Abide Health Coaching

How much time do you allow for your meals? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? Inhaling it at a speed that would make your Dyson vacuum jealous?

🥪 Let’s experiment:

The next time you sit down for a meal, start your watch or phone stopwatch, then face it away from you until you’re done, eating like you normally would. Once done check the time. What does it say?

Ideally our meals should take us 20-minutes and we should eat distraction and technology free, truly focusing on our meal.

✨This is important…

… to reduce gas & bloating
… to aid in proper digestion & absorption of nutrients
… to be able to recognize your hunger & fullness cues
… to engage in intuitive eating

⏰ Did the number on your stopwatch surprise you?

If so, don’t expect to jump straight from 5-minute to 20-minute meals. Set a gentle goal for yourself to increase your meal length by 30-60 seconds every time until you eventually hit a full 20-minutes 🐢