So what new thing did you try this week?<\/p>\n To some of you this is going to sound ridiculous, and to some others of you, you will be like, “OMG! I do that too.” I don’t mind admitting some of my oddities because 5 years of blogging has taught me that many of us are more alike than we think. So okay, whenever I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2831,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a> In an effort for, “I tried something new<\/a>” for the #foodrevolution, I decided this time to put my Vietnamese Bun #3 dinner out of it’s to-go container, and put it on a plate. Now, why this seemingly small action actually is a big deal<\/em> is that it made me realize that when I eat straight out of the to-go container, I will be inclined to eat the whole thing because some of my, “Clean the plate” mentality will eek in. Eating a whole to-go container of anything is just way too much food as some of those containers can fit 3-4 servings.<\/p>\n
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