20 Minutes

I woke up about half an hour ago. Our baby was fussing a lot. I tried to appease him by rubbing his back and lightly tapping his thigh. That usually works. It helps him sleep again. Our baby guide says we should start training our baby to feed less during the night. It will help him adjust so he won't wake up late at night to feed when he`s a bit older. This time though, I had to get up and mix some formula.

After feeding our baby, I felt hungry as well. It's been hours since my last meal. That was 7 pm last night. No wonder. I rummaged through the cupboards and just remembered that I consumed the last of the graham crackers yesterday afternoon. That stuff is great. Give you lots of fiber, makes you feel full and satisfied. I finally found some cereal bars to munch on. The cereal bars aren't as big as the American brands (like Nature Valley), but they're filling enough to stave away the hunger pangs of early morning bane.

So what am I doing posting so early in the morning? Well, studies have shown that it takes up to 20 minutes before you`re stomach tells your brain that it`s full. This medical fact was given more creedence when dieticians and researchers studying the diet of Okinawans were told that the elders of the island, "Eat until they are eight-tenths full." The Okinawans have one of the lowest incidence of heart disease in the whole world. They also happen to have the most number of people from any single population to have so many centenarians. It makes sense to listen to them.

Well, I`m going offline now. My twenty minutes are up. I`m still hungry! :-(( I`m getting another cereal bar --LOL :-))