No doubt, everyone has habits that they change with age, but I wonder what elicits these kinds of changes, and if they are more often slow habitual changes, or sudden changes.
For me, I have noticed consciously a greater movement towards healthier eating and living, I used to eat two bowls of rice and vegetables/meat as my dinner, along with breakfast and lunch. These days, I eat only one bowl of rice, much more vegetables and not as much meat, while also cutting down on the amount of lunch and breakfast I have. In general, just a lower food consumption, without (normally) any real observed loss in energy, in fact, the regular three times/week training that I did have during semester of kendo, along with this reduced diet was perfectly fine. My weight has fallen to about 79kg or so, but my waistline has also shrunk a little.
But, these are conscious habitual change for a reason. What about the ones that don't really come to mind? I used to dislike eggplant, but now, I don't mind it, and in some dishes, I quite like it. I used to like sweets, and sweet foods, but these days, I don't as much as I used to, and tend not to have desert-like foods often at all, and lean more towards savoury things if I snack on something.
Perhaps it is unconscious behaviour as part of my dietary change, or that my body is telling me things that it desires. I spent a weekend away and ate very little in terms of healthy food, especially fruit and vegetables. I came home and all I ate really during dinner was vegetables because that was what I felt like...... It makes me wonder though, the people who only eat meat (and I know one or two of them), how they can ignore their bodily demands for better foods.... unless their bodies don't want it, then there is a problem with their bodies....
I wonder how many people realise their cravings, and actually follow upon them....
On other habitual changes, appearances, the way I dress, some of the way I talk also has changed in the last six months or so. My outlook on life has perhaps waned a little, but not greatly so, and I guess the social interactions and movements I make and have are different to those in years gone by, and thus my habits have also re-adjusted to suit. In a way, I think I am actually turning way more asian than I used to be..... is that a good or bad thing?.... who knows....
For me, I have noticed consciously a greater movement towards healthier eating and living, I used to eat two bowls of rice and vegetables/meat as my dinner, along with breakfast and lunch. These days, I eat only one bowl of rice, much more vegetables and not as much meat, while also cutting down on the amount of lunch and breakfast I have. In general, just a lower food consumption, without (normally) any real observed loss in energy, in fact, the regular three times/week training that I did have during semester of kendo, along with this reduced diet was perfectly fine. My weight has fallen to about 79kg or so, but my waistline has also shrunk a little.
But, these are conscious habitual change for a reason. What about the ones that don't really come to mind? I used to dislike eggplant, but now, I don't mind it, and in some dishes, I quite like it. I used to like sweets, and sweet foods, but these days, I don't as much as I used to, and tend not to have desert-like foods often at all, and lean more towards savoury things if I snack on something.
Perhaps it is unconscious behaviour as part of my dietary change, or that my body is telling me things that it desires. I spent a weekend away and ate very little in terms of healthy food, especially fruit and vegetables. I came home and all I ate really during dinner was vegetables because that was what I felt like...... It makes me wonder though, the people who only eat meat (and I know one or two of them), how they can ignore their bodily demands for better foods.... unless their bodies don't want it, then there is a problem with their bodies....
I wonder how many people realise their cravings, and actually follow upon them....
On other habitual changes, appearances, the way I dress, some of the way I talk also has changed in the last six months or so. My outlook on life has perhaps waned a little, but not greatly so, and I guess the social interactions and movements I make and have are different to those in years gone by, and thus my habits have also re-adjusted to suit. In a way, I think I am actually turning way more asian than I used to be..... is that a good or bad thing?.... who knows....
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