Elizabeth Goodfellow
4/04/2019 3:06 AM
Smaller waistlines from smaller portions!😝
Elizabeth Goodfellow
POINTS TOTAL
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Elizabeth's actions
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Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates
#3 Reduced Food Waste
I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.
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Smaller Portions
#3 Reduced Food Waste
I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.
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Learn More about Silvopasture
#9 Silvopasture
I will spend at least 15 minutes watching videos and/or reading about the environmental benefits of silvopasture.
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Support Nutrient Management
#65 Nutrient Management
I will research and support local farmers who have made the decision to not use synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.
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Learn More about Regenerative Agriculture
#11 Regenerative Agriculture
I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about the need for more regenerative agriculture.
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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Elizabeth Goodfellow 4/28/2019 5:36 PMHaving reduced portions already over the last few years, it was a challenge to reduce these further, especially without snacking more instead. Making sure the meals felt filling even though portions were smaller and avoiding eating for 20mins after a meal helped get over the feeling that we needed more food. It was easy to reduce portions when eating at home, and much more difficult when eating out. Having eating out as a treat of normal portions was mostly what we ended up doing, though eating less and taking leftovers home would have been a good idea but I didn't think of that until now. Reducing portions is a good challenge to try! -
REFLECTION QUESTIONFood Smaller PortionsFun fact: Your brain and stomach register feelings of fullness after about 20 minutes of eating. While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come out of eating smaller portions?
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Elizabeth Goodfellow 4/04/2019 1:32 AMHard to do the smaller portions challenge today: pork with prunes and potatoes for dinner. Yum. Trying wider bowls instead of plates, more gravy with less meat so we don’t eat it all at once. Upside is more leftovers for tomorrow, woo hoo!
