If you resolved to lose weight this year, or at least to cut back on snacking, the easiest way to stay out of the kitchen is by keeping busy. Running errands outside of the house or moving about the office during work hours will keep you from getting bored and will hopefully prevent your thoughts from wandering to food too much. For a little bit of extra motivation, however, you might want to consider a little guilt trip. The Diet Piggy is a small plastic reminder than can be placed in the fridge or pantry and will oink at you, while giving you a dirty look, if you linger in front of the open door looking for munchies.
And yes, the piggy is a bit ridiculous - but we never said that dieting had to be serious. Other things that can help motivate you to resist those cravings include keeping "trigger" foods (primarily high-calorie junk foods) out of the house, stocking the kitchen with low-calorie fruits and vegetables for healthy snacks, and making and effort to cook more slow-cooked meals. Longer cooking times and more involved meals will keep you busier longer - thinking about making food and not just eating it - and will help you to appreciate the time it took to produce the dish so you'll look forward even more to the final product.
What are you using for motivation to stick to your New Year's resolution?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-08-2007 @ 3:41PM
sarah said...
LOL! that is the pouty-est pig i have ever seen!
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1-08-2007 @ 5:07PM
Monkey Eat Food said...
I'll pass on a pig that accuses me of being greedy while I'm gathering vegetables for my salad.
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1-08-2007 @ 9:36PM
calamari said...
Piggy looks like an incentive to snack on cookies and chips (never refrigerated!) or to get takeaway.
Watching CSI: Miami at roughly dinner time is giving me second thoughts about cooking. Nothing like an autopsy to reduce the appetite.
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1-09-2007 @ 12:31PM
Hawk said...
Isn't being busy what prompted fast food, which makes you fat?
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1-10-2007 @ 9:08AM
healthybpm said...
The cutest pig in the world! But is oinking enough to keep you motivated?:)
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1-10-2007 @ 9:11AM
calamari said...
Weeellll... planning longer cooking times and more involved meals would certainly send me straight to Arby's. Or straight into a bag of chips, to avoid starving to death while dinner was cooking.
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