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From: Raymond Brill <ray.brill@yahoo.com>
To: "lightenupin2014.raymond@blogger.com" <lightenupin2014.raymond@blogger.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:55 PM
Subject: Blog 24

I had an interesting observation from my father who is 94. His philosophy on  weigh loss was take smaller bites and chew each bite at least 20 times. It wasn't an earth shattering comment. Just a little common sense. How did I get this way? Among other things eating too fast and putting too much on my fork. The other things are that I would consume a bag of chips on my way back from a trip and of course top it off with a 32 or 44 oz diet coke. Those days are gone now and let's hope for good. 

Monday my wife and I went to Aladdin's for ou r a lighten up meal. I noticed during the meal that I was putting less on my fork and chewing it 20 times or more. It took a lot longer to eat than it normally does. My wife commented that it is always pleasant to eat at Aladdin's.The background music is very relaxing and it makes you relax and enjoy eating. Instead of eating in 10 minutes it took 30. 

So take a smaller bite or  forkful and listen to some relaxing music. And.....

CHEW YOU FOOD 25 TIMES BEFORE YOU SWALLOW.