Friday, June 25, 2010

Soulfully Satisfying Dessert

If you are having dessert, it should be a dessert worth having.
Grilled-Peach Sundaes with Salted Bourbon Carmel Sauce from the New York Times Magazine/June 20, 2010, certainly sounds like it would fill the bill for me. Luscious and soul satisfying in just the title. You can taste the sweet, saltiness, and richness in your mouth before you even take your first spoonful.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Mindful Eating

I am trying to develop the habit of enjoying each mouthful of food to the last chew, rather than just putting the next bite in my mouth without thinking about eating. So, eating and chewing become a mindful experience not just shoveling food in to get to the next bite.
This has been effective over the past few months and I have lost about 10% of my body weight.

Being a person who craves sweets, about once a month, we have a regular size portion of dessert for dinner. It is very filling and satisfying knowing we can do it again in a month if we feel like it. I still try to savor each bite of the dessert as I do with all of my other food. If it is chocolate, I have it with milk

Monday, June 14, 2010

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Some people spend a lifetime learning how to live... (that would be me) and others have the intelligence to build upon the lifetime of others. Sharing some of my hard gained knowledge might benefit a few. So I will share a few of my discoveries. Right now my discoveries will be about creating your own body.
My breakfast is the same every day. I don't have to think about it, so nothing tempts me (at least for breakfast)
For the curious, a 16 ounce glass of water, a piece of seasonal fruit, a piece of whole wheat-multigrain toast with fruit sweetened jam (my personal thoughts on sugar are the more refined it is the more fattening it is), coffee with skim or soy milk, and of course the vitamins and calcium.