'When you think about mindfulness exercises, you probably don’t think about the kind of exercise that helps you lose weight. But thankfully, there’s one new approach to mindfulness, which actually helps you slim down as you ‘wake up’! It’s called the meditation diet.
We first heard about the meditation diet from Leo Babauta and the folks over at ZenHabits. “When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” Leo put this proverb into practice and in a few years, he lost over 60 pounds.
If you think about it, we often eat while watching TV, reading, or talking with people, and we don’t really pay attention to our food. Without realizing it, we can end up eating out of habit when we’re not really hungry, or maybe we eat because we’re lonely, bored, or depressed.
A ‘Meditation diet’ helps change this by adding the ritual of eating to our toolbox of mindfulness exercises. Learn to savor the taste, feel the nourishment and appreciate the work that went into producing the food on your plate – all while eating healthier and losing weight!'
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