For what it’s worth, I am trying a new “trick”. Coming from a huge family I’m used to shoveling it in because it was always first come first served at my house growing up. It’s a hard habit to break but now I am trying to teach myself a simple new rule. Don’t shovel in the next bite until you have fully chewed, tasted, swallowed and even gotten the after taste from it, which I’m not used to getting until the very last bite of the meal
This helps me to eat slower. Eating slower as we all know helps a person to digest better, helps you eat less, helps you enjoy the food more, etc. So that’s my new trick. So next time you sit down to eat, notice if you are shoveling it in too fast and try to put down the fork until you have fully chewed the “bite”, tasted, swallowed and even gotten the after taste. Kinda like one day at a time for alcoholics, this is one bite at a time
Just a thought. It's probably already mentioned in one of more of the books (I forget) and/or here in the forums too, but I thought I’m mention it.
