| Eating mindfully Make it a point to sit down when you eat. When eating, be mindful (or aware) of each mouthful of food. Notice the texture as well as the taste. Chew slowly, savoring the flavor. Put down your fork between each mouthful. Eating more mindfully allows us to more fully enjoy our food and aids proper digestion. In addition, eating slowly gives our stomachs time to register the feeling of fullness, which reduces overeating.
If you often overeat, ask yourself why. Are you using food as a drug? To reward yourself? To fill a void? To cope with emotions or escape from life's problems? Try to get in touch with the real reason you overeat. It might be helpful to see a counselor who can help you sort it out. Once you know why you are overeating, you can begin to feed the real need within you.
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NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book WHY DOGS LIVES ARE SO MUCH SHORTER THAN HUMANS:
People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice.
Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long |