Overeating. Do You Mind?

Overeating. Do You Mind? How often do you eat until you are stuffed only to regret it later? Do you notice that certain emotions trigger you to overeat or crave certain foods? Are you gobbling down candies only to remember later that you swore to give up white sugar earlier in the week? Many people tend to suffer from this type of mindless eating.

Mindful eating has the power to transform your relationship with food, improve overall health, body image, relationships and self-esteem.

Some components of mindful eating include: 

  • Making choices at meals based on awareness of hunger and feeling full or satisfied. 
  • Learning to identify personal triggers for mindless eating, like social pressure, emotions or trigger foods.  
  • Valuing quality over quantity of what you’re eating.
  • Appreciating the sensual, as well as the nourishing, capacity of food.

Mindfulness helps us focus our attention and awareness on the present moment, which in turn, helps to free us from habits or behaviors that keep us from meeting our goals.