Sitting at a desk all day has numerous unhealthy side effects, weight gain, back pain, eye strain and many more issues. Over the past year or so I have been trying to lose weight or at a minimum stay where I'm at. My wife and I had a mini challenge to see who could lose 20lbs faster (she had just had a baby and wanted to lose they baby weight), in the end she was the winner and she has continued to lose even more. I was able to lose about 10lbs so I was pretty happy, I had started at 190 and I'm now down to 180. I'd still like to shed those extra 10 pounds and more if I'm able.

My next approach to helping me reach that goal is to change how MUCH I eat without adding additional exercises.

Here is my plan, it's really quite simple:

• Use a smaller fork at meals
• Use a smaller plate at meals
• Use a smaller glass and drink before the meal rather than during (if I already have something in my stomach I will eat a bit less)
• Serve up food from the kitchen rather than the table (Less likely to take seconds or even thirds if the food is in a different room)
• Refrain from taking more than one plate full of food
• Using a smaller fork will make me eat slower, eating slower allows your brain time to feel full, leading to less intake of food

And that's it, simple small changes to approaching meals. It's not a quick way to lose weight, but slow and steady is good too. If I can train my stomach that it doesn't need so much food I'll be better off in the long run.

How does this all apply to Design?

In society today, the goal is for people to eat, eat, eat. Plates and forks continue to get larger and larger which is by Design a way to make people eat more (ie. spend more in resturants). So I'm changing the interface on how I eat, which will lead to direct visible results.

:: Micah