Do not go to the food, let your food come to you

I am not aware of any posture etiquette, but this discussion just jumped out at me because tonight during dinner I ate with a kid who is a bit overweight. I kept thinking there is something wrong with this kid. When he ate, he stooped down on his plate and kept shoving food on his face. I also thought that his parents should not encourage this behavior, correct posture or not!

I used to do this all of the time growing up. It was a hard habit to break once i realized that I was still doing it later on. I try not to slouch in my seat when at the computer, or while watching television. When a movie is on, and it's very suspenseful, I find it hard not to lean forward a bit.

hi moon. i am too hurry in eating my food, i don't know why? but its my habit from my childhood. so, when i take food, i don't bow myself bcoz it seems to lazy to take food and take more time. hence, i pick up my foods and push it to my mouth sitting in a straight position. hahaha. take care.

Hiya bluemoon, Am I aware yes, but I try to correct it and slow down and eat better. I don´t always do it but I keep trying to make it a habit to slow down a lot before I eat and that way I don´t eat so much either. Not that I eat too much ever as I don´t like that feeling full feeling. But sometimes I do give way and I am like all others eat a bit too much. I sit up straight and make a habit of changing into more comfortable clothes too. Sometimes I don´t sit perfectly either to tell the truth. But now I don´t like rushing my meals not anymore I prefer to eat less and enjoy it more.

I normally sit outside when i decide to eat eventually, sweetie. It is a garden chair, not the softest, so you have to sit up straight. No choice there. I never bend my head or hunch. TATA.

I am usually aware of good posture but sometimes I do not take a second to think and ouch I hurt my back when stooping to quick. As for when I eat depends where I am at if I am at home and starving I want at the plate so I have to say I do not think about posture at all. If I am a family, friend and or a restaurant I think my etiquette is on Que.

Hi, bluemoonpavilion. I will bring my food towards me as I sit. I make sure that my hands pick up the food with my fork or spoon. I don't hunch over in my seat. I try not to hunch over too much as I am eating or sitting, sleeping and standing.

Yes, I am aware of this, but I am not very consistent in following the correct way of eating. I'm sure that has contributed to the back pain I am having.

Hello bluemoonpavilion, Hmmm, that would make many of us think. I guess most of us actually bend towards the food. I do that too, because i don't want to drop anything on my shirt, i am conscious of that. That is why i bend a little, but yeah that does not make a healthy posture. And i certainly don't look cool while i eat.

Everyone I think like to have a good posture. Maybe others know it and just ignore or either they don't know and not very particular. I wish to have a good posture but sometimes it's too tight to follow everything needed. So sometimes I do what is right in the right place and sometimes i don't care about it at all.

Hello normally i sit on floor while eating, we eat using hands, no fork and spoons used, this most indians do, i feel more comfortable, but we keep our back straight, while walking also i try to remain straigt, but at 65 age, my body has started bending forward.. Thank you so much. Professor. . Cheers have a great day ahead. God bless you. Welcome always.

well it is about habit , how the person is get into it, but surely we can change this and that to it is beneficial. In long term this habit will be helpful.

Actually I don't care eating posture at all. Eating is eating, eat for myself, not for others' appreciation. So which posture is comfortable for me, I'll choose it without any hesitation. Why not? Why put so many rules and regulations to limit myself?

is it important to have a good posture just to eat? just eat the dam food. having a goodposture just making your self look good in everyone's eye, but you are just making fun of you self. why do it if your not comfortable to it. so eat whatever you like it. coz eating is having fun to.

hi bluemoonpavilions when you have to eat with three tablemates and some hundred others you do beome a bit more concerned about your own posture and your own table manners and etiquette too. I have a tendency to hunch myh shoulders mostly because I have an artifical shoulder joint in my left shoulder and at times I have pain around the joint. So I seem to favor it and find Iam all scrunched up which is not good posture or good for my general health either. It causes you to sort of squish up your lungs and become short of breath too. I do then straighten up and make myself throw my shoulders back and bring my ribcage up there it belongs. Slumping when eating is tiring and I think hard on the digestive system also.Sitting here typing I am always leaning forward instead of sitting up straight.I would love to have good posture but am not always practicing it .

I tend to fall much together when im sitting in chairs, I should really get better at keeping a good sitting posture, but it seems after a few minutes I get back to the "hanging one"... It is actually possible to get chairs which for you to have a good seat, maybe I should indeed consider investing in one.

hmmm...hmmm..you make me thinking blue....let me think first...i think ..let me do some demo first..ha~fortunately sit up straight and i bring the food towards me...hehe...because we are eating using with our right hand~(i am Malay)-same goes when using spoon etc..

I have a really bad posture.=( I slouch most of the time. My mother and most of my friends are always bugging me about it, they said that I don't give my height justice. I am tall and most often than not, I am the tallest among my set of friends. So I tend to slouch. And, yes, there are times that even when eating, I still carry that posture. I wish I can have a better posture

Oh I am not so particular with table etiquette as long as I can eat what I want and I am at home.. But when I dine out in formal surroundings.., that is the time that I will wonder if I am doing things properly or not..hahaha=)

Yes, it is true. If sometimes we want badly those things in our life the more it look far from our sight. Most of the times, we are focused on our needs in our daily lives. But we forget sometimes that even before we live these things are already in our existence. Sometimes, the more we want it the more it goes from the distance. But as soon as we will not think of those things, these things will come in a hurry in our doorstep.