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Overview
What is Mindful Eating?
Seven
Habits of the Mindful Eater
The
Four Foundations of Eating Mindfully
What
Does Mindfulness Do
Mindful Eating Acceptance Affirmations
Mindful
Eating Motto
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Eating Mindfully & Nutrition
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Merry vs. Mindful
Eat, Drink and Be Merry myth suggests you eat what feels good in-the-moment and use food to de-stress, soothe emotions celebrate. Eating is routine and given little attention.
- Multitasking while eating (watch TV, drive, talk & eat)
- “Grazing” on food
- Routinely skipping breakfast or meals
- Ignoring hunger and body cues (stomach rumbling, low energy)
- Continue to eat although full (stuffing rather than satiating)
- Member of the “Clean Plate Club”
- Disregarding nutrition needs
- Avoiding physical symptoms of over or under eating
- “Live to Eat” rather than “Eat to Live”
- Use “Comfort Foods”
- Believe you have little or no control
- Shoulds and Shouldn'ts dominate eating
Eat, Drink & Be Mindful is being diligently attentive to your body, mind, thoughts and feelings as you eat. A conscious awareness and attention to food choices, body and nutritional needs. Nonjudgmental, accepting and compassionate toward yourself and others
- Nonjudgmental of self and food choices
- Fully in-the-moment while eating
- Focused attention. Able to bring attention back when it wanders
- Alert and observant of thoughts.
- Able to “let go” of critical thoughts and emotions without reacting
- Diligently watchful of pre and post eating feelings
- Food just is what it is rather than categorized as good and bad
- Mindful eating is an ongoing journey
- Compassionate toward self and others
- Acceptance of self and body as you are
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