Learning to Adapt

For whatever reason, I have always been fond of food. Sometimes I am a little too fond. By that I mean I tend to eat it rather quickly. The reasoning behind that is the stomach communicates with the brain slowly. It takes about 20 minutes for your stomach to tell your brain that you've had enough to eat (I actually did a bit more research and it's true!) So in order to make sure that my gets the full amount of food, I have to make sure I get as much as possible in before that 20 minute timer goes off. Ok ok, I don't actually shovel food in until 20 minutes are up, but I do have a habit of eating fast usually because the food is just so good.

Because food is always good, I have a strange tendency to block a certain sense of mine. That sense being the hot detector. Let me explain. I'll be eating an egg quesadilla, for instance, and it'll be hot off the grill... I know this because I can feel it's heat semi-burning my hand. I'll take a first bite and it will burn me (obviously, but I'll finish the bite). Then, after just being burned by this delicious egg quesadilla, I'll take another bite, which is still hot (since it's been about 5 secs) and will burn me again (but it's SOO good!). This usually goes on until it cools down enough and I no longer notice the heat or I've finished the food (notice- not until I wait for it to cool). As my Former JV roommate (Renata) said, "A mistake most animals don't repeat."

My rationale is that it probably has had enough time to cool between bites so that it'll be good enough to eat? I'm actually unsure... all I know is that I usually only remember how good it tasted and that it was tasted good hot. Chances are, if I go home tonight and make something hot, I'll burn my mouth... and that'll happen next week too or whenever I make hot things.

So if you find yourself in the same situation (which, contrary to Renata's words, most people find themselves in that situation (I hope)), know that you're not alone, and I too realize you're just trying to eat it before your brain notices that your stomach is full/mouth is on fire.

Thanks for reading!