Lose Weight with Three Bites

Sometimes life is just too short to say “No”!

When you’re eating out or having a special meal and you really
want to have dessert, it’s not always sensible to deny yourself
and feel deprived. You’ll only rebel later and make up for those
feelings of deprivation with a feast.

On the other hand, when you know that a slice of cake or creamy
dessert will be 700 calories or more, which you can definitely
do without, you are left with a “should I / shouldn’t I”
dilemma.

As a compromise, ask for the smallest portion of whatever you
really want – at a restaurant you can ask a friend to share. And
then take only three bites.

Eat your treat as slowly as you possibly can, linger over it and
enjoy the taste in your mouth. Make the very most of those three
bites and then cover the rest with your napkin.

You can’t do much damage with three bites if you simply have to
have something and it means you can enjoy your treat without the
guilt.

And far from being a waste of money, it doesn’t matter whether
bites four to fifteen land in the trash or on your hips – you
are spending the same amount.

You can try this with other highly fattening foods too -
allowing yourself three bites of anything will mean that no food
is forbidden and somehow you don’t crave it quite so much when
it’s on the “allowed list”.

Just remember to save this strategy for when you really need it,
when the desserts are so delicious you just can’t resist or when
you really need a treat, because if you do it all the time those
bites do add up!

Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

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