eating too quickly

I had a thought today about eating, or rather eating too quickly.  I have noticed that over the past few meals, well starting with my Thanksgiving meal that sometimes I eat wayyyy toooo fast.  Eating too fast is just plain bad.  The first problem is that there have been times when I have waited too long to eat and that leads to yet another problem, hmmm this might get confusing but hang tight and follow me.  Okay waiting too long to eat makes me use very bad judgement and then I eat really bad things that are usually high in points/fat and then I feel ravenous and out of control, thus I eat too fast.  The second thing is that when I decide to treat myself and eat something off my "stay away" list, I get so happy that when I finally have it in front of me, I devour it!  I did that on Thanksgiving.  I knew exactly what was gonna be on my plate and I was okay with the decision that I made but by the time I realized this I was on my second plate!  I found myself sitting there realizing that I was eating sooo fast that I wasnt actually tasting my food!  And then eating too fast means I am not listening to my body and the signals that lets my stomach tell my brain that I am satisfied.  When that part is out of control that leads to overindulgence which leads to being miserable and sick feeling.  So with that on my mind, I have decided that this will be something very important for me to work on, kind of a mini goal.  From now on, I am going to concentrate on my meal and eat very slowly and actually enjoy my meal. I accomplished that today.  Today I was running around like a mad woman and found myself at 3PM and still no lunch, I know, I know so I made a conscious decision to stop and grab a quick bite.  Okay my choice wasnt the best but it was the only thing that was quick and would allow me to eat in my car and that was Mc Donalds.  I know, I know again but I did make a better choice in my selection and instead of ordering a big super size meal, I ordered a kids meal with a diet coke and you  know what?  I took my time, really enjoyed that little cheeseburger and small fries that when I was done eating, I was really and truly satisfied.  I felt good about that and I feel like I am making a move in the right direction.  So now with me working on actually ENJOYING my meal, I decided to start planning better and making sure that I am eating things that I really like to eat, like veggies.  Not everything that tastes good has to be bad for you, right?