What is mindful eating?
Mindful eating is a not a diet. There are no menus or recipes. It is simply about being more aware of what you eat. Eating is such a routine behavior that you can eat an entire plate of food and not taste one bite. You can also fall into repetitive mindless eating habits (eating a snack at the same time each day, stress eating at work etc). When you are eating mindfully, you enjoy your food, savor it and also feel more in control. It’s the polar opposite of binging. Why do you think we don’t eat mindfully? There are many reasons for mindless eating. In part, we use food to soothe and calm ourselves. The busier you are the easier it is to shift into autopilot and become unaware of what you are doing. Dieting has warped our perception of how to eat in a balanced way. Do you think we eat less mindfully today, than a decade ago? Why or why not? With portion sizes getting bigger, it is easy to mindlessly eat and not even realize it. Also, the media continues to pushing the therapeutic value
