I Won't Eat or Spend While Standing Up  by Frugal Duchess on 11
July 2009 7 comments Photo: Tony  From a $1.49 bag of Lays of
potato chips, I found a valuable lesson in personal finance and
dieting. And that junk-food tutorial will dramatically change
the way I shop and spend money. Here's what happened. When I
cleared chips from the dining room table, I absentmindedly stuck
my hand into the bag and crammed a handful of chips into my
mouth.  But I wasn't hungry. But I was eating. But I wasn't
thinking. But I was eating. Finally, my brain kicked out of the
standby mode and I suddenly understood the 10 commandments of
dieting, including the prohibition about eating while standing.
In the upright position, it's incredibly easy to mindlessly
consume calories.  That's why dieting gurus always warn about
eating while standing up. It's so easy to stuff my mouth with
food without thinking. But when I sit at the dinner table or the
breakfast counter, I'm more mindful of the process and I consume
less.  That realizatio