Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food

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Author's Note; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Four Foundations of Mindfulness; What Kind of Mindless Eater Are You?; Part I; mindfulnessof the mind; #1Awareness: Awakening Your Mind; #2Observing What's on Your Mind; #3Moment-to-Moment Eating; #4Balancing What You Eat with How You Eat; #5Mindful Meals:Contemplating Food; #6Minding How You Eat; #7Emotional Categorizing; #8Sitting Still with Your Pain; #9Living in the Now; #10What's on Your Mind?Not on Your Plate!; #11The Compassionate Mind; #12Dealing with the Blues Mindfully; #13"Letting It Go" Mindfully.;This revised and expanded edition of Eating Mindfully, Susan Albers & rsquo; original bestselling introduction to mindful eating, features an additional chapter and new strategies readers can use to change their eating behaviors and establish a healthy relationship to food and their bodies. Albers is also author of 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food (ISBN: 978-1572246768) and But I Deserve This Chocolate!(ISBN: 978-1608820566). Author's Note Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction The Four Foundations of Mindfulness What Kind of Mindless Eater Are You? Part I mindfulnessof the mind #1Awareness: Awakening Your Mind #2Observing What's on Your Mind #3Moment-to-Moment Eating #4Balancing What You Eat with How You Eat #5Mindful Meals:Contemplating Food #6Minding How You Eat #7Emotional Categorizing #8Sitting Still with Your Pain #9Living in the Now #10What's on Your Mind?Not on Your Plate! #11The Compassionate Mind #12Dealing with the Blues Mindfully #13"Letting It Go" Mindfully. #14Letting Go of Dieting#15Six Sense Perceptions #16Using Your Sense of Smell #17Minding Your Body #18Minding the "Just Noticeable Difference" Part II mindfulnessof the body #19Meditation: Studying Your Body's Cues Mindfully #20Releasing Body Tension with Mindful Breathing #21Moving Your Body Mindfully #22Mindful Movement #23Acknowledging Consequences Mindfully #24Letting Go of Your Former and/or Future Body #25Mindfulness of Mirrors #26Getting Dressed Mindfully #27Hunger: Listening to Your Body Mindfully #28How Much Do You Weigh Psychologically? #29Mindful Cravings. #30Walking or Running "The Middle Way"#31Should You Clean Your Plate? #32Fine-Tuning Your Palate Part III mindfulness of feelings #33Mindfully Coping with Emotional Eating #34Enduring Difficult Moods #35Mindful Metaphors: Visualizing Your Feelings #36Taking a Mindful Breath #37Mindful Eating and Relationships #38Heart versus Hunger Cravings #39Mindful Holiday Feasting #40Dining Out Mindfully #41Accepting Your Genes #42Changing Mindless Eating Traps #43Filling Up on Fun #44The Mindful Mirror Part IV mindfulness of thoughts #45Mindful and Mindless Contemplation. #46Changing Mindless Thinking#47Impartial Thoughts #48Mindful Imagery #49Mindful Realism #50Thinking Out Mindful Meals #51Hearing Your Inner Food Critic #52Enhancing Your Eating Memory #53Minding the Inch #54Minding Your Worries #55Mindful Practice Part V mindful eating motivations Checklist for Emotional Eaters Mindful Eating Quotations Top Ten Mindfulness Motivators Who Can Help You to Eat Mindfully? Practical Solutions for Everyday Mindless Eating Scenarios Resources References.