1 What is an indulgent meal? An indulgent meal is used to indulge and let oneself go.
But in fact, the definition of an indulgent meal is different for everyone.
For a girl who dared not even touch white rice when she was losing weight, eating a serious meal was her indulgent meal; for Susana, going to a Chinese restaurant to eat fish was an indulgent meal.
In my opinion, the diet when losing weight should be more based on the principles of healthy nutrition, while indulgent meals tend to be junk food that is not high in nutrients and is not filling, or is extremely high in calories.
Usually going out to a restaurant to eat your favorite side dishes, or having an occasional hot pot dinner with friends is not considered an indulgent meal, it is just a normal meal for you; while packaged foods such as milk tea, instant noodles, and biscuits and chocolates,
It is junk food that has no nutrition and does not make you full after eating it. This kind of food can be regarded as an indulgent meal.
I tried not to eat junk food when I was losing weight, but sometimes the sound of my husband eating instant noodles in the middle of the night really made my mouth water, so on weekends I would treat instant noodles as an indulgent meal.
What your indulgent meal is ultimately up to you.
But remember: Don’t treat healthy and nutritious food as an indulgent meal. This is digging a hole for yourself to jump into.
Eating your mom's braised pork is definitely not an indulgent meal, but don't forget to ask her to use less sugar.
2 Why there is an indulgent meal? A bow that is stretched too full will break, and a string that is stretched too tight will break.
I heard that the owner of a Chinese restaurant near my home suffered a heart attack and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. He almost lost his life.
His store is open seven days a week, and he goes out to buy groceries at around 7 a.m. every morning. He is busy with all kinds of work until he closes at 10 p.m. and returns home from get off work.
It’s always the same, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
When all restaurants are closed during American holidays, their home remains open.
Business was booming, but the boss finally fell ill.
After being discharged from the hospital, the boss quickly sold the restaurant he had opened for 6 years and returned to China with his family to recuperate.
This is true for career, and so is losing weight.
Only by being relaxed can you go far.
When losing weight, most people are in a state of nervousness. They dare not touch this or eat that.
If a person is in this state for a long time, he will definitely collapse after a long time. This has nothing to do with willpower.
Losing weight is not a battle, learn to give yourself a holiday.
3 Benefits of indulgent meals: In addition to satisfying your appetite, it can also help you get through the weight loss plateau.
Let’s talk about two human hormones that are closely related to weight loss: leptin and ghrelin.
Leptin is responsible for regulating appetite, reducing caloric intake, and stimulating energy expenditure; ghrelin is responsible for stimulating appetite, making you never full no matter how much you eat, which is simply the biggest enemy of weight loss.
Research and surveys show that a low-calorie diet or excessive exercise will cause more ghrelin secretion, which means you will be more hungry, eat more, and gain weight more easily.
However, an occasional indulgent meal can reduce the secretion of ghrelin, increase leptin content, and stimulate metabolism.
In short, you will be less hungry, eat less, and at the same time gradually transform into a body that is easy to lose weight.
Thin people know how to indulge occasionally, but fat people always force themselves to overeat.
4. How to eat indulgent meals? Eat whatever you want, and control the quantity to 1-2 times; eat whatever you like, but only for one meal.
The first half of the sentence is important, the second half is even more important.
Eating hamburgers and fries is no problem; eating hamburgers, fries, fried chicken, milk tea and McFlurry is a big problem.
Drinking a cup of milk tea in the afternoon is no problem; eating fried chicken in the morning, instant noodles at noon, and pizza in the evening, plus snacks of milk tea, potato chips, shrimp crackers, Wangwang biscuits, is a big problem.
The purpose of indulgent meals is to satisfy your cravings, thereby helping you better control your appetite and make healthier food choices on a daily basis.
If you can't stop eating, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat and you can't control it, this is not an indulgent meal, it is overeating.
When I go out on weekends, I will order a cup of milk tea or eat crispy salted chicken; sometimes if I really want something sweet, I will go to McDonald's and buy a McFlurry.
It's delicious and fun to eat.
Sometimes I eat until I’m full, and sometimes I get tired of the milk tea after drinking half of it, so I give it to my husband, but I feel really satisfied and happy.
After eating, the desire for snacks will be much reduced. If I want to eat again next week, I will wait until the next weekend to eat.
Indulgent meals are meant to help you lose weight, not to stop you from losing weight; it is a means, not an end.
5. The frequency of indulgent meals is once a week, four times a month. Try to put it on outings, gatherings with friends or special occasions.
My husband and I cook at home during the day, and on weekends we drive to the Chinese district of Los Angeles to eat delicious food, watch movies and visit shopping malls.
So weekends are a very happy time for me, and I don’t want to miss out on a lot of fun by restraining my appetite, so I save all indulgent meals for weekends.
This weekend I'm going to meet old friends I haven't seen for many years, so save the indulgent meal until then. It's so fun to meet old friends. What more could I ask for in life than a cup of milk tea? The birthday is coming soon, so save some cakes and desserts for the birthday party.
Go ahead and eat, it’s such a happy birthday, who cares about losing weight.