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"I live alone, so when I cook, it&amp;#39;s usually for one. But I&amp;#39;ve gotten into the habit of making a dinner for myself that&amp;#39;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.\n1.) No Internet surfing, logging onto Facebook or watching TV while eating--not even Sex and the City reruns. I&amp;#39;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;#39;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;#39;s &amp;quot;Soul Samba&amp;quot; (best jazz album ever).\nPinterestFacebookPHOTO: COPYRIGHT, 20092.) No paper plates or plastic containers. My &amp;quot;china&amp;quot; isn&amp;#39;t anything fancy--it&amp;#39;s from TJ Maxx and it&amp;#39;s all mismatched, which I love--but it&amp;#39;s the kind that requires washing, and it&amp;#39;ll break if it falls while I&amp;#39;m standing in front of the fridge eating, which I am not allowed to do anymore either.\n3.) 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.\n4.) 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;#39;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;#39;m more likely to order in when I&amp;#39;m not that hungry, or tack on an extra something I don&amp;#39;t need just to meet the delivery minimum. If a meal is really worth it, I&amp;#39;ll walk the 10 minutes to go pick it up. And if it&amp;#39;s not, I&amp;#39;ll work with what&amp;#39;s in my fridge instead.\nDo you guys follow any of my eat-alone rules? Do you have any tips of your own that I could steal? I&amp;#39;d love to hear them!\n__\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:__\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters.\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage.\nFollow us on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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