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Mindful Eating
Lack of awareness: not recognising the difference between hungry and non-hungry eating. Distracted eating: the mind is side-tracked by television, conversations, or other distractions. Emotional eating: feeding emotions and turning to food as a sense of comfort when sad or bored. Content Warning: Disordered eating & diet behavior. If you are sensitive to these topics, we recommend that you give this article a skip. Do you ever find yourself munching on a snack in front of the laptop and the next thing you know, you have finished the entire bag? Here’s how to maintain a healthy mindset about food, so you can enjoy each of your meals to the fullest. Please note: this post is aimed to help those who struggle with mindless eating, and not meant to make you feel any guilt. Mindless eating occurs any time when the brain is distracted, and the person is not aware of what or how much food he or she is consuming. The cause for mindless eating is complex and below is a non-exhaustive list of some risk factors. Strategy to stop mindless eating – mindful eating! Mindfulness means to increase one’s awareness of his or her own physical, cognitive, and emotional state, as well as the environment and events he or she is experiencing in the Consider your feelings when eating: am I eating because I am hungry or am I eating to feed my feelings? Eliminate distractions: don’t use your phone and turn off the television. You know that you’ll only manage to watch the opening anyway. Instead, pay attention to the smell, taste, sound, texture and look of the food. Eat slowly: put utensils or food down between mouthfuls; stop eating just before you feel full and wait 10-20 minutes before eating more food if you are still hungry.
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Mindful eating helps individual control binge eating and overeating, enabling them to fully aware of the type of food they are consuming, and the body’s satiety signals.
Steps to mindful eating:
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