Russiandoll
Carpe diem
Today, I was in Burger King sipping on hot black coffee and nibbling my peanut crunch bar, savouring every little bite.
I was engaged in a bit of 'people watching' (a bit of a hobby of mine) and I found myself absent mindedly observing a couple of children eating their meal (don't worry - I'm not a wierdo - they were in my line of vision). Both were boys aged about 10 or 11, one was as thin as a pin and the other, sadly, was quite overweight (not just 'puppy fat', but more than just chubby and with a very big tummy). I could'nt help noticing that they ate very differently from each other. The thin lad nibbled his meal a chip at a time whilst the bigger lad shovelled his in 4 chips at a time, each mouthful barely touching the sides before the next lot went in.
He had finished his meal in half the time of the skinny boy when he went up for his second cup of coke.
It got me thinking ... I often used to eat like that. Not in public - but out of the public gaze I often wolfed food down with it barely touching the sides. I never gave myself time to even register 'fullness': I'd eat my meal and be getting my dessert practically whilst chewing my last mouthful of dinner (exaggeration but you get the gist). I could get through vast amounts of food in this way.
I'm definitely beginning to see the link, in the way Paul McKenna says, between just 'eating' food and 'tasting' or 'savouring' it. I'm hoping that this is another lesson I can take with me into maintenance.
I was engaged in a bit of 'people watching' (a bit of a hobby of mine) and I found myself absent mindedly observing a couple of children eating their meal (don't worry - I'm not a wierdo - they were in my line of vision). Both were boys aged about 10 or 11, one was as thin as a pin and the other, sadly, was quite overweight (not just 'puppy fat', but more than just chubby and with a very big tummy). I could'nt help noticing that they ate very differently from each other. The thin lad nibbled his meal a chip at a time whilst the bigger lad shovelled his in 4 chips at a time, each mouthful barely touching the sides before the next lot went in.
He had finished his meal in half the time of the skinny boy when he went up for his second cup of coke.
It got me thinking ... I often used to eat like that. Not in public - but out of the public gaze I often wolfed food down with it barely touching the sides. I never gave myself time to even register 'fullness': I'd eat my meal and be getting my dessert practically whilst chewing my last mouthful of dinner (exaggeration but you get the gist). I could get through vast amounts of food in this way.
I'm definitely beginning to see the link, in the way Paul McKenna says, between just 'eating' food and 'tasting' or 'savouring' it. I'm hoping that this is another lesson I can take with me into maintenance.