Mindful eating

So, what is mindful eating?

Mindful eating is eating with intention and attention:

• Eating with the intention of caring for yourself
• Eating with the attention necessary for noticing and enjoying your food and its effects on your body

As you can see, mindful eating is much more than “eating slowly, without distraction.” While that’s certainly an important part of it, at Am I Hungry? we believe that mindful eating encompasses the entire process of eating:

• Awareness of your physical and emotional cues
• Recognition of your non-hunger triggers for eating
• Learning to meet your other needs in more effective ways than eating
• Choosing food for both enjoyment and nourishment
• Eating for optimal satisfaction and satiety
• Using the fuel you’ve consumed to live the vibrant life you crave
  

  How does mindful eating help solve eating issues?

  Many people who struggle with food react mindlessly to their unrecognized or unexamined triggers, thoughts, and feelings. In other words, they re-act-repeating past actions again and again-feeling powerless to change. Mindfulness increases your awareness of these patterns without judgment and creates space between your triggers and your actions.

  For example, whenever you notice that you feel like eating and pause to ask the question, “Am I hungry?”, you are able to observe your thoughts and choose how you will respond. Instead of reacting mindlessly, mindfulness gives you response-ability. That is how mindful eating empowers you to finally break old automatic or habitual chain reactions and discover options that work better for you.