I hope you had a wonderful Holi this past week! Best wishes to your family from ours as well!
If you’re guilt-tripping overeating those extra gujias, welcome to the tribe 😌
This week, I want you to focus on understanding one thing:-
Practicing mindful eating.
No more eating while: -
Working on your computer.
Watching TV or a movie.
Playing video games.
Scrolling down the Instagram Feed on your mobile.
If you are eating a meal, think about that meal. That’s it.
It’s amazing how much more we tend to eat when we are not paying attention:
Researchers at Cornell University wanted to test serving size and overconsumption of movie theater popcorn. They told movie goers they wanted to ask them questions about the movie afterwards, and they would be given free popcorn before. Some people were given a medium or large size tubs of fresh popcorn, while others were given a medium or large size tubs of 14-day old stale popcorn.
What happened? People with large tubs ended up eating WAY more popcorn whether it was stale or not!
People with large tubs of fresh popcorn ate 45.3% more than people with medium-sized tubs.
People with large tubs of STALE popcorn? They ate 33.6% more than those with medium-sized tubs.
To conclude, distracted eaters consume more calories than people who are focused on eating.
Eating food will be part of your daily decisions for the rest of your life. Better to realize now, rather be sorry tomorrow.
I am sure if you look back to your last few meals, you’ll probably be thinking “Damn, Shubham…you’re right. You dope :)”
I’m thinking, you might even be eating a snack now while reading this. Eat mindfully! 😉