Three meals a day never seemed to sit well with me. As a teenager and young adult, eating a whole lot at one time made me feel sluggish and sitting through a long meal was absolute torture. My brother often teased me about my habit of eating "lots of little meals". Several years ago, I read an article in a fitness magazine about just that: eating several meals a day. The article supported this practice and as I researched it more, I felt validated. Not only does this practice stave off hunger, it levels out blood sugar and may lead to weight loss. Of course, one must remember that the content of these mini-meals counts.: eating a small bag of potato chips as one little meal and a jumbo box of Raisinettes as another isn't going to help you with weight control. Relatively healthy mini-meals with a tasty treat thrown in now and then is the way to go.
I have recently applied the "mini meal" concept to other areas of my life. When there is a task looming ahead of me, I find that looking at the whole picture can be overwhelming. If I want to clean my house and begin to think about all of the work involved, I'm likely to say "forget it" or "this is just way too much to tackle at one time." So I divide up the work and do a bit, take a break, and then go back to it. Something to think about when you start to freak out over a seemingly unconquerable task.
I have recently applied the "mini meal" concept to other areas of my life. When there is a task looming ahead of me, I find that looking at the whole picture can be overwhelming. If I want to clean my house and begin to think about all of the work involved, I'm likely to say "forget it" or "this is just way too much to tackle at one time." So I divide up the work and do a bit, take a break, and then go back to it. Something to think about when you start to freak out over a seemingly unconquerable task.
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