02/16/2016
By Megrette Fletcher, RD, CDE, Diabetes Educator with Diabetes Services, located in Primary Care of Dover
This post origianlly appeared on mindful.org
Many people think that mindful eating is about eating slowly or about chewing your food for a long time because they don’t really know what mindful eating is.
I would like to share with you one of the principles of mindful eating, guidelines that help individuals and professional become clear on what mindful eating really is. The Principles of Mindful Eating were created by The Center for Mindful Eating and are available free on our website. Reading the principles of mindful eating can deepen your understanding of this concept. I suggest that people print them out and circle the words that seem to resonate within them. I have done this activity at least 20 times and each time, something new seems to touch my heart.
You can experiment with mindful eating by practicing with “MEME” (Mindful Eating, Mindfulness Exercise). Before you eat anything, think of how this food or choice will help you, allowing yourself to become aware of the positive and nurturing opportunities that are available through food selection and preparation by respecting your own inner wisdom.
To make this more formal, consider before a meal, writing down two or three of these positive aspects of a meal or food choice.
If you would like to make this into a practice, consider saving your writings for a week, to see the many ways you are nurturing your body.