Calissa in Canberra is doing 20 things including…

Eat slower, breathe more, chew more, taste & enjoy my food

42 cheers

Calissa has written 6 entries about this goal

Good progress  — 3 months ago

I did well with this goal this week. Breakfast is going at a much slower rate, though there is still a little room for improvement. I’m pleased with my level of awareness.

I think breaking my urge to multi-task through other meals, particularly lunch, is going to be the biggest challenge here.

For now, I’m going to continue with breakfast.

May 16, 11:18PM PDT | 0 comments

Auto-pilot  — 3 months ago

I’v decided I’m definitely going to concentrate on this in the coming week, after almost choking myself while I absent-mindedly scoffed down my breakfast on Saturday.

I did well yesterday, but today I was already a couple of bites in before I remembered to slow down.

I have to do something about this whole auto-pilot routine.

May 11, 06:11PM PDT 2 cheers | 0 comments

Back to square one  — 3 months ago

I haven’t done so well at this lately. In fact I haven’t done anything at all on this lately. I’m back to scoffing my food or eating my food absent-mindedly as I watch or read something else.

I’ve still got a lot of work to do here. Back to trying to eat breakfast more slowly.

May 08, 12:05AM PDT 3 cheers | 0 comments

Breakfast  — 7 months ago

I made a big effort at this over last week. I decided, in keeping with the spirit of this goal, to aim for just one meal to begin with… breakfast. I thought I did well but, counterintuitively, the longer I practice, the worse I seem to get. Is this because I am adjusting to the slower pace?

I think I’ll keep at my one meal for a little while and see how it goes.

Jan 21, 01:38AM PST | 0 comments

Cookies  — 7 months ago

I find my attention returning to my goal of slowing down. This is always the first thing I look to when attempting to slow down.

I received a batch of the most divine cookies from a friend for Christmas. Yesterday and today I have practiced eating one slowly. It’s a challenge. I think the key to this goal is not to wait until I am ravenously hungry because then I just scoff my food.

Jan 03, 12:15AM PST 3 cheers | 0 comments

Concentration  — 11 months ago

This goal is my focus for September. Right now I’m aiming to eat just one meal a day slower than I usually do. So far I’ve discovered how much concentration that takes and how little attention I pay to my food. I’ve realised that much of the time I eat to refuel rather than to enjoy. It seems sad that I don’t enjoy the food I eat.

Sep 05, 2007, 03:23AM PDT 3 cheers | 0 comments

Calissa has gotten 42 cheers on this goal.

 

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