Eat more slowly

Doing well on this, for the most part I’ve been eating much slower than in the past. It’s part of my plan to lose weight.

http://summertomato.com/how-to-become-a-slow-eater/

I’m especially good at this if I’m by myself. It’s then that I feel that I’m taking the time to make a good meal for myself, eat it conscously, enjoy it, and allow it to nourish me completely.

I feel that the hardest part in overcoming this is the dozen years spent in public school, where I was given 25 minutes to get in line, grab my food, get a seat, scarf it down, and make it back to class. A lot of training to overcome.

Recently, I was talking with a few people about eating, diet, nutrition, and health. One of the things that came up was how eating slowly was better for your health – I suppose for a few reasons, partly because you chew your food better and you feel full before you overstuff yourself.

Anyhow, it reminded me of how quickly I tend to – a habit that I think I acquired from years of being single and eating alone. So I’m making a concerted effort to slow down my eating, improve my table manners and enjoy my food a bit more.

I’m doing pretty well at this… something that’s really helping me with this goal is SOUP! yummy!

I eat so fast I have to learn to just sit down and enjoy my food. My health teacher said 15 times per bite. Also eating in front of the TV probably makes it worse.

I can barely find time in my day to spend 10 minutes having a meal; it’s ridiculous. end-of-term crunch time isn’t the best time of the year to hold myself to this goal we’ll see how it goes at christmas.

even when food tastes awful i find myself wolfing it down as though i haven’t seen food in days-it’s pathetic. oh well. a work in progress!

In the past year or so I’ve visibly put on some weight – not dangerously so, but it bothers me from both health and aesthetic points of view. Anyway, I realised the other day that I’ve got into the habit of bolting my food so I don’t realise when I’m actually full. I’m going to try chewing each mouthful slowly, taking time to digest it, and not feel obliged to clean the plate (I always seem to do this, even if I’m not that hungry – it’s like I feel sorry for the food or something, haha).

I’ve made stop and go progress on this, but I’ve decided I’d rather have more concrete and measurable goals.