The Importance Of Mindful Eating

Often we forget about our mental health because we are too busy with our everyday lives. We have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumbler to distract ourselves from our problems. Instead of working on ourselves, we find another escape like a nerve calming pill or social media. We live in a high tech society that is taking away from our quality of life. Instead of taking the easy way out, we can naturally fix our problems. Over eater? Mindful eating helps a person appreciate the food they have. Stressed? Mindful breathing helps calm nerves and reduces stress just from breathing. We get so busy with our everyday lives that we forget to take care of ourselves. If we take the time, we can naturally fix our problem without the help of pills or …show more content…
We were comfortable by laying on blankets and yoga mats. The mindful breathing was the first step in this activity. To breath mindfully, we had to breath in slowly, hold it, and breath out. Once we were use to the mindful breathing, Coach Moore gave us a descriptive trip to the mountains. This descriptive trip was meant to explore our five senses. For example, at more one point we were suppose to smell the pine trees. It sounds strange, but I could actually smell the pine when I focused on it. I felt at least four of my senses, smell, sight, sound, and taste, but I could not really touch anything except my blanket. I really enjoyed this activity because I have a hard time relaxing. By the end of the activity, I was almost asleep because I was so relaxed. I definitely have used mindful breathing since that day, almost everyday. Mindful eating is when we take the time to appreciate the food before eating it. Mindful eating can help lose weight, because it helps over eaters understand what they are eating. When mindfully eating, you have to use five of the senses. While the food is in front of you, you can smell it, look at it, hear if it is sizzling, touch it, and finally you can taste it. When mindfully eating, the food has to be appreciated. When the food is just eaten, you cannot get the full effect and will not savor the