Hara Hachi Bunme

Hi!

I thought this topic would be a great topic to write about since I just finished dinner. :) What? You wanna know what I had to eat? Okay, I'll tell you! I had vegetables, Alfredo pasta and a dinner roll. What? You wanna know how much I ate? Okay, okay, but this is the last question you'll ask, okay. Well, I had almost two plates, though most of my plate was filled with vegetables. My second plate wasn't filled with much food because I realized I didn't have a glass of water with my meal....I actually didn't complete my second plate. It usually turns out this way....

What does this have to do with anything, you ask? So many question. Okay, well it has a bit to do with the title:

Hara Hachi bunme!

This is a term I learned about a few years ago. This is something which originated in Okinawa Japan. It means to eat until you're 80% full. This is an Okinawan diet.

Honestly, I don't remember how I came across this, but I found it to be interesting. I think most people would wonder "how will I know if I'm 80% full? Does that mean I have to analyze my fullness meter?!" Haha Well, kind of.

I found that I may automatically follow this. But tonight, not so much, I ate a bit over what I needed. I'll explain to you how to do this.

Mainly when you eat, it's best to eat to the point where you are satisfied, not when you're full. When you constantly stuff your stomach with large portions of food you may, over time, stretch it, causing your stomach to expand and demand more and more food. I believe this is why they have that surgery to shrink the stomach's size.

I find the concept of hara hachi bu to be very helpful in this regard.

Well, that's enough about hara hachi bu.

But before I end this blog I'd like to say that there's a lot we can learn from each other. Be it another country, or way of thinking. I find that there's usually a reason for a lot of things in life. In a way, learning about another culture and why they do the things they do helps me to understand their way more and more. Now, that doesn't mean that everyone in that country like all the things about their country or culture, but there are some insightful things which I think we can incorporate into our own.

That's all for now!

I hope you enjoyed reading a bit about this. If you're interested in learning more about it you can find all kinds of information online.

Until the next blog

See ya~
Mon