Reason-Ability · an applied programme

Reasonable Eating

Thirteen reasonable algorithms for how, when, why and what you eat — one focus a week, four laps a year.

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Algorithm Zero · always on
Click any slice to read its focus and word of wisdom; press Play to walk the programme. Begin it and the wheel opens on the week you're on.

Thirteen reasonable algorithms — one always-on focus at the centre (Eat more) and twelve that you take one at a time, a week each, cycling the four domains. 12 weeks to a lap, four laps to the year. No willpower marathon; just this week's one thing, done reasonably, until it's simply how you eat. Tap any slice above to meet its algorithm; press Play to watch the focus walk the weeks.

When you eat

Week 6 Stop when no longer hungry

Aim for “not hungry,” not “full.” Lay the fork down a few bites early and your body catches up grateful, never stuffed.

Hunger >> Appetite Reasonable Eating · wk 06 · when
stop herehungerappetiteStarvingNo longer hungryComfortableFullStuffed← less eatenmore eaten →
the reasonable stop

Hunger is met. Stop here — this is the reasonable place to stop.

No longer hungry, well before full. Your body’s need has gone quiet; everything past this is appetite, not hunger. This is the whole algorithm.

What you eat

Week 4 Did it grow into its shape?

An apple looks like an apple; a crisp looks like a factory. The closer a food is to how it grew, the better it tends to be.

Reasonable Eating · wk 04 · what

Eat nearer the top — did it grow into its shape?

How natural is your plate?
  1. Unchanged from its natural state

    Most natural · best

  2. Rearranged, chemically identical

    Still whole

  3. Changed, but structurally intact

    Cooked · dried · roasted

  4. Changed beyond all relation

    Has an ingredients list · worst

The tray — drag a food onto its rung

White bread
Apple
Grilled chicken
Cola
Fresh milk
Coleslaw
Cake
Roasted nuts

Pick up a card and drop it on the rung where it belongs.

Week 8 Eat a high NERD

NERD = Nutrition-to-Energy Ratio. Broccoli scores ten, a doughnut scores one. Chase the high-NERD foods and the rest takes care of itself.

Reasonable Eating · wk 08 · what
A two-by-two plot. The horizontal axis is Energy · calories, Low on the left to High on the right. The vertical axis is Nutrition, Low at the bottom to High at the top. The winning zone is High NERD.High NERDLowHighEnergy · caloriesHighLowNutrition10

NERD · nutrition ÷ energy

10.0/ 10

A perfect 10

Broccoli — heaps of nourishment for almost no energy. This is the corner you want to live in.

Nutrition 96
Energy · calories 12

Drag the dot anywhere · tap a food to fly it there

That's three of the thirteen made interactive. The rest — and the “coach in your pocket” that nudges you to this week's focus — are the same wheel, the same data, read different ways.