#3 Leaving food / a summary

A couple of feedbacks from who has tried the first rule reached me already, filling me with joy. I thus take this morning of forced holiday to update my little blog summary with the third rule.

Here’s the third, apparently odd, rule: Leaving [food]

Notice: start following this rule only after you’ve used the previous ones for at least a few day, or better a week. Concepts are applied better if rules are followed little by little, when the previous ones have been assimilated a bit.

Link to original

#2 Eating what you want / a summary

Today I have some time. Between writing random stuff about the joy of having left another couple pounds along the way or writing another rule, I decided the rule would have been less inconclusive. I hope to manage to be concise without forgetting anything.

Therefore, here’s the second, wonderful rule: What to eat [everything!]

Notice: start reading and following this rule only after you’ve used the first for at least a few day, or even better a week. It’s easier to assimilate the concepts one at a time.

Link to original

How to /

1 • Before eating, during the meals or between meals, drink 1 or 2 glasses of water and wait. Especially if you’re between meals, this helps recognizing if you were really hungry or just thirsty (the signals sometimes get mixed), or even if it was a nervous hunger. In that case a glass of water and breathing help you to calm down. 

2 • You can eat anything you want to eat. Except obviously in case of allergies, spoiled foods, with dubious ingredients or anything that common sense advises against (like a light bulb).

#1 Slowing down / a summary

This morning I found out that some girls follow me on Facebook (?!), so I thought that I could describe the rules in a more schematic manner, without digressing on personal thoughts, so that whoever wants to refer to them can do it without needing to take a day off.

I return therefore to the first, and most important: Slowing down.

Notice: this rule, like the others, doesn’t need to be applied to a specific diet or servings, but it could be matched with both if it helps give you confidence.

Link to original

How to /

1 • With “slowing down” I mean sitting down calmly to eat thinking only about eating. Distractions like television, books, mobile phones ad such must be avoided, so that you can only concentrate on eating, at least at the beginning.