With restaurants portioning out 3-4 times the amount we should be eating (honestly, when's the last time you ate 1/4 of whatever showed up on your plate??), here's a thought about eating out....
Once upon a time, not so long ago, people ate out for a reason. Maybe it was in celebration of an anniversary, a birthday or a promotion. Maybe it was out of necessity to seal the deal with an important prospective client. Or maybe it was the understandable consequence of travel. But one thing's for sure—we didn't used to eat out simply because we could. Eating out was special. --Yoni Freedhoff
Overeating (eating any time you are not actually PHYSICALLY hungry) once in a while is no big deal. Your body will work hard to stay the same weight -- which, in this scenario means it will ramp up your metabolism to burn off the extra calories you took in. However, because we overeat all the time (think about the afternoon soda you're drinking because your bored with the project you're working on), the body can't burn off all of the extra calories -- your body has no other choice but to store them.
There is another solution -- eat at home...as the rule, not the exception. Don't have time? I don't believe that. We have exactly as much time as we've ever had -- we just have different priorities. What are your priorities?
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I think much of eating out is the draw of social interaction; maybe, we need to get back to feeling comfortable having others over for dinner or progressive dinners?
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