I first fully learned the term in my Contracts class last semester. It rests on the idea that you have it within your control to lessen the amount of damage someone causes you.
For example, a contractor is building your house and, as the first boards of the frame go up, you notice he is using balsa wood. It is up to you to stop the construction then, rather than waiting for the house to be complete. Were you to wait, the house would fall apart and the damages would involve the entire cost of the structure, rather than the cost of a few pieces of balsa. Honestly, you would only be awarded the damages completed before you saw the balsa wood. When we see something potentially wrong, it is our legal duty to stop it then instead of when it reaches maximum damage - to mitigate those damages, rather than profit from them.
Eating healthy involves mitigating a lot of damages for me.
Know you're going out for dinner that night and will be drinking Magic Hat #9 with your meal? Then you better save that 160 calories from lunch - eat an open-faced sandwich and skip the bread.
Did you have real eggs for breakfast? Want to have ice cream for dessert? Better skip the banana from breakfast.
But this morning I received a new twist on my idea from Women's Health (I am pretty sure I need a subscription to this magazine!). They suggest cutting a serving size of something bad in half and supplementing it with a healthy alternative. I love it!
BETTER FOOD: HEALTHY MIX-INS
Improve Food: Better By Half
Good junk food? Not really. But we do have advice on how to make that guilty pleasure a little bit healthier if you have to have it
Here is the link! Enjoy!
I totally just ordered a magazine subscription to Women's Health and am super excited about it!
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