How Practicing Mindfulness Helps You Stay on Track With Your Diet

Making the decision to live a healthy lifestyle complete with a nourishing diet is easy to do.  The hard part is living it out and making the decision daily to take good care of yourself and your body.  By practicing Mindfulness, you can improve your diet, and stay on track with your weight loss goals. What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of bringing your awareness to the present moment and being fully present in that space. It is easy to learn and can be done by anyone at any time. Mindfulness has been scientifically proven to reduce stress, anxiety, depression and promote overall happiness. The practice of mindfulness is something that can be done at any time and in any place by simply bringing your awareness to the present moment. How Do You Meditate With Mindfulness? Meditation may sound intimidating or like something you don't have the time or focus to do, but Mindfulness is something anyone can practice, no matter where they are physically, or where they are with themselves. To Practice Mindfulness, You Can Follow These Steps: 1 - Get into a comfortable position where you can sit quietly for 5-10 minutes without distractions.  2 - Close your eyes and take deep, cleansing breaths through your nose.  3 - Focus on your breathing and notice the rise and fall of your chest and belly with each breath. Experiment with breathing in and out through your nose and mouth and through your nose only. 4 - Notice any thoughts and feelings that arise without getting involved in them, trying to stop them or judging them. 5 - Continue to focus on your breathing and your thoughts and feelings for a few moments longer before opening your eyes and returning to the task at hand.  How Can Mindfulness Help Improve Your Diet? Practicing mindfulness on a regular basis will help you improve your relationship with food, your nutrition and your healthy weight goals. By being more mindful of your eating habits, you will be able to identify mindless eating more quickly and recognize when you are truly hungry and ready to eat rather than eat because you feel bored or stressed. Mindfulness Releases Tension And Relieves Anxiety It Helps You Learn To Appreciate Everything You Do Have Engages And Focuses Your Mind And Increases Body Awareness Mindfulness Can Help You Overcome Binge-Eating Habits Creates Acceptance Of Who You Are Now, And Inspires The Journey Of Where You Want To Go Practicing Mindfulness can help you become more aware of your eating patterns so that you are able to recognize when you are eating mindlessly and when you are truly hungry and ready to eat.  It can also help you learn to pay more attention to your body and how it feels when you eat certain foods or eat more than is healthy for you. It helps you balance and accept yourself, your thoughts, and to be aware of your body in the moment. Being mindful of your mind, body, and self as one can be very powerful in helping you achieve a healthy balanced life, and diet.

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