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Hare hahi bu full#
Shared on Flashback Fridays and Food & Fitness Fridays.Would you guys consider the practice of Hara Hachi Bu an effective form of calory restriction? That is, providing some or all of the benefits of a full blown CR diet?No. Please leave a comment I’d love to hear what works for you. So how about you? Have you tried the 80% rule or something similar? What do you do to get back on track when you feel like you’re in a cycle of overeating? However, I think this 80% practice will help me recover my senses, so to speak, when it comes to eating. If I’m still truly hungry in half an hour, I can always eat more. (Something I haven’t been doing lately!) When I feel like I’m 80% full, I’m going to stop and make some herbal tea, or whatever else I need to do to feel comforted without continuing to eat. How I’m using the 80% ruleĪlthough I’ve been phasing it in, starting today-right now, in fact-I’m going to begin each meal not just with a quick grace, but with a quiet (or silent) “hara hachi bu.” I like the way the phrase rolls off my tongue, but if it feels strange, you could always say “80%,” or “just full enough.” Then I’m going to pay attention, and I mean really pay attention, to how my stomach feels as I’m eating. My insides are just plain happier when I leave them a little extra room to work: to mix food around, to get all those digestive enzymes where they need to go, and to soak up all those great nutrients at a leisurely pace.
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What’s more, for me at least, if I can create the mental space to stop overeating, I feel so much better. Hara hachi bu helps short-circuit this: If you stop when you think you’re 80% full, you’re probably actually 100% full but just don’t know it yet.
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I mean, if you keep eating during those 15-20 minutes, by the time your brain “gets” that you’re full, you may have actually eaten too much. After all, being able to overeat in times of plenty could keep you from keeling over during a famine! But in today’s world, where food is plentiful, it no es bueno. This nifty feature of human physiology was super handy when food was scarce. It’s well known that it takes 15-20 minutes for your brain to register that your stomach is full. So it’s time to get back to sane, nourishing eating. And let me tell you, my body isn’t happy with this new normal: I feel bloated, my muffin top is making an encore, my boobs hurt, and I basically feel icky. Whether for comfort, stress relief, or the pure pleasure of eating, lately I’ve been overdoing it. Not just giving in to junky food a lot (despite the fact that I’m supposed to be avoiding refined sugar to help clear up my yeast issues), but most of all simply eating too much. Lately, I’ve been in desperate need of this “grace,” because between family vacation, getting over a nasty summer cold, and stressing about my future, I’ve fallen into some really unhelpful eating habits. A gift to the body, and-in a way-an expression of gratitude for abundant food. Specifically, before each meal, they say it quietly to themselves: “Hara hachi bu.” A grace of sorts. As he reports, centenarians in Okinawa, Japan-many of whom are still enjoying abundantly good health-tend to follow this 80% teaching. Loosely translated from Japanese (thank you, Wikipedia), it means “eat until you’re 80% full.” I learned about it from The Blue Zones Solution, a fascinating book by Dan Buettner, about how the oldest, healthiest people around the world eat and live. Yet it’s still every bit as relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. Hara Hachi Bu is an ancient teaching by none other than Confucius. However, I wanted to take a moment to share a tip with you that I’ve mentioned before, but that I’ve been needing more than ever lately. Hi, friend! This week I’ve been working on the back end of Veggie Quest-freshening up my About page, setting up a new organization system (to go live soon), and taking care of a hundred other not-so-sexy blogging tasks that I’ve let slide over the past few months.