Daily Archives: January 6, 2012

To update on my fruits and veggie day I ate all my fruits and veggies that day.  I had a 1/2 of a grapefruit with my breakfast.  I had a pear after lunch as a snack.  I ate a big salad with romaine, tomatoes, 1/2 of a cucumber and green peppers.  I also had some tomatoes in my chili for dinner.

For today, just for the health of it, I will…

Eat mindfully and slowly.  When I was younger I worked as a waitress in a restaurant.  This helped form my habit of eating too fast.  I ate when I could get a quick bite and tried to eat it fast before another customer came in.  So that habit has stuck with me.  Now I try to eat mindfully and slowly but I do have to still consciously think of it.  Eating too fast can lead to over eating.  If you eat so fast you don’t even realize you ate the whole thing so you go back for more.  It also takes about 20 minutes for your brain to realize you had enough to eat so if you eat too fast you don’t give your brain time to register that it is full so you go back for more.  Then after 20 minutes you realize you are stuffed!

Try to make your meal last 20 minutes today so you give yourself enough time to be satisfied with the proper amount of food.  If you are done before the 20 minutes, set a timer or just look at the clock and tell yourself not to go back for more until the 20 minutes are up.