If you follow the latest food trends, you’ve probably heard about mindful eating and its reported health benefits — but what is mindful eating exactly? And how might it benefit you? Read on to find out! The Origins of Mindful Eating Mindful eating originally comes from Buddhism and is simply the idea of meditating on eating; becoming mindful of what you eat and why. In ... Continue Reading
Battling Emotional Eating: Figuring Out Why You’re Doing It and How To Take Control
Emotional eaters habitually turn to food for comfort, stress relief or to suppress negative emotions. While there is nothing wrong in occasionally using food to lift your mood or celebrate, using it as a coping mechanism whenever you encounter unpleasant emotions only creates a cycle that ignores the underlying problems. Even worse, emotional eating leaves you feeling ashamed ... Continue Reading
How To Cope With Stress Without Eating
Eating does much more for our mind and body than simply provide vitamins and nutrients. Eating is a way by which we celebrate the good times, soothe ourselves during the bad times and more generally have learned to express our feelings. As a child, many of us have extremely fond memories of food during holidays or of being given a lollipop after a visit to a doctor, and have ... Continue Reading
How to Heal Emotional Eating with Self Massage
Get back in tune with your body. Let self massage help you on your journey to heal emotional eating. This post from mindbodygreen.com sheds light on 4 ways self-massage can help you kick emotional eating habits and how to do it.If you're an emotional eater, the last thing you're thinking about is your own physical pleasure, right?Unwanted eating feels so frustrating, shameful, ... Continue Reading
5 Tips to Shed Pounds Successfully
If you’re struggling to lose weight, Christine Spiroch, PhD, has five tips to help you achieve success. Balancing blood sugar and metabolism are the keys to success. 1. Don’t skip breakfast Eating a balanced breakfast — including protein, fat and carbs — will give you the energy you need for the day. “If you skip breakfast, you’re starting the day on a dead battery,” says Dr. ... Continue Reading