Paul McKenna's Golden Rules
Much to my disappointment, Paul McKenna didn't hypnotize anyone on the first episode of his new show Sunday night.
Instead, TLC's "I Can Make You Thin," included a handful of helpful, practical tips to battling the bulge.
McKenna laid out his rules for eating:
-- Eat when you are hungry.
-- Eat what you want.
-- Eat consciously.
-- When you are full, stop eating.
His argument is one of moderation: you can eat anything you want, as long as you don't gorge yourself on it. It's a great idea, but one I find tough to follow (you may recall my recent inability to stop myself from eating a whole box of Life cereal).
In the spirit of Cheesefry Nation, I am going to give it a shot. At lunch today, I tried one of his "eat consciously" exercises. Every time I took a bite of food, I put down my fork and chewed the bite 20 times. When I didn't feel hungry any more, I stopped. I still had half of my lunch left on my plate.
Now that is a sure way to cut the calories. But let's just see if I can make it last all week.