What Is On Your Mind Counts

Still in our Halloween Theme – Count Dracula????  Today’s un-diet tip to get healthy is called:

First and Last Bites:

Starting and ending the day with a focus on the positive can make the middle of the day substantially healthier because the mindset will naturally (or subconsciously)  continue to follow us.

Purposefully make a great choice for the first and last thing you put in your mouth each day.  Plan it and make sure it is the best of the best. For starters, you could have a piece of fresh fruit like a ruby red grapefruit and a fresh egg from the farmer’s market, or old fashioned steele cut oatmeal with Greek yogurt in the morning.  Before going to bed, what about a great herbal tea instead of ice cream or Doritos in front of the TV?  Tooth paste and mouthwash?  Of course, why not splurge on something that makes your mouth and teeth feel great before going to sleep?

Then think about the first bite and last bite of each meal the same way.   At Weight Watchers meetings they say the first bite we eat is for taste, the second bite is for texture and the third bite is just because . . . that one, and the ones that follow are more mindless eating and less enjoyable.    So when you sit down to eat a meal, what is the very first thing you want to taste and the last thing you want to savor?

If we think about the first and last bite bookends at our meals and our days, we’ll not only enjoy our bites more, we will be more selective about the bites we really want and probably have fewer bites all together.

Stay tuned for more tips – and I’d love to hear feedback on how these might be working for you through the holidays.  Armor up!