relief57

Old habits tend to want to die hard. While eating chicken stir fry I forgot to chew, chew, chew...I was distracted talking to my sister. As soon as I took the first swallow came the thought Oh No I didn't chew which was shortly followed by the uncomfortable revelation. So now I'm kinda stuck, Again.....Reflection: Never really took time to notice much about the food I was eating other than the taste. Didn't really savor the taste because it went down too fast. Never really recognized the moment of being satiated while zooming head on into feeling stuffed. In actuality, now the more I chew the less I like what I'm chewing. I now imagine that since eating is a life sustaining activity it deserves as much cognition as any other life sustaining/promoting activity. I can appreciate the immediate consequences of my actions or in this case lack of concentration, it helps keep me on track. Now to remember to apply this lesson on a regular basis.