For this activity, I choose to implement following strategies into my everyday life, to promote mindfulness of food and eating.
Feed yourself with your non dominant hand. http://www.summertomato.com/how-to-eat-more-mindfully-2 I choose this strategy because I struggle a lot with eating at an abnormally fast pace. When I eat super fast, I tend to get way too full way too quick and end up feeling sick. By implementing this strategy it will allow me to eat slower, therefore allow me to listen more clearly to when my body is telling me it is full. Additionally, I will be able to enjoy my food more.
Take small bites and chew well. http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/mindful-eating Through taking small bites and chewing them thoroughly, …show more content…
http://www.american.edu/media/news/20130819_Mindful-Eating-Freshman-15.cfm
By using an app to keep track of the food that i'm eating, I will be able to analyze my portions size. I will also be able to tell which food groups I need to work on eating more of and how to create a more balanced meal plan.
Set your kitchen timer to 20 minutes, and take that time to eat a normal-sized …show more content…
The experience overall was very positive and helped me to refrain from overeating. After I was completed, I noticed that I was comfortably full and did not experience any cramps or feelings of bloatedness. Although, most of the strategies were successful, I noticed that some of them worked better than others. For example, setting a timer to eat in the dining hall was not very successful. I noticed that the my friends around me, since they were not experimenting with these strategies, would eat at a faster pace and it would influence me to eat faster. I regularly finished before the timer and found that it did not help me eat slower and focus more on enjoying my meal. In contrast, I think that by chewing more and chewing slower helped me to eat smaller portions that were more appropriate for my stomach. I think that I will try to continue to use this strategy in the future because I left the dining hall more pleasantly full not painfully full. Additionally, eating with my non dominant hand helped to slow down my eating, but I found myself unconsciously switching the utensils into the other hand. Therefore, I don't think this strategy will be very successful for me in the future. This is also true for eating chopsticks, although it helped me eat the sushi more effectively it did nothing to slow down my eating. I will continue to use chopsticks but I
Feed yourself with your non dominant hand. http://www.summertomato.com/how-to-eat-more-mindfully-2 I choose this strategy because I struggle a lot with eating at an abnormally fast pace. When I eat super fast, I tend to get way too full way too quick and end up feeling sick. By implementing this strategy it will allow me to eat slower, therefore allow me to listen more clearly to when my body is telling me it is full. Additionally, I will be able to enjoy my food more.
Take small bites and chew well. http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/mindful-eating Through taking small bites and chewing them thoroughly, …show more content…
http://www.american.edu/media/news/20130819_Mindful-Eating-Freshman-15.cfm
By using an app to keep track of the food that i'm eating, I will be able to analyze my portions size. I will also be able to tell which food groups I need to work on eating more of and how to create a more balanced meal plan.
Set your kitchen timer to 20 minutes, and take that time to eat a normal-sized …show more content…
The experience overall was very positive and helped me to refrain from overeating. After I was completed, I noticed that I was comfortably full and did not experience any cramps or feelings of bloatedness. Although, most of the strategies were successful, I noticed that some of them worked better than others. For example, setting a timer to eat in the dining hall was not very successful. I noticed that the my friends around me, since they were not experimenting with these strategies, would eat at a faster pace and it would influence me to eat faster. I regularly finished before the timer and found that it did not help me eat slower and focus more on enjoying my meal. In contrast, I think that by chewing more and chewing slower helped me to eat smaller portions that were more appropriate for my stomach. I think that I will try to continue to use this strategy in the future because I left the dining hall more pleasantly full not painfully full. Additionally, eating with my non dominant hand helped to slow down my eating, but I found myself unconsciously switching the utensils into the other hand. Therefore, I don't think this strategy will be very successful for me in the future. This is also true for eating chopsticks, although it helped me eat the sushi more effectively it did nothing to slow down my eating. I will continue to use chopsticks but I