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"I live alone, so when I cook, it&amp;#x27;s usually for one. But I&amp;#x27;ve gotten into the habit of making a dinner for myself that&amp;#x27;s fit for company. I have some new rules about dinner for one that are really helping me undo a behavior that once sabotaged my body: mindless eating--usually done out of a plastic wrapper. 1.) No Internet surfing, logging onto Facebook or watching TV while eating--not even Sex and the City reruns. I&amp;#x27;ve watched these episodes so many times I can recite them line for line, which means I completely zone out. Zoning out + eating = a bad combo! I need to be conscious of every bite or I&amp;#x27;ll look down at my empty plate and wonder who the heck stole my chicken. Now I play music instead. My fave eat-alone soundtrack is Ike Quebec&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Soul Samba&amp;quot; (best jazz album ever). 2.) No paper plates or plastic containers. My &amp;quot;china&amp;quot; isn&amp;#x27;t anything fancy--it&amp;#x27;s from TJ Maxx and it&amp;#x27;s all mismatched, which I love--but it&amp;#x27;s the kind that requires washing, and it&amp;#x27;ll break if it falls while I&amp;#x27;m standing in front of the fridge eating, which I am not allowed to do anymore either. 3.) No eating out of bowls--except for salads. I used to like to eat everything out of a bowl as big as a lampshade. The deeper, the better. Turns out, bottomless bowls led to bottomless eating, too. Now I plate my rice, my fish, whatever, and being able to see where my food begins and ends helps me feel more full on more moderate portions. 4.) No ordering delivery. Although I prepare most of my own meals these days, I do occasionally get a craving for sushi or the world&amp;#x27;s best hummus from a Middle Eastern restaurant in my nabe. But having someone bring it to my door is off-limits. When food becomes that convenient, I&amp;#x27;m more likely to order in when I&amp;#x27;m not that hungry, or tack on an extra something I don&amp;#x27;t need just to meet the delivery minimum. If a meal is really worth it, I&amp;#x27;ll walk the 10 minutes to go pick it up. And if it&amp;#x27;s not, I&amp;#x27;ll work with what&amp;#x27;s in my fridge instead. Do you guys follow any of my eat-alone rules? Do you have any tips of your own that I could steal? I&amp;#x27;d love to hear them! More Ways to Get Glamour: You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters. Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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