Eating in Restaurants the New Addiction by Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP

good taste or no. You have to decide what you want more, the

second's worth of pleasure of a yummy taste, or a lifetime of

carrying around an extra 40 lbs?

6. Ask for a doggie bag at the beginning of the meal. When the

food is served, immediately portion off some to take home for

tomorrow. Some restaurants always serve too much. Do this at

those establishments to get used to the idea.

7. Get a copy of Restaurant Confidential and start checking out

how much you're eating. Yes, I mentioned this twice. It's

important. If you think eating out isn't causing part of the

problem, I say, you're fooling yourself. This little book can

help you realize what's been going on, and then you may find it

easier to choose other dishes, split the meal into two, or skip

some extras.

8. Order one dinner and ask for an extra plate. Many restaurants

will do this for $1.00 or $1.50 extra and it's well worth it.

Then share the meal with your friend and you split the cost

straight down the middle.

Turn Eating Out Back into a Treat

If you really want to get a handle on your weight problem, then

first look at where you eat, second what you eat, and third how

much you eat. If you absolutely cannot give up going to

restaurants or fast food places every day, then you must start

ordering plain, unadorned foods. I you can't do that (which I

can't) then just go out less often. Turn it back into a treat, a

special occasion type thing, and then eat whatever you want. Find

what works for you, and then do it.

Train your Eye to Accept Less Food

Start training your eye to accept less food on the plate. We've

taught ourselves to expect heaps of food, but your body doesn't

need such huge quantities. Frankly, it takes a very tiny amount

of food to supply our needed nutrients.

If they developed a pill which contained all the calories and

nutrients our bodies required, no one would want to take it. We

like to eat. Eating is pleasurable, it's part of the makeup and

experience of being human. Take back control of that most basic

of human needs. Cook at home for friends and bring joy back into

your life through food.

If I Ate Out More Often I'd Gain Weight - it's That Simple

I know I maintain my weight with an average of about 2,200

calories a day. That's more than most dieters strive for, so how

do I get away with eating that much -- I make better choices.

If I started eating out at restaurants more often, I'd suddenly

be eating nearly double what I eat now (calorie wise), without

even trying. Double the calories and guess what? Weight gain

won't be far behind.

Trying to radically change your approach to food or exercise is

rarely successful. More people that are successful at losing

weight and keeping it off do so by making changes and

incorporating them into their lifestyle. Start now. Choose one

habit (such as eating out every day) or regular food you eat, and

decide to cut back on how often, or the quantity. Set a plan, and

do it.

Make a deal with yourself and keep it. If you find you cannot -

that you set yourself too strict a cutback, then modify it and do

it again. Keep at it and you'll be successful.

If you eat out every day during the week for lunch, here's a plan

to make a small change. Carry your lunch one day a week, or save

the extra from dinner out on Sunday night for lunch on Monday.

Get together with your coworkers for a walking lunch every

Wednesday. If there's a gym of fitness club in the vicinity of

your work, join along with your coworkers and make an agreement

to work out together three days a week, at lunch time. Take brown

bag foods you can eat at your desk those days.

These small changes add up to big results. Try a couple in your

daily life and see what happens.

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BIO:

Kathryn Martyn, Master NLP Practitioner, author of the free
e-book: Changing Beliefs, Your First Step to Permanent Weight
Loss, and owner of http://www.OneMoreBite-Weightloss.com

Get The Daily Bites: Inspirational Mini Lessons Using EFT and
NLP for Ending the Struggle with Weight Loss.
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