Mindful Eating: functional foods
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Posted: 29 May 2012 02:50 AM PDT You know what I love about the Internet? Infographics! Lately, it seems the web is bursting with 'em! Not familiar? Essentially, an infographic is a blog post in picture form -- love it!I read this infographic the other day -- How to be the Most Organized Person in the World (who can resist that title, right?) As a minimalist (or at least a moderate minimalist -- I still love my shoe collection), being organized is hugely important to me! So, obviously, I clicked on this title to see what else I could do (because I haven't yet achieved the status of "Most Organized in the World" and how cool would that look on a business card!) Anyway.... as I was reading the graphic, I noticed the author's take on organization all boiled down to:
We live in a land of abundance. We have lots of stuff (honestly, do we need toys with our meal?). We have lots of food -- both in terms of variety and quantity. So, can those two ideas from the infographic work for something other than organizing your stuff? Absolutely! If you are mindful, you can determine the function of each time you eat: are you physically hungry? Are you bored? Are you using this food to help you deal with emotions than make you uncomfortable? It's not wrong to use food in any of these ways -- but I want you to understand the function of those bites. If you're comfort eating, don't eat anything that doesn't contribute to that sense of comfort (ie don't eat the salad to reduce your guilt about eating a bowl full of mashed potatoes!) Or, if you're eating because you have a packed afternoon but aren't physically hungry now -- only eat enough to serve that function. You don't need to get stuffed! A little to help you make it through your meetings will work just as well. Understanding what is driving you to eat is critical to understanding how to alter your mindless eating so you can drop some of those pounds. Understanding the function food is serving at each eating time will take you a long way towards being "The Most Mindful Eater in the World"! |
Jan one of the things is about Mindful Eating and learning portion control and eating the things you want is this...we eat low cal things (that add calories) and then go eventually to thing food or snack we want. Depriving ourselves doesn't work but eating a big chunk of chocolate...hummm...a few bites is okay not a huge candy bar though. LOL
A shrink once told me after 3 bites our taste buds are satisfied. I told him not mine...they apparently need a little more!
A shrink once told me after 3 bites our taste buds are satisfied. I told him not mine...they apparently need a little more!
Jill, mindful eating takes practice. It's all about thinking about food in a whole new light.
Image that no food is "bad" for us. Just the amounts. Diets don't work, we have all dieted up to where we were. We are all "Diet Queens" and we know what to do but if your like me I just chaff at someone saying "are you suppose to eat that?"
No one likes the food police and no one likes to be judged about their eating habits.
So if you want something to eat, just stop and think about how hungry you are on the eating scale of 1 to 10, jog down the time of day, how much your eating and how your feeling.
I will be the first to say for me I'm a comfort eater and always will be. I'm aware of why I'm comfort eating and try to watch my portions. Instead I try to take a walk or do something constructive during that time. I will always have to fight my weight. Ugh!
Image that no food is "bad" for us. Just the amounts. Diets don't work, we have all dieted up to where we were. We are all "Diet Queens" and we know what to do but if your like me I just chaff at someone saying "are you suppose to eat that?"
No one likes the food police and no one likes to be judged about their eating habits.
So if you want something to eat, just stop and think about how hungry you are on the eating scale of 1 to 10, jog down the time of day, how much your eating and how your feeling.
I will be the first to say for me I'm a comfort eater and always will be. I'm aware of why I'm comfort eating and try to watch my portions. Instead I try to take a walk or do something constructive during that time. I will always have to fight my weight. Ugh!
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