Mindfulness Daily Check-In June 26, 2018
Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! 
How is everyone doing today? 
As we all know, 7 Cups of Teas birthday is coming up (Im celebrating it this whole month)! This wonderful community has grown, expanded, and improved immensely as well as helped provide a great amount of support and understanding for a ton of people all over the world (including myself)! I am very thankful for being a part of this wonderful community, and I would like to wish 7 Cups of Tea a very special happy birthday!
Speaking of birthdays, there are certain treats that we like to eat and enjoy, but cannot as often as we would like. Eating mindfully is a simple but wonderful way to be mindful. Eating slowly and really savoring your food helps you become present as well as aware of your senses in regards to your meal. Thus, I wanted to hear what your favorite birthday meal or dessert is!
For instance, on my birthdays, my favorite birthday dessert is an ice cream cake. I truly enjoy getting and eating an ice cream cake! My favorite is by Carvel in which the ice cream cake has frosting has a vanilla ice cream layer, cookie bits layer, and chocolate ice cream layer with frosting and sprinkles on top! I usually do not get to enjoy ice cream cake often, and so I love to truly savor it on my birthdays by mindfully eating it! 
Therefore, I would love to hear what your favorite birthday meal and/or dessert is!
Some questions for today:
What is your favorite birthday meal and/or dessert and why?When you get to eat it, do you eat it mindfully?Is there anything that you would like to add or suggest?
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I love cake and cupcakes on birthdays. Its just a tradition I need to continue and I like to celebrate a lot on birthdays. Some dont care or ignore it bc they feel like they are getting old but each year means a wiser better stronger person. Its my birthday month too so I
@Chocolateandcakes Hi Chocolate! That sounds like a delicious tradition! Also, I love your perception of birthdays! Thank you so much for sharing, and I hope you have a wonderful and mindful day!
@SaimaK
What is your favorite birthday meal and/or dessert and why?
I don't have one anymore...
When you get to eat it, do you eat it mindfully?
Not as mindfully as I should. I think the years of school where lunch was 30 minutes and that included your time to pick up and take back trays and years of retail with 30 or so minutes to eat and clock back in have taken a cumalative toll. I inhale my meals -- and even if I do try to slow down and really be mindful of it - I still finish before anyone else. Even the set the fork down between bites trick hasn't reset my ravenous habits. But it is what it is....
Is there anything that you would like to add or suggest?
Not at the moment...
@diplomaticconfucious Hi Diplomatic! I'm sorry to hear that you do not have a favorite birthday meal or dessert anymore. Also, your effort in trying to eat mindfully is what matters most. Thank you so much for sharing, and I hope you have a wonderful and mindful day!
@SaimaK
Hey SaimaK, I wish you a wonderful week.
Didnt know about Carvel ice cream (thanks) but when I checked it and saw the picture on the internet (a big cup of different layers as you described) I instantly fall in love with it.
My favorite dessert is a cream I make from Greek yoghurt and sour cream mixed with coffee flavor and choc syrup, thickened with a kind of sea weed gelantine.
I eat it occasionally as a very special treat, I will eat it very slowly, tasting the creamy mixture melting on my tongue and enjoying the full body taste of the coffee/choc mix
Enjoyed it last Sunday
@amiablePeace77 Hi Peace! Thank you! I wish you a wonderful week as well! I definitely suggest that you try the Carvel ice cream cake! It is absolutely delicious! Your favorite dessert sounds quite delectable as well! I'm so glad that you were able to enjoy it recently! Thank you so much for sharing, and I hope you have a wonderful and mindful day!