Comments on: Will Work For Food

By: Robyn Spurr

Robyn Spurr — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:37:20 +0000

I was discussing this exact topic with one of my clients this morning and emailed her this post. Love your blog! I’ll be back often =)

By: Dinneen

Dinneen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:13 +0000

Thanks Lance, Nathalie, Drew and Col for stopping by and you’re GREAT input!

Amazing how it really IS simple and ‘working for food’ helps one be focused on the food — and thus our body (and our mind) has had time to process that we ate and we become more mindful, and as a result eat LESS.

Thanks for your input….love it!

By: Col

Col — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:32:50 +0000

Beautiful post, Dinneen … Magnetic headline and soooo very right-on! Similar thing is happening in my world now as I cook … it takes me an hour or two to cook and it’s a process, not a snatch-n-run thing … eating more healthily and mindfully.

xo,
Col
.-= Col´s last blog ..Joy dances =-.

By: Drew @ Cook Like Your Grandmother

Drew @ Cook Like Your Grandmother — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:33:34 +0000

I saw on TLC (or Discovery … or Animal Planet …) a story about polar bears in captivity. Zoo personnel have to put their food in a contraption that’s hard to open. They found that if they just gave food to the bears, they wouldn’t eat it and would sit around listlessly. They speculated that the bears needed to feel that they were “hunting” their food, or they didn’t want it.

I’m not sure how this translates to people.

By: Nathalie Lussier

Nathalie Lussier — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:16 +0000

This is such a great point Dinneen! It’s definitely one thing to be able to grab a snack on the go and munch mindlessly, and another to be focused on “getting at” the food so you can eat it.

I guarantee that I eat less durian if I need to extricate it from the shell! Spikes, watch out!

I love love love this post and your message. Oh, and congrats on eating real nuts and not those other types of nuts.
.-= Nathalie Lussier´s last blog ..11 Snacks to Silence Your Stomach =-.

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:52:20 +0000

Hey Dinneen,
Okay…first off…call me orange-challenged!! I DO struggle peeling that orange (probably about like opening that nut!) (which I haven’t done in forever, either!!).

What a great point though – when we’re working to get our food – it takes time…and in that time – our body processes the food already there, and – voila! We don’t eat as much!! Wow!! So simple!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!
.-= Lance´s last blog ..Car Dancing: The Video =-.