Buy Walking VideosFlow and Healthy Eating: Part 2
What does flow have to do with healthy eating? What does flow have to do with exercise?
While reading Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, I realized that the more food I eat, the more time I need to spend exercising to burn off the calories and the LESS time I have to get into flow with writing, crochet or any other activity that I enjoy. I remembered so many saints who became ascetics. They were so concerned with God, nature, art or beauty that they neglected to eat. Some of them became painfully thin because they became so involved with their fields of study.
I’m not advocating “painfully thin,” but I realized with crystal clarity that I would much rather be in flow writing or crocheting than spending two hours a day exercising. If I could just eat less food, I would be able to stay at a healthy weight without having to spend so much time exercising.
I had been “starving” when I picked up the book to read. I was reading in an effort not to overeat that evening, but when I realized that I could have more time in my life for the things that I REALLY wanted if I just ate less, my hunger evaporated. I literally felt it leave me when I made that realization.
But how can flow deal with exercise? Tune in on Tuesday to find out.
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April 2nd, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Your right. My sister has been telling me for months that if I would just eat less that I would not have to spend so much time working out.
When I don’t work out in the evening, I have so much time on my hands that I begin to think heavly on food. I am aware that I need to find something of meaning to do in my life that will bring joy besides exercising/eating which I look forward to daily. Well, I am going to take time to look into this. Looking forward to “Tune in on Tuesday to find out.”