5 Ways Living a Formal Life Helps You Maintain a Healthy Weight
Usually when we discuss getting to a healthy weight, people focus on calorie reduction or cutting sugar, or following a specific diet. You might do what I do, which is intermittent fasting. All these methods can aid people in losing weight, but your overall lifestyle will ultimately determine the healthiness of your lifestyle and whether you will be able to maintain your healthy weight or not.
I'm sharing 5 ways living a formal life can keep you slim in today's video. 1. Living a formal life honors set mealtimes. When you live a more formal and structured life, you generally honor mealtimes. Breakfast, lunch, teatime (if you observe it) and dinner are seated affairs, usually at a nicely set table, whether by yourself or with others. When you set the table nicely and sit down at the appointed time, you are generally more present and conscious of what you are eating. The whole experience is structured and therefore more enjoyable. People who eat at irregular times everyday at their desk or in front of the tv or even while walking around the house are not going to be aware of what they are eating. Their eating experience will be an unconscious one. They won’t even know what or how much they are eating. The experience will be sloppy.
2. A Formal Life requires structure and there is less opportunity to snack out of boredom. It has generally been my experience that when I take part in mindless snacking, it’s because I’m stressed or bored… not because I’m actually hungry. When you live a formal life, you plan your day and have a structure around it. There is less opportunity to mindlessly snack.
3. When live a more formal life, dressing well becomes a priority and when you dress well, you are likely to notice weight gain as opposed to when you are wearing comfy elastic pajamas or sweat pants.
4. When you look good, you don’t want to mindlessly snack. We recently discussed the Goblin Mode phenomenon in a 3 articles on the subject of dress video. In Goblin Mode people just give up and let themselves go. When you have given up and don’t care about your appearance or your surroundings, of course you’re not going to care about what you eat or when you eat. In fact, the article referenced “downing Eggo toaster oven waffles with hot sauce over the sink because you can’t be bothered to put them on a plate.”
5. Formal Surroundings are Likely to Affect Your Behavior. Think about how you would act in a fancy restaurant vs. a casual one. There is a difference in behavior no matter how subtle. When your surroundings are more formal, you naturally become more self-aware- I think in a good way. Your posture improves, you become aware of how you’re dressed and how you present yourself. When the food is presented to you, you take it in. People purposely seek out fancy restaurants for special occasions for this reason.
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Kathleen writes, "Jennifer I love picnics and tea parties. This was a beautiful combination of both. My has your girls grown up to be lovely young ladies. Enjoy every moment with your family. Time goes by quickly. I’m 78 tomorrow. I enjoy tea parties with my daughters and granddaughters now ❤️"
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Jennifer, I couldn't agree more!! I love that you showcased an area that I haven't seen on other youtube channels..where formal living can help you maintain a healthy weight!! Blessings, Stacie
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Jennifer, I couldn't agree more!! I love that you showcased an
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Blessings, Stacie
Jennifer, love this topic - thank you as you continue to inspire me to make positive lifestyle changes
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I could not stop laughing at your "casual" binge eating takes....
Milly