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The Healthy Habits Approach to
MINDFUL EATING

by Kathy Nichols

www.healthyhabitscoach.com/

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"There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it.
They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future
— Thich Nhat Hanh.

 

Join me on a journey of discovery

Mindful eating is the missing link in most weight loss programs. Mindful eating will help you feel more nourished in your life. Learning to eat mindfully will help you make healthy food choices with greater ease, as well as to enjoy food more. When you become aware of how you eat and how it makes you feel, you can eat less without feeling deprived.

Let mindful eating help you lose weight

 

  • Do you ever grab food without thinking much about it?
  • Then gulp it down without really tasting it?
  • Do you eat while doing other things or thinking about what you'll do next?
  • Do you keep eating, even when full?
These are examples of mindless eating. When we eat mindlessly, our actions become automatic and seem to happen without us. If you feel stuck in a rut with your eating habits, you are probably experiencing mindless eating.

You can change all that by eating mindfully

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Mindful eating can change your whole experience with food. When you are mindful about eating, it means you are aware of how you eat and how it makes you feel. Mindful eating simply means paying attention.

When you practice mindfulness, you are less reactive to your emotions, thoughts and cravings. When you eat mindfully, you allow yourself to connect with the nurturing qualities of food and eating. Mindful eating helps you consciously choose foods that both please and nourish you.

Think of this as a journey — an exploration into a new way of being with your body. There is nothing here to "get right" just a chance to experiment with different tools and approaches, a chance to see what works best for you.

Leave your judgment behind. Put your opinions about what you "should" be doing on hold, and just notice what is actually happening. Just by paying attention

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  • Mindful Eating: change your whole experience with food and eating (5:32)

This introduction sets the stage for the journey.

  • Tuning In: mindful moment exercise (5:02)
This is a way to stop and tune in to our mind, body and feelings.
  • Full Enjoyment Eating: mindful eating exercise with a raisin (6:50)

In this exercise we will take a full five minutes to get the full experience of eating one raisin. It is eye-opening: even a simple raisin can be satisfying!

  • Mindful Meals: visualization to practice mindful eating techniques (9:38)

When we eat while rushing around, we are not really paying attention. This exercise will help you experience eating in a mindful way. When you have practiced in your mind, it is easier to do later with real food.

  • Social Eating: visualization of eating in a social setting (11:02)

Eating with other people can make it more challenging to pay attention, and some social situations can trigger overeating. This exercise will guide you through a way of eating that allows you to enjoy your companionship and still pay attention to what you are eating and how you feel.

  • Pause and Relax: mindful pause and intro to breath and body awareness (6:57)

It helps to pause before choosing to eat, especially when you are not hungry to start with. Taking that pause can get you in touch with what you are really hungry for. Using breath and body awareness are tools to help you stay in the moment.

  • Conscious Breath: experiment with the healing effects of belly breath (4:53)

Breathing into the belly helps us relax and breath more deeply.

  • Nourishing Breath: rest and renew in the natural rhythm of the breath (4:37)

This breath exercise helps give you full nourishment from air and breath. When you are able to rest in your breath, you may feel less stressed and less hungry.

  • Body Awareness: bring attention and appreciation to each body part (11:32)

This exercise is a variation on a common technique called a body scan, in which we take your awareness through your entire body from your toes to the top of your head. Tuning in to each body part with appreciation helps make you more comfortable in your body.

  • Heatlhy Weight, Healthy You: visualize losing weight & making healthy choices (10:51)

This visualization puts it all together: healing, weight melting off, imagining yourself exercising and enjoying it, and eating mindfully with ease and enjoyment.

  • A Way of Life: make mindful eating an ongoing healthy habit (2:44)

Now comes the most important part: how will you make mindful eating a way of life and part of your healthy habits?

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