Mindful eating

I have just finished reading Mindless Eating. I was about to move on to something else when I realized I might need to start planning now, while it was all still fresh in my head.

The book recommends making 3 changes over 1 month as a starter, to establish a good habit. That seems reasonable.
For starters, I need to limit the amount of nuts I make as a snack in the afternoon at work. That means I can't leave a whole package at work, of either pine nuts or cashews. I think I'll use my small plastic containers and divide the nuts up when I open the package, the only take in 1 per day.

I also will always eat my vegetables first, and concentrate on being last to start and last to finish. Not that that's much of a challenge with Doug.

I have to think a bit more about the rest of the stuff. I suspect it will do me good when at parties to stay out of food prep and staging areas, and to always be last in line at the buffet. I also need to think about rephrasing foods in my mind to glorify the good stuff and vilify the bad. Oh yes, and stop eating lunch at my desk. Or at least while doing work at the same time.

I am also thinking about what I can do to maximize activity. Some of it depends on what I do with my foot. It helps I have some exercises to relieve pain (rocking back and forth), and sitting with my feet tucked back. I still need to avoid yoga, and just do sanchin and tensho kata, though. If I get my foot better for running, I will strive to resume that, though it will likely interfere with goju testing. Hmm.

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