Are meals 'intentional'...or an afterthought?

[ElfiePoo 109]

Just curious how most people viewed their meals. Pre-band I had a tendency to eat on the go. Many nights, now that my kids are grown, I'd fix dinner and we'd eat it in front of the tv.

Now, I put out a decorative placemat, set a place setting and light the candles on the table. I bring all my food to the table and sit and 'dine'...whether it's Breakfast, lunch or dinner and even if it's just a Protein shake...and even if it's just me all by my lonesome. Eating has become an 'experience'.

I love my Wood Wick candles because they have a flat wood wick that sounds like a crackling fire place when it burns. Very nice ambience.

[1unknownperson 0]

Ohhhh What a good idea! I'm gonna try this for Lunch... I need to make my meals more of an experience... I have a BAD BAD BAD habit... I wait until I'm totally starving and then think to make something to eat... Then I seem to wolf it down.... However, I'm wolfing down much less than I used to eat and wolfing now takes 10 minutes for a 1/4 cup of food as opposed to a whole dinnerplate full in 5 minutes... But last night I had a full cup of Tomato Soup and I was miserable with a full stomach for the next 3 or 4 hours... And that was consumed while working.... I probably would have realized I was full sooner if I had paid attention to my eating instead of working on my laptop....THANK YOU for the great idea!