A minor victory

[Guest guest]

Just finished breakfast and thought I might share. I was thinking while

eating my breakfast this morning that IE could just as easily stand for

Intentional Eating. I confess I'm not a binger, but I am a mindless,

distracted eater. This morning I tried something different. I didn't

eat my breakfast at the same time as usual, I didn't eat the same thing

I usually eat either. This morning I actually waited until I was

hungry, which kicked in at 10am. Fortunately as a stay-at-home gramma,

I can eat whenever I want and the kitchen is only a few steps away. So

at 10am I realized I was hungry and had to ask myself why? Oh yeah, I

hadn't had breakfast. Let's eat. So I actually thought about what to

eat, picked out a whole wheat/flax seed English Muffin, pulled out the

butter, an egg and a couple thin slices of ham and decided to make my

own Egg McMuffin. I decided to have lemonade with my breakfast instead

of my usual mocha cocoa. I sprayed the pan, cooked the egg, heated the

ham and put it all together. I turned off the TV, put down my magazine,

stayed away from the computer and sat here noticing my breakfast. Now

I'm sharing all these details because my intention is to share with you

how I did it all on purpose. Oddly, I can remember what everything I

ate tasted like and I don't need any more at this time. In fact, I'm

feeling kinda uncomfortably full now. Maybe next time I'll try eating less.

A friend of mine told me in high school (back when the dinosaurs roamed

the earth) that " being cool " was all about doing what you do on

purpose. She was very cool and I figured she knew what she was talking

about. You didn't have to buy the right thing, say the right thing

or act the right way, you just had to do whatever you do on purpose. I

was thinking that even cats know this. Have you ever seen an uncool

cat? They can fly around the house for no particular reason, run smack

into the wall and look around with an expression that screams " I meant

to do that " and walk away with an attitude that you should admire them

for their finesse. So doing things on purpose with INtention and

Attention seems to be very IE. So this morning I gave it a go with

breakfast. I can't say that breakfast was remarkably better tasting,

but I did notice I overate afterwards. Note to self... eat half as much

as I'd usually fix and then see if I'm still hungry. Baby steps...

Dawn B