For those interested, here's a link to my latest video,
"R U a Good Guest? - Ask Grandma - Episode Forty-five".
which has now been posted here at DietHobby in the GRANDMA section,
and is located in the Ask Grandma category. 

This video was taken on the patio in my back yard.  The pink flowering tree
is a stencil painting that I painted there about ten years ago.

This is picture of one serving of food from my new cooking video,
Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes
which is located at DietHobby, under RECIPES, Sweet Tastes. 

                                       

I use lists to organize my thoughts, my plans, my goals, and sometimes even my feelings.

When I feel overwhelmed by the way Life is unfolding around me, and the things
it seems like I have to do in response to that, just making a list seems to make me feel better.

In fact, sometimes making a list can take enough of the pressure off,
that I actually don't have to do anything else at all.

I've noticed that this seems to hold true for a lot of people who feel a need to diet.
For some, choosing a diet, buying a book, marking a starting weight,
seems to relive the inner pressure to diet enough,
that they actually don't have to work to FOLLOW that diet.
Their decision to diet seems to allow them to continue with their current eating behavior.

Just an observation. 

Easter brings to mind a variety of things,

all of which involve the idea of new beginnings.

  Spring is dressing up my yard with flowers, 

and the sound of birds are mixing with the wind chimes 

Doves are nesting in a few of the eves of my patio roof.

A new outlook is what Easter symbolizes. 

Colored eggs, easter baskets, new clothing

are all tokens of celebration of life opening up

to fresh and new ideas. 

It's a good  time to refresh my mind, 

and realign my goals.

So I will.  

Mindful eating is maintaining awareness while eating.

Some examples of this are:

• Being fully present and in the moment while eating.
  
  
• Noticing what and how much we are eating,
  at the time we are eating it.
  
  
• Tasting and savoring food, focusing on the senses.
  
  
• Noticing what's going on with our bodies, while we are eating,
  paying attention to whether or not we are physically hungry.