- You have intense cravings for a specific type of food or volume of food when you are stressed, sad, anxious, lonely, upset, bored, or even happy.
- You find yourself mindlessly eating a large amount of food without even realizing it and tasting what you are eating.
- You often overeat because you find the food so delicious you can’t stop eating it.
- You are either on a diet or completely off and out of control with food until you start your next diet again.
- You start to feel like food controls you and you think about food all the time.
Mindfulness, i.e. being in the present moment and paying attention to your food, thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and environment can eliminate all of these issues.
You don’t need a diet telling you to eat less or only specific foods and do rigorous exercise x times a week. This tactic requires a lot of willpower and willpower doesn’t last for long.
What you need is a sustainable approach that also answers the question of why you overeat. A method that helps you learn about your relationship with food, your body, and yourself.
My innovative approach combines proven behavior-change strategies with the healthiest nutritional advice to reprogram both your mind and body, transforming your eating habits from the inside out.
The 3 elements of mindfulness we use are:
– being in the present and having deliberate awareness (paying attention on purpose),
– being curious and non-judgemental (not seeing things as good or bad, nor through the filter of personal judgments based on past conditioning),
– being compassionate and kind (to yourself and others).
By applying these principles you will learn to be aware of your eating habits, i.e. how and when you eat instead of only what you eat. You will learn to recognize your body’s sensations and signals; when you’re really hungry, when your body had enough food, and what you’re really hungry for when you crave food without feeling physical hunger.
With a curious and non-judgemental mentality, you will treat every moment and every meal as a new opportunity to learn about your relationship with food and your body. Instead of giving up after a failure, you will take a day-by-day approach to gain the knowledge to do better next time.
Instead of criticizing and trying to whip your body into shape, you will learn to treat your body as worthy of care and love. You will be your own cheerleader in your journey towards your ideal body.
