I love food. I don’t really have what they call “issues” with food — I mean I don’t eat a bag of chips or half a gallon of ice cream in a sitting — but I often have troubles putting down my fork when a meal is really good. I have to remind myself that I can come to this restaurant on another day and try something else. That I don’t really have to eat it all (or even half). That pigging out on someone else’s dime is still…pigging out. And that not eating something I don’t love isn’t wasting food.
When I need to put my head on straight again, I grab this book, “The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever.” It’s by New YorkTimes food writer Melissa Clark and her friend Robin Aronson, who was looking to lose some post-pregnancy pounds after having twins.
What’s great about this book: it’s not about dieting AT ALL. And it assumes that you really like food and think that eating good stuff is just grand. It’s more about helping you find the point at which you really are tasting the food in all its glory and then helping you put down your plate once you peak (usually after a few bites of dessert, or whatever. Clark and Aronson include recipes for various yummy things, but it’s the mental repositioning that helps me most.
Any books that help you get back on track with your eating and fitness goals? Please share!