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What They Don’t Know is Good for Them!
You’ve had enough. The ever expanding problem of obesity in America has hit close to home. You have decided to overhaul your family’s eating habits but the family is not exactly enthusiastic about following your lead. Let me tell you a secret…
There are sneaky ways you can start nudging your family towards healthy eating without them even knowing they are now on the path to healthy changes! Forget all that talk about ‘diets’. The word ‘diet’ automatically puts everyone on the lookout for restrictions and a list of things they can no longer enjoy.
Instead, think about healthy changes you can make a step at a time. Watch how easy it is for the family to follow your lead while never knowing they are eating healthy along the way!
Here are five ways to sneak in healthy changes to the way your family eats.
Get New Dinner Plates
Start by taking a look at the way you serve your family’s favorites. Did you know today, the average dinner plate is 11-12″ in diameter compared to the 7-9″ of an average dinner plate a few decades ago?
When dishing up our food it is common to ‘fill our pates’ before we even consider how much of a food we want or need. Without even being aware of it, those super-size dinner plates encourage super-sized servings. Toss out the large plates! Literally, they could get dropped until there is a need to replace them with a new (smaller) dinner set.
Not ready to replace your entire set of dishes? Use the large dinner plates as serving trays and set the table with the smaller luncheon plates.
Perception is Everything
Your family is going to think they are starving if you place a three or four ounce portion of chicken in front of them and tell them that’s it.
Use illusion to make smaller portions seem larger. One chicken breast piece is an average 6 ounces yet the hearty eaters in your home will look at one breast pieces as only one piece of chicken and automatically reach for another.
Slice that same breast piece into 6 chicken tenders and they are suddenly asking, “You expect me to eat all that?”
Pounding out a four ounce portion of meat to form filets also fools the eye and mind into thinking there is more food on those smaller plates.
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