Eat Less Through A Mindful & Healthy Diet
Posted on July 19, 2008, under Health.
It pays to be a sensible eater.With these tips, you can work towards curbing those chronic binges.So your grabbed a bag pf chips, and a short while later, you were down to the crumbs.How did that happen?While you are figuring that out, here’s how you can stop it form happening again-by practicing mindful eating and working to curb those chronic binges.
Your Mantra
Relax, Focus: To teach yourself how to eat mindfully, start with a raisin.Take a deep, relaxing breath as you pick it up.Look at it for a few seconds.Smell it.Place it in your mouth and roll it around on your tongue.Feel the wrinkles.Now bite.Note the chewy, gritty texture-the sweet, fruity, astringent taste.Extract all the flvour before you swallow.That’s the idea with mindful eating-to savour the look, smell, texture, and taste of every bite.And it works!It had a huge impact on curbing chronic binge eating a recent study.
A Few More Ways To Eat Less
While you focus on every bite, give these other appetite control tips a try too:
- Eat more.Yep, you heard right-it helps.Think ‘mini meal’.Six small meals help curb that hunger better than a few sessions of binge eating.
- Drink a glass(or two) of water.It could be all you need to satisfy a craving.
- Don’t hide it.People who see the evidence left over form a snack or meal-like candy wrappers or chicken bones-don’t eat as much.
