Mindful Eating- Don’t Eat Like A Zombie

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If I feel rundown I rest.

I listen to my body and give it what it needs to be healthy not what it needs to make me happy. Now is not the time to eat for pleasure. Practicing intermittent fasting, mindful eating, and awareness of how you feel when you eat something should be key right now.

Well most of us just shovel the food in our mouth. The only bite we truly taste and enjoy is the first.

So with mindful eating, you focus on what you are eating.

How does it taste?

Does the taste change the longer you chew your food?

How do different combinations of what you are eating taste?

Do you notice yourself getting flushed or does your temperature rise after eating a certain food?

Are you itching?

Do you experience heartburn or indigestion?

Which food do you notice this with?

Do you fight acne?

These are just some of the questions you ask yourself when you eat or drink.

Another way to be mindful is to pay attention to how much you eat. Portion control, eating slowly and not like a zombie is a great place to start your mindful eating.

Why not like a zombie?

Well, zombies are mindless.

What is mindless eating?

Remember that bag of potato chips you ate the other night while watching the tv?

What about the bowl of M&M’s you have sitting on the counter oh wait the bowl is empty how did that happen?

Taking a bite or two of food while you are cooking? (My tip to help with that one is to chew a fresh piece of gum. Why fresh because you will have the taste/flavor all in your mouth and eating something right then would not be pleasant. )

How about when you go to one of the stores that have samples all around, did you plan those calories? Was it even good for you or do you just eat because someone offers it to you?

How many times do you eat while driving? You definitely are Zombie eating, if not you would end up in a wreck.

Movie theaters are the worse. A big thing of popcorn covered in butter with a giant drink. That is enough to feed at least 6 people but maybe two people eat it. By the way, your body does not like popcorn and sodas. So If you were practicing mindful eating you wouldn’t eat it in the first place, let alone a giant bag of it with the monster drink that cost a fortune. Come on save yourself some money.

We are trained to believe we have to have snacks to watch a movie.

You need a bedtime snack so you can sleep better.

Eat every 2 hours to keep your metabolism high.

Lies!!!

So many lies we have been told and so many lies we tell ourselves and teach to our children.

Time to take your life in control and start Mindful Eating.

It just might give you your health back.

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