When you are dieting, it’s too easy to stick just one more bite of food
in your mouth. You’ll grab a piece of candy or a cookie and think
nothing of it. We are just inclined to eat a little more.
If you can call attention to what you are doing, you may talk yourself
out of eating hundreds of unnecessary calories each day. How?
Suppose you brought yourself a nice, low-cal salad to work for lunch. When you’ve finished, and you don’t want to eat anything else, go to the restroom, pull your toothbrush and toothpaste out, and clean your teeth! Some people do this anyway, but most of us lack the discipline to brush our teeth after work, especially since it means taking along a toothbrush and often brushing in a bathroom where your co-workers come and go.
Make yourself do it. Not only is it going to help you with your diet, but it’s also going to improve your mouth’s hygiene. Fewer pounds, and fewer cavities. What more could you want from such a simple act?
Once you’ve brushed your teeth, put on lipstick or gloss. This may not sound like much of a diet measure, but the truth is, it makes you conscious of what you stick in your mouth. When you brush your teeth at night, are you still tempted to go raid the refrigerator before you go to bed? Probably not. You are aware of the clean feeling in your mouth, and it will help you think about it before you stick that cookie in there and dirty it up again.
Of course, lunch isn’t the only meal where you need to do this. For once in your life, you need to brush after every meal. The lipstick or lip gloss is just a kind of backup plan to help you remember.
Suppose you brought yourself a nice, low-cal salad to work for lunch. When you’ve finished, and you don’t want to eat anything else, go to the restroom, pull your toothbrush and toothpaste out, and clean your teeth! Some people do this anyway, but most of us lack the discipline to brush our teeth after work, especially since it means taking along a toothbrush and often brushing in a bathroom where your co-workers come and go.
Make yourself do it. Not only is it going to help you with your diet, but it’s also going to improve your mouth’s hygiene. Fewer pounds, and fewer cavities. What more could you want from such a simple act?
Once you’ve brushed your teeth, put on lipstick or gloss. This may not sound like much of a diet measure, but the truth is, it makes you conscious of what you stick in your mouth. When you brush your teeth at night, are you still tempted to go raid the refrigerator before you go to bed? Probably not. You are aware of the clean feeling in your mouth, and it will help you think about it before you stick that cookie in there and dirty it up again.
Of course, lunch isn’t the only meal where you need to do this. For once in your life, you need to brush after every meal. The lipstick or lip gloss is just a kind of backup plan to help you remember.
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