I ask because while there is a general understanding that eating a certain way helps to keep the calories down, there isn't a one size fits all approach and people can find their own way of healthy eating depending on their lifestyle. Not all of us have lives or jobs that allow long lunch breaks, walks throughout the day or early dinners.
Speaking for myself, growing up, the norm in the family was eating sitting down, always, even if you're watching something. As I aged and became a teenager, my habits pretty much shot to tit. My diet was awful despite having healthy home cooked food available and I think that laid the foundation for a lot of bad eating habits later on. I am trying to go back to that so my goals are eating only until I'm not hungry anymore, eating at the table when I'm home without watching or reading anything as I notice that I just keep shoveling the food into my mouth, barely thankful for the effort I (or someone else has) put into my meal I don't usually have a beverage with meals and I don't like the taste of alcohol with food so it's usually mineral water or still water. Rarely I'll have a glass of wine if I really want it. I'm also trying to slow down - hence cutting out the distractions because when I'm not focused on a tv show or a video, I actually eat slow. I don't snack except when I'm trying to eat my feelings lol. Since I do have 3 full meals, I find that I'm not hungry in between and if I do eat, it'll be for something sweet with tea in the afternoon, which I'm also trying to cut out. I saw that the more I ate sugar, the more I craved it and I'm not even a sweet tooth! I'll take a plain croissant over a piece of cake or some chocolate any day but I literally felt my brain begging for it. Soft drinks really feed into this too so atm I only have ginger beer at home but it's still full of sugar so I'm trying to step away from that too.
Currently working from home so eating is easier but when I'm at work, I usually have about 15-20 minutes to eat at my desk and it's a grim experience no matter how tasty my food is. I just find it absolutely joyless and soul sucking to eat at my crowded desk, out of my insulated jar or a tupperware under ugly fluorescent lights but nothing to do
Haven't been drinking at all tbh, I'm more of a social drinker and despite having a giant bottle of gin staring at me from its shelf, I haven't felt the urge yet. Maybe when the weather gets warmer, it'll become more appealing
Speaking for myself, growing up, the norm in the family was eating sitting down, always, even if you're watching something. As I aged and became a teenager, my habits pretty much shot to tit. My diet was awful despite having healthy home cooked food available and I think that laid the foundation for a lot of bad eating habits later on. I am trying to go back to that so my goals are eating only until I'm not hungry anymore, eating at the table when I'm home without watching or reading anything as I notice that I just keep shoveling the food into my mouth, barely thankful for the effort I (or someone else has) put into my meal I don't usually have a beverage with meals and I don't like the taste of alcohol with food so it's usually mineral water or still water. Rarely I'll have a glass of wine if I really want it. I'm also trying to slow down - hence cutting out the distractions because when I'm not focused on a tv show or a video, I actually eat slow. I don't snack except when I'm trying to eat my feelings lol. Since I do have 3 full meals, I find that I'm not hungry in between and if I do eat, it'll be for something sweet with tea in the afternoon, which I'm also trying to cut out. I saw that the more I ate sugar, the more I craved it and I'm not even a sweet tooth! I'll take a plain croissant over a piece of cake or some chocolate any day but I literally felt my brain begging for it. Soft drinks really feed into this too so atm I only have ginger beer at home but it's still full of sugar so I'm trying to step away from that too.
Currently working from home so eating is easier but when I'm at work, I usually have about 15-20 minutes to eat at my desk and it's a grim experience no matter how tasty my food is. I just find it absolutely joyless and soul sucking to eat at my crowded desk, out of my insulated jar or a tupperware under ugly fluorescent lights but nothing to do
Haven't been drinking at all tbh, I'm more of a social drinker and despite having a giant bottle of gin staring at me from its shelf, I haven't felt the urge yet. Maybe when the weather gets warmer, it'll become more appealing