Be present...

I just read an article on drweil.com titled Lose Weight by Examining How You Eat. The article states that you should practice “intuitive eating”. “Intuitive eating” asks you to pay attention to your body and adjust your intake of food accordingly. In other words eat only when you are hungry and stop eating when you are full.

So if you are an emotional eater eating when you are stressed, depressed and or bored, then you are not in touch with your body. You are eating to comfort and or soothe your emotions. You will pack on the pounds.

Listen to your body it will tell you when it is hungry, thirsty, and full.

Be conscious and present when you eat. Eat slowly and intentionally. Taste your food.

Some of us like me are in the present state because we love the taste of food. However since I have slowed down instead of wolfing my food down I realize I never tasted the food. This left me unsatisfied and wanting more. I missed the true flavor of the food.

I also had to stop eating until I was hurting, stuffed and even miserable. I was shoveling the food into my mouth so fast and I was not listening to my body. I never got the signal that I needed to stop. I then begin to think the stuffed feeling was saying “You’re full”... wrong. It was saying “You’re over stuffed and miserable”!

So I now try to remember to eat slowly, eat consciously, and savor the favor of my food. And listen to that still small voice that says, “You’re full”, not “Ugh, you’re stuffed”.

It is not easy, bad habits are some times hard to replace with good habits but it can be done.

I have to remember to stay in the present and don’t beat myself up if I revert back to a bad habit. Admit I slipped backwards, allow myself to feel the emotion of the slip up. Don’t get stuck in the moment (emotion) and keep moving forward.

Thanks for checking me out...

Peace