After we kept the Corona virus at home for months, sports activities were stopped, and clubs and gyms were closed, many people faced the problem of excess weight, and a general need arose to discover new and innovative ways to lose weight, without worsening the psychological state, already affected by all the events of the current year.

Mindful eating is one of the methods that help control food habits, it also promotes weight loss, reduces overeating, and helps to feel better, and this method is based on meditation and identifying what emotions drive a person to eat, and the right way to deal With it, it is also used to treat eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and wrong behaviors related to food.

The experience of waking eating is based on using awareness to reach a state of interest in experiencing food completely, and following the physical signals while eating, in addition to distinguishing between real hunger stimuli and phantom hunger or deceptive desire to eat, by engaging the senses fully in the eating process, observing Smells, sounds, textures and flavors.

The experiment also focuses on dealing with feelings of guilt and anxiety about food, and noting the effect of each type on feelings and thoughts, so that traditional or unaware thoughts and reactions towards food turn into more conscious and healthy reactions.

Mindful eating helps you meditate and identify what emotions cause a person to eat (Getty Images)

Eating slowly in a world that never stops running

Speed ​​is one of the defining features of the contemporary world, nothing is slow anymore, and various distracting factors such as television, computers and smartphones have diverted attention away from food, even while eating it. Eating has become an act we do without focus, just to fill the need for Food, and many families abandon their old eating habits.

The mind needs 20 minutes to feel full, and when a person eats quickly, the mind does not reach the signals of fullness, until it has eaten more than it needs.


But by eating consciously and slowly, the person regains their attention, and eating turns into a deliberate act that the mind perceives, rather than being an automatic action occurring without control.

Mindful eating and weight loss

Digestion involves a complex series of hormonal signals between the gut and the nervous system, and eating fast may slow down or halt the digestive process and cause us to eat more than our needs, so this method is a powerful tool to regain control over our way of eating, and it helps greatly. For people who did not succeed with traditional methods of losing weight, and they also make us have more fun than the normal way of eating, as those moments turn into a small personal celebration;

But it is simple, just feeling and paying attention to what we eat.

Losing weight is always described as a matter of will, if you can establish self-discipline to reduce food intake we will actually lose weight;

But traditional diets do not provide tools or ways to deal with cravings to eat or manage moods, which push us to eat when we are not hungry, and instead of trying to suppress that craving, the mindful eating method encourages exploration and dismantling.

If I can instill self-discipline to cut back on food, we will actually lose weight (Getty Images)

This experience is based on several questions and ideas that we must be aware of since the beginning of food preparation:


- Accepting the body without reinforcing the feeling of guilt due to obesity, and focusing on the present moment, while ignoring all preconceptions about food.

Make a conscious decision to eat, meaning that the person asks himself: Am I really hungry, or am I eating out of motives such as habit, boredom, or emotional and psychological reasons?

Set the clock and eat the meal at 20 minutes or more, until the signals of satiety reach the mind.

Avoid distractions while eating, so it is preferable to stay away from phones, television, and workplaces, so that the process of eating takes full attention.

Mindful and deep breathing while eating helps regulate air and food pathways in the respiratory and digestive systems.

Think about the history of the meal we eat, what it was in the beginning, how it developed, and the path you took to be in our hands, whether it was a vegetarian or animal meal.

Eating with spoons or small bites makes us feel full sooner.

Mindful eating is ultimately about trusting our bodies, reconnecting with our inner signal, our wisdom, respecting our bodies, and knowing what it needs, without any outside influences, to give ourselves and our bodies confidence all over again.