How to make healthy eating more exciting
Behaviour technique
Dinners at your favourite restaurant, weekend brunch with family…some meals just have that special feel. Let’s bring that same energy to your nutritious go-tos.
Try this!
![[GRAPHIC] Make your meal sound delish. Call it something you’d order from a restaurant. It’s not just salad, it’s crisp spring veggies tossed with juicy chicken, egg crumbles, and a bright, lemony vinaigrette. Set the table—and the scene. Break out nice dishes, cloth napkins, and background music. Plate your meal as if you were going to photograph it. Savor the experience. Sit and eat slowly and mindfully, focusing on your food and company, not TV or TikTok.](https://v.cdn.ww.com/media/system/cms/au/0402_TechniqueV2.jpg "[GRAPHIC] Make your meal sound delish. Call it something you’d order from a restaurant. It’s not just salad, it’s crisp spring veggies tossed with juicy chicken, egg crumbles, and a bright, lemony vinaigrette. Set the table—and the scene. Break out nice dishes, cloth napkins, and background music. Plate your meal as if you were going to photograph it. Savor the experience. Sit and eat slowly and mindfully, focusing on your food and company, not TV or TikTok.")
Let’s dive a little deeper…
Not every meal has to be a big event. But if your healthy-eating routine starts to feel as routine as brushing your teeth, it’s time to shake things up. Borrowing what makes “special meals” so fun, festive, and appealing can help restore some of the excitement that may have faded over time.
So, serve your Points®-friendly tacos with decorative napkins and margarita glasses. Or, create a romantic candlelit date night to complement Tuesday’s zoodle primavera—complete with a fancy menu. Research suggests that playing around with ambience and using sensory or nostalgic words to describe foods can increase how much we enjoy what we eat.
Bottom line: Your routine and go-to foods keep you on track, but thinking differently about them—how you serve them, where or how you eat them, what you call them—helps keep things interesting and keeps you excited and inspired for the journey.