I had my wisdom teeth taken out and now that I'm finally getting back to my normal self I feel like eating again.
Yay! I've been absolutely starving, day dreaming about all types of good food (and not so good-for-you foods) and I've never been one of those people who really love food. I mean obviously I eat and i have foods I like but I'm not one to oooh and ahhh over a new recipe or drool over food pictures on Pinterest. - But these four days have made me understand why people do.
Every food commercial made my stomach growl and when my family was eating full, crunchy, chewy, savory meals every night I wanted to cry staring into my smoothie.
Now the time has come to start trying to eat real food again - carefully! I'm taking tiny bites, really focusing on how I'm chewing - actually enjoying what I'm tasting... and that got me thinking, when is the last time I really consciously ate something?
Mindfulness has been a concept I've tried to incorporate into my daily life over the last two years maybe? And know I've heard quite a few people talking about how important eating slowly is. But of course, when it comes to making the change in your own life it's much more difficult - so needless to say I knew I needed to change but didn't have that motivation to do it...Until now.
Now I've been forced to eat slow. I don't know why I rush through eating. I could stuff down an entire sandwich in 6 bites that I barely even tasted. Now it's more like 16 little bites and actually chewing each bite. I hope this is going to be a new start for my eating habits.
There are many benefits to eating slowly and chewing fully - it's good for your digestive tract and stomach, your teeth and jaw, and also your mind. Meditation and mindfulness are applicable in all corners of life - don't let you time spent eating be rushed and forced - you are what you eat!
I wish I had time to dive deep into how important the foods you eat really are - but maybe I'll tackle that in a long post. For now my 20 minutes is up today!
Are you wondering why you eat like marine who's got 10 minutes to eat the entire meal?
- Comment your food struggles below!
Have you overcome speed-eating?
- I'd love to hear how!
Good luck to everyone! And remember don't spend all that time trying to mediate and calm your mind only to turn around and tell your body 'Eff that - just eat as quick and as much as possible.. GO!
