Master Mindful Eating

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Food plays a huge role in our well-being. It fuels both our body and mind. When we eat well, we are not just nourishing our physical bodies, we are also nourishing our brains. Hence, when we follow a healthy pattern of eating and master mindful eating, we are contributing to better energy levels, stress management, sleep quality, concentration, and most importantly, our overall well-being. In this lesson, we will go through some key points about food, well-being, and mindful eating.

Mindful Eating

Contributes to better energy levels, stress management, sleep quality, concentration and overall well-being.

How does food affect our well-being and what are the benefits of good nutrition?

There is a strong link between food and our mood. What we intake impacts our mental health. Food provides the necessary nutrients that our bodies need to grow, repair and thrive, both physically and mentally. It also plays an important role in keeping our immune system strong and healthy so we avoid getting sick. Thus, this is the reason why good nutrition is so important!

Eating well has multiple benefits, including the following:

Increased energy levels
Improved mood and mental well-being
Clearer and healthy skin
Improved sleep quality
Maintenance of healthy body weight, lowering the risk of diabetes and obesity
Lowering the risk of major and chronic health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer among many more.

How can mindful eating make you happy and healthy?

Mindful eating is referred to as being actively aware of how and why you’re consuming something.

Researchers have even found that mindful eating can be a powerful way to achieve happiness and good health, combating both anxiety and depression. Mindful eating encourages you to slow down, focus and be more conscious about food. It becomes more than just the experience of eating food. It includes thinking about everything that went into that particular meal such as growing, shipping, storing, buying, and preparing it. You also learn to develop an appreciation and gratitude for your food.

As a result, this approach turns eating into an enjoyable experience. When you start paying attention to what and how you eat as well as where your food comes from, you’ll start having positive feelings about what you eat and be more satisfied with your meals. This leads you to have a better attitude and relationship with eating which is important for your overall well-being. Furthermore, this newfound presence around food and the positivity that comes with being conscious about it will also benefit in turning other areas of your life into positive aspects.

How do you build healthy eating habits in your work life?

Below we have compiled 7 techniques that you can practice.

Eat breakfast every day.

Eat breakfast every day. It’s so easy to skip this meal but a healthy breakfast helps provides those first critical nutrients that your body needs each day for energy, especially as an entrepreneur. It helps kickstart your metabolism, avoid overeating throughout the day, and manage stress.

Eat 5 to 6 balanced meals a day.

This allows you to not binge eat and spread your meals throughout the day.

Control your portions by monitoring the food you intake.

Reading labels, carefully measuring servings, and eating on smaller plates are all smart strategies to get you started.

Eat slowly and enjoy the silence.

If you want to develop the habit of eating more mindfully, eating slowly and in silence regularly can help.

Pay more attention to when and what you eat.

You can do this by tapping into your behavior and feelings around food. Eat only when you are hungry, don’t eat just because you’re bored. But also don’t wait until you feel starving, which will likely lead to overeating.

Incorporate at least 30 minutes of exercise into your lifestyle three to four times a week.

It can be as simple as taking a walk outside, a quick jog, or taking the stairs instead of the elevator among many other techniques.

Drink lots of water.

This is so important! Water is one of the essential nutrients required by the body, thus, always make sure you’re well-hydrated as this impacts your mood and weight management. A good practice as an entrepreneur is to drink water with every meal and keep a bottle handy on your desk or the go.

Track your mindful eating habits with this worksheet

To help you reach your goals in mindful eating we developed this worksheet. Use it to track your daily balanced meals and also the amount of water your drink. In this worksheet, you can write down what you eat, how you felt, and how many glasses of water your drank.

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