Reddit mentions of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

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• "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think" (Brian Wansink) is actually a scam. Wansink was dismissed from his university for falsifying researchs and his "food psychology" thing was recently debunked for having little or no academic basis. This book is full of these made up stuff, most information it contains are probably wrong or manipulated. But... it works. It worked for me. It triggered little changes in my relationship to food (mostly about quantity and not tricking myself into eating stuff I'll regret later) and I can see my fat diminishing from these newly formed habits. So I don't know, this scam book was the one that made me end up bad habits with food when some more academic works didn't help a lot. I'll let that to your own judgement.

I've been reading "Mindless Eating" by Brian Wansink and it's fantastic. He runs a food lab Cornell and he talks about the experiments they and other labs do to change how we eat. His focus is on explaining all the things we don't think about affecting our eating, like restaurant lighting and the route we take to/from work. It's written in a very easily understood way and he doesn't come across as preachy. It's not really a dieting book but it's a really fascinating look at the way we eat.
https://www.amazon.ca/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0553384481/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I serve myself smaller portions on smaller dishes/bowls. And then I try to take my time eating.
You might want to check out Mindless Eating. The author discusses how different groups have figured out how to get us to eat more, and how you can reverse those same ideas to help you eat less.

Mindless Eating. It was written by a food scientist/researcher. It is so interesting and the author is a good writer! Check out his website as well as Amazon! It's not really about general nutrition, but more about the psychology behind why we eat.

http://mindlesseating.org/
http://www.amazon.com/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0553384481/ref=pd_sim_b_8

Nothing special, I am just trying to think about everything I eat. I am on a slow boat but it is showing. For instance, Thursday night is my golf league. I used to eat a dozen wings and get an order of fries. Now I eat a dozen wings and a salad and always turn down the last beer. I have cut out snacking almost entirely. I try to not eat seconds. I almost never eat dessert. I have a rowing machine, a jump rope, and Bowflex adjustable dumbells and I try to do something every day, even though that something is often a ten minute workout after work. I am not trying to quickly lose weight, but I would like to be at 185 when I get married next September. At my current pace I will be pretty close. I think I am going to try to run two or three 5k's this summer, as I used to run them fairly often in high school and college, and I think running will push me over the top to the 185 goal.

Edit: I just finished this book for a Food Marketing course, but I am going to try to apply its principles to my eating habits. It was a fascinating read. Some of the ideas are intuitive, but it reinforces proper behavior.