Author: Beach Diet Editor

Using a smaller wine glass to reduce alcohol consumption

I’ve previoulsy mentioned the idea of using a smaller plate, based on the idea that we eat what’s on our plate. So if we use a smaller plate = we eat less!

The same can be true of what I drink. I replaced the standard wine glass for a small tumbler. The kind you might see some French cafes offer wine in. This simply means I have to keep filling it up if I want to drink the same as I would have with a regular wine glass. And each time I fill it up, it forces me to think, ‘do I really want this?’

A smaller wine glass can be a simple and easy behavioural change to reducing the amount of wine drunk.

So using a smaller wine glass can be one way to reduce the amount of wine being consumed. Reducing consumption of alcohol can also be achieved by not drinking at all on certain days of fthe week. Read more here.

New Year’s Resolution

new year's resolution

New Year’s Resolutions often include diets. Many of us take the start of a new year to plan a change. Change what we eat. Change what we drink. Change how much we exercise.

The Beach-Diet approach is to work on behaviours. Most diets work on calories. The Beach-Diet doesn’t mean ignoring calories, it means working on behaviours first. Calorie intake is driven by behaviours.

Just take a moment to think about your eating behaviours.

Eating behaviours:

  • What do you eat?
  • How often do you eat?
  • Do you eat between meals = snacks?
  • What do you eat when snacking?
  • How good are the calories you eat?
  • How much do you need to eat?
  • Do you over eat?
  • What do you drink?
  • When do you feel hungry?

Changing behaviours

If you’ve tried any diet you will probably know that any behavioural change is difficult. Changing what we do is a real challenge. What we do is based on habits. Things we do again and again. Things we’ve learnt as being good habits. Good in the sense of rewarding, but maybe not good for us.

The Beach-Diet is about working on the behaviours you want to change, in the long term. Yes today, yes tomorrow, but the Beach- Diet works on later this year and next year.

So the Beach-Diet is different because it works on behaviours. The idea is that it gives you the best chance of sticking with your New Year’s resolution.

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