Tip 117 - Spend more time in the kitchen, not less
01 December 2009
The Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture recently found that people of normal weight spend more time on meal-related tasks than people who are overweight (or, for that matter, underweight). Also, the more time people spend on tasks like food shopping, cooking and kitchen clean-up, the more likely they are to be of average weight. This chimes nicely with my theory that the more you LOVE food, the more you enjoy it and engage with it, the slimmer you’ll be. Part of the problem with deprivation diets is that they teach us that food is the foe. This, then, is a call to the kitchen. Get stuck in, cook, eat, shrink. As St John chef Fergus Henderson writes in the introduction to his book Nose to Tail Eating, “Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it…”
2 comments
Written by joanne shaw on 25 February 2010 at 15:29:00
omg this statment has summed up 'diet food' and the way we think about food 100% for me. Its so right, i am a serial diet starter but soon get bord with the same foods or 'simple' recipes if im using my brain and hands to make a delicious low fat meal im not thinking about what comes next or how to cheat -genus.
im off to find some fun low fat recipies... report back at a later (thinner) date :-)
Written by tracey betteridge on 26 October 2011 at 14:49:00
I see lots of clients struggling to lose weight through my work as a hypnotherapist. It really seems to be the case that if you think about food in a positive way then you'll have good habits and be a sensible weight. Attitudes to food are complex but if you really enjoy food and listen to your body's hunger signals and stay active the whole problem of food and weight seems to go away.
It's actually very easy to have the body you want when your mind's on track.