I know that I have an issue with my portion sizes, especially at dinner time! I do pretty well all day and when it’s dinner time, I’m not starving because I ate healthy all day but I find myself going for seconds. I say it’s because it tastes so good but in reality, I know that I do it because something is missing in my life so I fill that emptiness with food. I know I do this so why do I keep doing it instead of filling the emptiness with the thing that I truly crave?

Making changes in our lives is difficult and exciting. Making change means going out of your comfort zone, getting creative and being bold to an extent. Making changes sometimes means letting go of the fight inside of us and accepting what is if even just for now. Finding happiness isn’t as hard as we make it out to be, happiness is a choice we make; change is a choice we make.

Portions out of control is something we do that hurts our body and makes us feel bad about ourselves emotionally. Portion sizes are our way of gaining our own control of a situation that we feel is out of our control – but the price is high.

It’s time to make changes. It’s time to fill the emptiness with the truth, the thing that is missing, the thing we long for but haven’t worked out how to grasp it. When you want something badly enough, you can achieve it. You can have that dream, lose the weight, travel to that place of your dreams, have that item you can’t live without – it just takes a little work and a lot of heart.

Begin shifting your focus from food to fulfillment. Write down what you feel is missing from your life, keep that note in clear view so you will see it every day as a reminder of your deepest desire. Take control of portion sizes, if it helps, use a 6″ appetizer plate so you can fill it twice and feel okay with it, or stick to a dinner plate and strictly have just one plate of food. Eat slowly so your brain registers that you’re eating and always remind yourself of why one plate is enough.

Fulfillment of life isn’t filling the emptiness with food, it’s filling it by making your dreams and wishes reality. One plate – fulfillment.