What do you think of when I say “inappropriate behaviour”?
Probably something naughty?
Maybe rude?
Probably not something that we’d like to think that we do?
But I’d wager that we all do display inappropriate behaviour at times.
We do things that aren’t, at least, fully “suitable in the circumstances”.
And becoming aware of this, and the more appropriate choices we can make, is powerful.
Over the next three days, I’m going to cover three ways in which our behaviour or choices might be inappropriate.
And today I’m going to talk about portion sizes.
It’s powerful to remember that, if weight loss is our goal, the fundamental thing that needs to be happening is to be in a calorie deficit.
More energy going out than coming in.
All the research ever done shows that we will lose weight when in a calorie deficit irrespective of a number of other considerations that we might think are important.
We lose weight when in a calorie deficit high in carbs.
We lose weight when in a calorie deficit that consists of a lot of junk food.
We lose weight when in a calorie deficit that involves a lot of socialising and eating out.
We lose weight when in a calorie deficits that’s involves snacks.
We lose weight when in a calorie deficit that’s involves alcohol.
There’s more to “healthy” eating and living than just this, sure.
But that doesn’t make this untrue.
When we accept that, what we can just look to do is make appropriate portion size decisions.
We can have the amount of carbs, junk, food, socialising, eating out snacks and alcohol that is appropriate for someone of our size and activity levels.
———— Out of all the phrases that I use when talking to people about the benefits of tracking their eating for a few days, the one that gets the most “penny dropping” looks is “it’ll help you learn the appropriate portion sizes for someone of your size and activity levels” ————-
Is this the approach that will get us the very best results?
Probably not.
Is it doable no matter what the circumstances?
Sure.
Nothing is fundamentally fattening.
Inappropriate portion sizes are.
Much love,
Jon ‘unseemly’ Hall
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