Jono

Welcome back to the Bite Me Nutrition podcast. Today is a bit of a different episode. I've taken this audio tat you're about to hear has come from one of the videos in our group program where we have this thing called the weekend toolkit, which is a whole bunch of strategies to make the weekend, you know, not negatively impact your health or your progress while still living your life. And so this concept of just enough, I think is a really important one. And after I recorded it, I decided that it should also be on the podcast. So have a listen.

If you like it or you found it helpful, please let me know. And I'll also put a link in the show notes if you're like, what the hell is this group program that he's talking about? And you can check that out as well. Otherwise, enjoy.

So this one kind of goes on, guess, from the cheat meal, relaxed meal. And this is how I want you to approach those relaxed meals or those relaxed snacks. Or maybe even if you are eating something that was not necessarily planned. This concept of just enough, I think, is really helpful to get us to not overdo it. what I mean by that is, let's say that you really, really feel like some chocolate you've...

made sure you're not hungry, you've had something to eat, you've waited 20 minutes and you're like, you're going to have some chocolate. Now, if you feel like chocolate, I would think that one square of Cadbury dairy milk, for example, probably isn't going to be enough, right? It's not going to sort of scratch that itch. Now,

that doesn't mean you need half a block or a whole block to scratch that itch. There's probably somewhere between those two points that will be just enough. Now you can use this with lots of other foods. You can use it with drinks as well. Do you need four wines or are two wines just enough? And so taking a pause to think about before you eat that food or even probably better while you're eating the food, slowly, mindfully being conscious of, okay, have I hit that threshold? Have I had just enough to scratch that itch to

feel satisfied without falling into that very common trap of, well, I'm gonna have some chocolate, so I'm gonna eat the whole block, or I'm gonna have a glass of wine. No, I'm gonna drink the whole bottle, right? Now, what is just enough is probably gonna be different depending on the day. It's certainly gonna be different depending on the person and the food. So you might need to check in with yourself each time you do this.

you'll probably get a better sense of it as you move forwards and you'll figure out what just enough is most commonly for the most common foods. But it's a really good way to still include those foods, but include them in an amount that is far less likely to, I mean, A, probably more importantly, impact you mentally, right? Because I imagine you have some chocolate, you get a block of chocolate. None of us feel good after doing that, right? So it can help with that feeling of confidence around food.

But it will also absolutely help support your weight loss progress and maintenance long term. So wins all round.