DAY 1: I was surprised at how hard it was...sometimes hard to chew something at least 40 times, sometimes hard to keep it where it didn't head to the back of my throat where I swallowed by reflex, sometimes hard to keep my mind from wandering. I definitely can't read something while doing it.
I felt like I was seeing what 'present' really means when I interacted with every bite as if it were the only thing on this green earth. When I did that, I found that I was full & satisfied after eating 5 or 6 pecans, and that you can actually chew a pecan 40 times and really enjoy the taste.
For dinner, I was just having leftovers and there wasn't much there, but I found I could only eat half of it. My stomach usually feels a little weird after I eat so I expected that, but I didn't have that at all. What really surprised me was that I ate earlier than normal and I expected to get hungry again before I went to bed, but I was completely satisfied, no hunger, for the next 5-6 hours.
Where I forgot several times was in drinking...I'm really used to grabbing my water and just drinking it. I didn't remember to chew it most of the times that I drank it.
DAY 2: I'm seeing that my habit is to wait until I'm pretty hungry to eat, and then I wolf my food down. I really had to make myself slow down and chew, at least 40 times, and put my fork down while I chewed...then I felt like I was being the boss.
After that I switched to eating before I was starving. But I'm amazed at how long I stay full after eating. I still forgot with my water more than I remembered, though...I have to work on that.I got some pudding as a gift, so I ate some of it...it was quite a challenge to chew pudding 40 times, but I have to say that as I interacted with every bite of it, that pudding was so good I hated myself! That was amazing.
