Kindness and other stuff: Mindful Eating (good read)
Happy Thursday evening Mindful Eaters. This is good! Enjoy! Hugs Debbie
Today - Hot off the Eating Coach presses...
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Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:22 AM PDT Have you ever noticed that it takes time to slow down enough to hold the door for someone else. Not really a lot of time ...but still -- time to recognize there is someone there that needs to door held for them. A split second to decide if you want to take the time to hold the door. And the actual time it takes for them to catch up with you and walk through the door.Kindness takes time. It's almost the holiday season. Pretty soon the Salvation Army bell ringers will be out. It will take time to stop at their bucket. Time to dig out the bills or change. Time to drop it in and say "Season's Greetings". It takes time to smile at someone or ask them how they're doing when they look like they're having a bad day. Kindness takes time. And the interesting thing is that a great many of us take the time -- or make the time -- to make those kindnesses happen. Kindness is important, right? It's what makes the world go 'round. So why don't we make time to be kind to ourselves? Take time to buy clothes that are comfortable and fit well -- not because we are the size we want to be but because we deserve a little kindness. Take the time to notice something nice about ourselves -- perhaps it's a great hair day or we did a great job during a presentation. Why don't we notice that? Why don't we appreciate how hard we work to get everything done in a day? Why do we always expect 36 hours of work from ourselves during the course of one day? Kindness takes time but truth be told, time is all we have. The question is -- how are we going to spend it??? 
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I should stop eating....and other ignored advice Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT A few months ago, I had a very smart, retired man tell me that when he used to get super stressed at work, when it felt like there was no time to take a break, that was the time he left his desk and took a breather. The more it felt like there was no time to be spared -- the more important it was for him to step back from that project, gain some breathing space, and hopefully a little perspective.About that time, I also stumbled onto this website, Take Back your Lunch. The gist is people make a commitment to have a minimum of one lunch hour a week for themselves. Away from the email, phone (or electronic tether, as it's known in some circles) -- away from work. One lunch. We've talked about scheduling one lunch a week for you to eat without distractions -- so you can assess your hunger and fullness levels. How are you doing with that, by the way? My point is this: we know what's good for us. Taking a break, catching your breath, eating an amount of food that fuels you but doesn't make you feel sick, stuffed, or sleepy -- these are all really positive things. And we know it (usually at the time we are choosing to act in the exact opposite manner). What would happen if we, like the man in the first paragraph, started acting in a way that took better care of ourselves. What if that was are overarching focus? Honestly, how many times a month would your business go under if you took a break as the stress ratcheted up? How much more productive might you be in the afternoon, if you got away from work for one lunch hour? How much would your confidence in your decision making skills improve if you actually stopped eating the first time the "I should stop eating" thought popped into your head??? |
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