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How 10 minutes of stillness changes what you eat next

How 10 minutes of stillness changes what you eat next

Stress first, hand in the biscuit tin next. Ten quiet minutes before your next meal lowers that reactive pull, so when you open Burnie to log it, the food on your plate already looks different.

18 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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It has been a hard day. The boss shouted. The traffic was bad. You walk in and your hand goes straight to the namkeen. That is reactive eating. The food is not hunger, it is stress leaving your body through your fingers. Now imagine a different homecoming. You sit. You close your eyes. You breathe for ten minutes. Then you serve. The plate that arrives is not the same plate. This short read is about that small gap, and why the next meal you log in Burnie looks different because of it.

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