The process of laughing and talking about what foods to stretch technically food, giving our brains enough time to send satiety signals. Again, ideally, this should mean calories saved and thinner bodies over time.
The reality, however, is different. In today's hurried worlds, we rushed home from work to run errands, events and even school children. Calories begin construction of road before being consumed. The hasty mentality usually means cutting corners in preparing dinner.
Add the fat and fatty meats to add flavor, processed foods to reduce cooking times and heavy starches like comfort food. You may have even skipped meals during the day and get so hungry that nibble a snack while waiting for dinner to come to the table. Because dinner is served, the average meal has doubled or tripled in calories.
As a society, we are also eating dinner later in the evening, which means that we are not giving our body enough time to digest and assimilate food. That adds up to an automatic increase fat stores. Welcome to the land of the pear-shaped people!
So what can be done to prevent the destruction of dinner your weight loss or weight maintenance plan?
Here are three tips:
- Meals switch - Make breakfast the most important meal of the day, not only puts your diet plan out with the right foot, but a balanced breakfast helps fight disease and reduce cravings during the day. It gives you the energy to go on throughout the day (with a balanced lunch, of course).
- Plan Ahead - This means taking the time to plan meals for the week to ensure you do not have to cut corners and add high-calorie substitutes later.
- Enjoy the company - Research shows that having a balanced meal with friends or family on a daily basis prevents obesity, individuals tend to exercise more restraint in eating patterns that eating socially for themselves. Conversation at the table also means more time for your brain to signal "I'm full".
