Mindful Eating

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with a Buddhist Monk, as we are looking to add some Meditation Video's to our web site. We got to talking about eating and the obesity problem in North America today and he said some interesting things. He basically told me that people are so engrossed in their lives, so busy running to and fro, that they are not even conscious of much of their eating. Take going to the movies as an example; we buy a bag of pop corn and a pop--both of which are way to big by the way--and we sit there focused on the movie eating and drinking away. When the 2 hours have passed we can't even recall eating--so then what do we do? We go and eat some more. Eating has become such an integral part of our social fabric that we don't even know we do it!
The next time you eat--be aware of eating. Taste the food, feel the texture of it, take your time and chew it, think about it as you're doing it and don't be in such a rush to get to the next mouthful.
This is what my Buddhist Monk friend does and it works for him, he is certainly not over weight. In fact I don't think I have ever seen an overweight Buddhist Monk.
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