The best diet is a whole foods diet, with foods eaten as close to their natural state as possible. Rather than eating out or buying packaged foods, cook your meals from fresh ingredients. Do not obsess over calories, but rather be aware of calories (they are not as important as we have been led to believe).… Read More »
Let’s use the practice of mindfulness to explore the difference between genuine hunger, craving, and desire. Hunger is your body’s signal that it is time to eat. This is natural and good. However, many people experience the physical sensation of hunger and view it as a state of emergency, and respond in an out-of-proportion way.… Read More »
Here are five ways to bring mindfulness into everyday eating: 1. When you eat, eat. An old Zen adage can be loosely paraphrased as follows: When you walk, walk. When you chop wood, chop wood. When you boil rice, boil rice. As much as possible try to avoid eating while doing other tasks. It is… Read More »
Food is often a symbol of other things, such as love, celebration, gratitude, conformity, cultural identity, gender conformity, etc. Our weight is also not simply about pounds. It can have symbolic meaning. Let’s look a little further into this by contemplating some questions: What else is food a symbol of for you? What does your… Read More »