Beautiful morning outside. I have Twilight sleeping in a crate in my room now and she made sure that I got up as soon as my alarm went off to let her go potty. I might as well enjoy watching the sky lighten for one more week before the time change messes us up again. I ran without a headlamp this morning and really enjoyed the solitude and was able to do a lot of thinking. I realized I needed to get back to weight lifting 3x a week and get into better shape. 7.75 miles alone. .75 miles with Twilight. I thought that would be my cooldown, but she spent the first half stopping to sniff and the last half forcing me into a dead out sprint. 11:34/11:22/10:53/11:17/11:01/11:13/11:28 No drink on the run - so I was very thirsty when I got home. - Great lunch with Leslie- I enjoyed the company and we were all giggly about my upcoming 50 miler PM - .25 running around the outside of my townhouse complex barefoot with the puppy. 2 miles barefoot walking on the treadmill at its highest incline (will be posting walking mileage until after my 50 miler). I read the introduction and 1st chapter of the Slow Down Diet by Marc David while on the treadmill. Here are some highlights: - Slowing down means becoming more aware: Open. Centered. Present. Balanced.
- 9 out of 10 people who claim they are overeaters actually don't eat when they eat. Because we fail to notice our food, we completely bypass the body's satiation mechanism.
- Week 1 - focus on lengthening out your meals. Double the time it takes to eat. Eat only in a sitting position. Do not answer the phone, e-mails, or engage in any form or work while eating (probably also means don't read or blog :-) )
- Breathe more deeply. Take 10 deep breaths before eating. Each time you pause, take 3 deep breaths.
- Here are some of my observations from eating dinner under this plan. (I made a wonderful stir fry with veggies and chicken and seasonings and had some herbed foccacia bread):
- I actually felt very uncomfortable and guilty about taking so much time to eat. My body wanted to rush on to my other projects and I had to force myself to relax.
- It was a nice experience to smell my foot before each bite and try and determine the different flavors. I found I really liked the orange vinegar I used and the fennel seeds. I want to try and duplicate the foccacia bread in whole wheat because the herbs smelled so good.
- I actually got full before finishing my serving and had not given myself a big plate of food. AND - I stopped when I got full.
- Did you know that a hot meal can actually get cold while you eat it?
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