Slowing down your eating time may help you lose weight

If you close your eyes when you bite through the skin of an apple, and focus on the entire sensation and process of eating - you will automatically slow down the pace of eating, and as a result will eat less because you are enjoying it more. As more and more of us are eating on the run is it any wonder a lot of us are getting wider round the girth?

I have always thought it important to never remove anything from the diet I have, that way my brain cannot go into whinge mode. What I do try and do however, is to eat a little bit and put the rest away for another time. One of the best ones I've found that works for me is chocolate. I don't buy the "milk" chocolate anymore. Rather the 70-85% cocoa stuff...instant hit and you only need a tiny bit to get the effect (high).

Now I'm not saying that will work for everyone. For some it is bootcamp style - remove anything even vaguely tempting from the house - that way you can't eat it. For others - pre-packaged diet meals, and others prefer the liquid diets that proliferate the dieting market these days. But we can all benefit I think from slowing down the eating process. Enjoy what you are eating - after all food is one of life's greatest pleasures (IMHO).


Do You Eat Until You Feel Yourself Becoming Full? It May Cause Obesity! - TeamCircle

Did you know that when you eat until you feel full that you probably have had too much to eat? Eating fast can cause you to eat more than is actually neccesary to satisfy your hunger and consume extra calories in the process (that most of us don't want). When we eat it takes time for the brain to get the message from your body that your stomach is full. The opinions on the amount of time it takes for your brain to get the signal varies among experts but there seems to be a popular opinion on about 20 minutes. It seems that alot of our lives are fast-paced and our eating habits seem to be as well. Based on the time it takes for your brain to actually realize you are "full", if you are eating quickly then there is a good chance you may be eating too much .