Dr. Fernstrom has spent the past 20 years in the clinic and laboratory studying and treating obesity and eating disorders. To submit your questions, type your question in the send box at the bottom of your screen and click the send button. We will field questions throughout the entire hour of this discussion. With Thanksgiving behind and Christmas around the corner, we all have a lot of eating experience this month. It is not too late to get a handle on the holiday eating, so when you wake up on January 1st, you feel you have an action plan to begin or continue some good eating and weight loss behaviors.
Portion control is really number one.
The best thing to do is become a taster and eat a little bit of whatever food you like, and allow yourself to throw away the rest. The first bite or two of food is always the most pleasant. Beyond that we all feel the urge to completely eat all of the food. Try to stay away from the nut dish and other small foods packed with lots of fats and calories, like small fried appetizers, cheese, and those kinds of food. When eating in any situation, try to balance variety with a small portion.