MINDFUL EATING, EATING SLOWLY, MEAL TIMING

What is the most simple thing you can do to improve your digestion, use energy more efficiently, and decrease the workload you place on your stomach and gut? The answer is to CHEW YOUR FOOD! 

Chewing your food is the first and most important step in the process of digestion. All our nutrients enter our body through the gut. The more chewed your food is, the less work your stomach and digestive enzymes need to do, to break down the food in your gut. 

What is the most simple thing you can do to improve your digestion, use energy more efficiently, and decrease the workload you place on your stomach and gut? The answer

is to CHEW YOUR FOOD!

Chewing your food is the first and most important step in the process of digestion. All our nutrients enter our body through the gut. The more chewed your food is, the less work your stomach and digestive enzymes need to do, to break down the food in your

gut.

Use this handy journal to keep track of your 20-Minute Meal Method experience.

So, what is mindful eating?

Mindful eating is eating with intention and attention:

Eating with the intention of caring for yourself

Eating with the attention necessary for noticing and enjoying your food and its effects on your body

As you can see, mindful eating is much more than “eating slowly, without distraction.” While that’s certainly an important part of it, at Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training, we believe that mindful eating encompasses the entire process of eating:

Awareness of your physical and emotional cues

Recognition of your non-hunger triggers for eating

Learning to meet your other needs in more effective ways than eating

Choosing food for both enjoyment and nourishment

Eating for optimal satisfaction and satiety

Using the fuel you’ve consumed to live the vibrant life you crave

This broad application makes mindful eating a powerful tool for developing a healthier, happier relationship with food.

Many people have the mistaken belief that their problems with food are caused by what and how much they eat. Those are important but they only tell part of the story. In fact, what you eat and how much you eat are strongly affected by why you’re eating in the first place.

The Am I Hungry?® Mindful Eating Cycle will help you see how each decision you make can affect your other choices.

Print this and post it on your refrigerator.

You were born knowing exactly how

much to eat. Hunger is your body's

way of telling you that you need fuel.

By reconnecting with your instinctive

signals, you can manage your eating

without restrictive dieting or

obsessing over every bite of food you put in your mouth.

Visual of the Mindful Eating Cycle

“Eat like a queen at breakfast, a king at lunch, a pauper at dinner.”

● Eat within an hour of waking to get your metabolism rockin’.

● At each meal, check-in with your Hunger Scale - practice eating until only 80% full.

Tips for diet and lifestyle while traveling!