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Enjoyment?

Thursday, December 08, 2011

I use to think "I enjoy food, it tastes so good". Now that I have been thinking about it, I never really tasted the food as usually I was mindlessly eating away. emoticon My mind was on everything but the food I was eating. I wasn't aware when I became full and would keep shoving food down. That isn't enjoyment -- that is self abuse.

Then I started to eat with awareness and noticed I mostly tasted sugar or salt. Most foods tasted quite similar. I now use very little salt and am almost sugar free. I now enjoy the different tastes and textures of food. Once I am satisfied, my enjoyment level is practically gone. Why would I keep eating and think I enjoyed self-abuse?

What I enjoyed was immediate gratification, the power to do what I wanted to at the moment.

I now use my power differently and in a more empowering way. How one uses their power is their choice. When I say "I can't", it is just an excuse to do what I want.

Whether you can or can't, you are right.
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ORGANIC811LFRV 12/8/2011 6:34PM

    So true my Sparkfriend, so true.

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LIFEWALK 12/8/2011 4:18PM

    emoticon powerful observations! it's so odd how our taste buds seem to shut down when we begin to feel physically satisfied. I can't believe how many years, I didn't even pay attention really to the pleasure of actual eating!

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BERGBA7 12/8/2011 12:34PM

    hm... you made me think. I often eat mindlessly too. I should definitely think about and taste the food I eat more often!
Thanks for posting!
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