Want to excel in your career and life? eat mindfully!This article focuses on two aspects of mindful eating. One aspect is choosing food, planning diet and seeing post eating effects on us Another aspect is about how to eat mindfully.
Choosing food, planning diet and seeing its effects on us after eating, To excel in your career and life mindful eating is as important as exercise, proper sleep, knowledge and experience. Because, your daily eating habits have a great influence on your emotions, moods, thoughts, actions & energy levels. Here is one example: A top executive of a big Indian telecom company once said in a newspaper interview that he abstain from non-veg diet 10 – 12 days and takes vegetarian diet when there are very important meetings or agreements are to be done. It may be because no-veg diet excites the nervous system and vegetarian diet calm the nervous system. Observe your emotions, moods, thoughts, actions & energy levels after you eat certain food. Ask yourself these simple questions: What should I eat? When should I eat? How much to eat? Why I am eating? Plan your daily food intake according to your routine. Eat wholesome, balanced diet having proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates. It includes fruits, green vegetables, milk, food-grains & pulses. Regulate and adopt right eating habits to gain control on your body & mind. It will enable you to increase your stamina, energy levels, immunity, creativity, concentration, memory, alertness, emotions, thoughts, longevity, and flexibility. Eating mindfully: Eating mindfully is about engaging all your physical and emotional senses to experience and enjoy the food chosen by you. Pay attention to aromas, textures, flavours and taste of food Eat slowly and look at physical hunger clues. Eat only until you are full. Savor smaller bites and chew thoroughly. Do not skip your meals. Consider above things and start eating mindfully from today. Benefit from it. If you are already practicing this then congratulations! |