May 28 Weekly Challenge: Mindful Eating
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Michaela_LaGata wrote: »
I try to recall and also tell our young people that are ancestors and Grands often ate mindfully... they ate organic food not calling it organic... it just was and they ate little if any junk food because it didn't exist for the most part.
So true! Visiting my grandmother was about eating produce from her garden and helping can it for the winter - all delicious, and so many veggies!
I think about how back in the day that if you ate cookies, someone in the house MADE those cookies, so quantities were limited.
Good points! My great grandparents, like many, were farmers. Farming was sun up to sundown work. They would come in to eat as it was intended...to refuel for the hard work that still lay ahead. There were two breakfasts and a big lunch, with several homemade pies that my grandmother would make. And when she wasn’t preparing food, she was scrubbing laundry, also hard manual work.
And canning food for the long Minnesota winter was essential. It was a very different time.3 -
This morning my DH made his special waffles for breakfast - a rare treat! They were delicious, crispy with the sweetness of maple syrup. Eaten mindfully, enjoying that he thinks about how we would like to celebrate the end of the school year.
However, a bit later I was feeling shaky and miserable and realized that my body was really not up to starting the day with all those sugars and carbs - 3 times as many as my usual breakfast. Good to know even though a bit disappointing. Healthy eating can make you a wimp with the sugars.
What a lovely gesture from your Hubby! and yes a great way to celebrate the end of the year. But I hear you on the simple sugars. Bodies get accustomed to healthy eating as much as they can get used to eating poorly. It probably makes it easier for you to keep making the healthier choices, since you feel better doing so.
I have enjoyed our mindful eating week. I plan to continue to mindfully eat at least one meal a day. It feels good to slow down and pay attention.3 -
Mindfulness (reflection, present moment awareness, relaxation/reduced stress, slowing down) are all the key to a healthier body, I believe.
I do concentrate on each bite. If I can’t because of lack of planning or a schedule that was too tight, I find I don’t “register” those foods & often feel I need more later on.
I also use mindfulness in regards to my body image as I lose weight. Rather than getting upset and disappointed that something might not look the way I had hoped, I try to just be with it, knowing everything changes.
Mindfulness is helping me tremendously as I continue to make small changes to the foods I eat. I now pay attention to how a food lands in my stomach, how satisfying it was, how long it sustained my energy, and whether it later created cravings. I have many foods now that I “didn’t like” (but really hadn’t eaten much at all) that I now love & make me feel great. Baby steps.
Finally mindfulness has helped me really enjoy hiking, exercising, etc. I cannot deny how much better I feel when I do. I now choose to get out & move - for FUN! A miracle.
PS Mindfulness & a scientific mind also help me with the vagaries of scales & non-linear weight loss etc! I even analyzed and saw my scale readings lag 2-3 days from earlier behavior. Helps me stay calm & is preparing me for maintenance.
Thank you for this week @themedalist
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I spent the week enjoying my breakfast on the back deck by myself. I found doing this relaxing and enjoyable. However, when I tried this same approach to lunch and dinner I found it frustrating. Which only tells me that I need to practice it more. LOL5
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I spent the week enjoying my breakfast on the back deck by myself. I found doing this relaxing and enjoyable. However, when I tried this same approach to lunch and dinner I found it frustrating. Which only tells me that I need to practice it more. LOL
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Mindfulness (reflection, present moment awareness, relaxation/reduced stress, slowing down) are all the key to a healthier body, I believe.
I do concentrate on each bite. If I can’t because of lack of planning or a schedule that was too tight, I find I don’t “register” those foods & often feel I need more later on.
I also use mindfulness in regards to my body image as I lose weight. Rather than getting upset and disappointed that something might not look the way I had hoped, I try to just be with it, knowing everything changes.
Mindfulness is helping me tremendously as I continue to make small changes to the foods I eat. I now pay attention to how a food lands in my stomach, how satisfying it was, how long it sustained my energy, and whether it later created cravings. I have many foods now that I “didn’t like” (but really hadn’t eaten much at all) that I now love & make me feel great. Baby steps.
Finally mindfulness has helped me really enjoy hiking, exercising, etc. I cannot deny how much better I feel when I do. I now choose to get out & move - for FUN! A miracle.
PS Mindfulness & a scientific mind also help me with the vagaries of scales & non-linear weight loss etc! I even analyzed and saw my scale readings lag 2-3 days from earlier behavior. Helps me stay calm & is preparing me for maintenance.
Thank you for this week @themedalist
What a wonderful helpful and inspiring piece thank you for writing this.3 -
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »
I agree! @MadisonMolly2017, you’ve expressed the benefits and power of mindfulness beautifully! Thank you for posting!1 -
For those of you who have the free version of the Calm app, their Mindful Eating Masterclass is unlocked and available through June 12th. I’ve taken several of their Masterclasses (podcasts) and they are excellent. Might be something to check out.2
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themedalist wrote: »For those of you who have the free version of the Calm app, their Mindful Eating Masterclass is unlocked and available through June 12th. I’ve taken several of their Masterclasses (podcasts) and they are excellent. Might be something to check out.
Thanks I saw that and I definitely want to check that out great idea.1 -
Okay I am really trying more for mindful eating today. I found out that my challenges are when I am more stressed with demands, when I am tired or when it's later in the day.
Now that I know that I can try to be extra aware or mindful of my downfalls and vulnerable times in fact that's exactly when I need mindfulness and to just Center myself and calm down, focus and eat.
I hope everybody has a good day and please be mindful be good to yourself and people around you and take good care... you are worth it.
And yes this all of this especially goes for me .
Thank you for this board and for the support here it's so helpful. ❤3 -
I am doing the Beck Diet Solution workbook and there is a chapter on mindful eating. What a difference when you actually pay attention to how you eat, no distractions. It is amazing.3
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So true, @prgirl30mfp. Eating is a completely different experience when you slow down and pay attention to the process. I've heard good things about Beck!2
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themedalist wrote: »So true, @prgirl30mfp. Eating is a completely different experience when you slow down and pay attention to the process. I've heard good things about Beck!
Me too. I'm going to look into it.
Thanks for reminding me...just one more reason why Community here is so important.
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Good morning everybody
Are we all still here on this wonderful forum?
I got the Beck book and I know it's based on good behavior change science and it's about changing what's in your head about food.
... not restricting your food.
Wishing everyone the best as we make our way through another day to the end of June.
For myself I am concentrating on being honest and logging everything and stopping eating .
closing kitchen.. and brushing teeth at 7:30 p.m.
Those behaviors will really help me maintain healthy eating and make progress.
With lovingkindness,
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@Michaela_LaGata we can come back at any time to the old posts. Glad you are giving Beck a chance, as it has helped me tremendously. Great behaviors to have. The brushing your teeth really works. Thanks for sharing.0
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prgirl39mfp wrote: »@Michaela_LaGata we can come back at any time to the old posts. Glad you are giving Beck a chance, as it has helped me tremendously. Great behaviors to have. The brushing your teeth really works. Thanks for sharing.
Ok thanks for your support. Does this mean we should post on someplace new..is there someplace new? I'm clueless.0 -
@Michaela_LaGata , there are several challenges. We post on Move It Monday thread on Mondays, then we have the Summer of Sleep thread where we chat daily about how our attempts at getting enough sleep are going. Then there is a weekly challenge. This week it is Accident Proofing. I saw that you posted in that thread already.1
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Michaela_LaGata wrote: »prgirl39mfp wrote: »@Michaela_LaGata we can come back at any time to the old posts. Glad you are giving Beck a chance, as it has helped me tremendously. Great behaviors to have. The brushing your teeth really works. Thanks for sharing.
Ok thanks for your support. Does this mean we should post on someplace new..is there someplace new? I'm clueless.
Every week we have a different challenge sort of speak, when you go to the group's main page you will see the message board and the word "new" whenever there is a new posted message. You can always go back to the old messages and add more info if you need to. Hope this helps.0 -
prgirl39mfp wrote: »Michaela_LaGata wrote: »prgirl39mfp wrote: »@Michaela_LaGata we can come back at any time to the old posts. Glad you are giving Beck a chance, as it has helped me tremendously. Great behaviors to have. The brushing your teeth really works. Thanks for sharing.
Ok thanks for your support. Does this mean we should post on someplace new..is there someplace new? I'm clueless.
Every week we have a different challenge sort of speak, when you go to the group's main page you will see the message board and the word "new" whenever there is a new posted message. You can always go back to the old messages and add more info if you need to. Hope this helps.
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@Michaela_LaGata , there are several challenges. We post on Move It Monday thread on Mondays, then we have the Summer of Sleep thread where we chat daily about how our attempts at getting enough sleep are going. Then there is a weekly challenge. This week it is Accident Proofing. I saw that you posted in that thread already.
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Thanks to @77tes and @prgirl39mfp for answering @Michaela_LaGata’s questions. It’s been a crazy week for me work wise and home wise and I always know this group is in great hands with friendly people who can help answer any questions that a new member might have.
Michaela, I personally LOVE it when someone returns to a challenge we did previously. Each of our weekly challenges is intended to help us “test drive” a healthy habit. Some of them will stick and some of them won’t. When people return to a previous challenge, it means it helped them in some way, and it might be something they want to keep doing. So please do post on any challenge that interests you and give us any updates!
It can be a little confusing as to why some challenges continue, while others and after one week. Move It Monday is part of every weekly challenge because the group just liked the idea If starting the week out with exercise. It is kind of cool to be part of an international effort to exercise on Mondays. The Summer of Sleep it’s just something I felt strongly about. Good sleep makes every aspect of our lives better. It’s worth the extra time and effort.
There’s another way to tell the weekly challenges apart from the ongoing challenges. The weekly challenges always begin with a date stamp. The date of that Monday that the challenge began. The ongoing challenges have no such date stamp.1 -
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themedalist wrote: »Thanks to @77tes and @prgirl39mfp for answering @Michaela_LaGata’s questions. It’s been a crazy week for me work wise and home wise and I always know this group is in great hands with friendly people who can help answer any questions that a new member might have.
Michaela, I personally LOVE it when someone returns to a challenge we did previously. Each of our weekly challenges is intended to help us “test drive” a healthy habit. Some of them will stick and some of them won’t. When people return to a previous challenge, it means it helped them in some way, and it might be something they want to keep doing. So please do post on any challenge that interests you and give us any updates!
It can be a little confusing as to why some challenges continue, while others and after one week. Move It Monday is part of every weekly challenge because the group just liked the idea If starting the week out with exercise. It is kind of cool to be part of an international effort to exercise on Mondays. The Summer of Sleep it’s just something I felt strongly about. Good sleep makes every aspect of our lives better. It’s worth the extra time and effort.
There’s another way to tell the weekly challenges apart from the ongoing challenges. The weekly challenges always begin with a date stamp. The date of that Monday that the challenge began. The ongoing challenges have no such date stamp.
Thank you❤🌹1
