The S Rule

"Food Rules" by Michael Pollan offers some great advice about nutrition in small bites. One bite that I particularly like and want to adopt is the S rule: "Eat no seconds, snacks or sweets except in days that begin with the letter S." Of course, last night I grabbed a book, Bill Bryson's "Thunderbolt Kid," and a couple handfuls of pistachios and had a most enjoyable snack just before bedtime.

I am definitely a work in progress.

The S rule will be easier to follow while I am in the work world, which at the current rate of income should be about age 80. I just bring a cooler to work with snacks for 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m., and very occasionally go out to lunch with friends. At home the refrigerator beckons at all hours. In retirement I will have to find clubs to join, volunteer activities to do and recreational pursuits to follow to get out of the house and away from the refrigerator.

With discipline, the S rule should help me maintain my weight at a healthy level, and for that even the Thunderbolt Kid might approve.