Portion Control Does not Have to Control Your Life
Everywhere you turn these days you hear portion control is the answer to your weight problems. The experts tell you just say no to extra food and stop when you're feeling full. Well if you could stop would you be in the situation you're in now?
No wander people who are overweight start to lose their self esteem. The experts want you to stop when you are in the middle of enjoying yourself. I can think of other situations where if somone told you to stop in the middle of the activity you would not be able to. Think about it, you are singing a song and someone says stop, or if you are taking a nice bath and someone sys get out.( I can think of other activities but...)
We all know that once we start something and we are enjoying it, it is very hard to stop. Remember when you were a kid and you'd be playing outside with your friends, your parents would call you in or if you were watching TV and your parents would say go do your homework in the middle of your show. Try to stop a kid in the middle of their video game, you'll see tears if not get a dose of screaming.
We have to admit to ourselves that stopping an enjoyable activity in the middle of it is impossible! The experts need to stop telling us to control our portions while we are eating. We need to do it before we get to the table. We need to decide how much we are about to consume before we start. That's why the plates that you chose make such a difference.
When you get ready to eat, your first decision it's the plate or the dish. That is the most critical decision of the meal. Once you chose the plate your plate controls your destiny.
