Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful : How to End Your Struggle with Mindless Eating and Start Savoring Food with Intention and Joy

Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful is a new tool for dealing with the age-old problem of mindless overeating. The author currently uses this workbook with clients in her Mindful Eating Support Groups. The book is a collection of more than seventy worksheets she has created. The workbook is organized around the seven skills of mindful-eater-awareness: observing, being in-the-moment, acceptance, letting go, non-judgment, and mindfulness of the environment. Each worksheet is one to two pages. This concise, easy-to-use guide is great for introducing people to mindful eating. More ad.;Introduction; ten benefits of mindful eating; who is this workbook for?; getting off the "why" merry-go-round; how to use this workbook; where to find treatment and support; how professionals can use this book; Mindful Eating Support Groups ; a mindful journey; acknowledgments; Chapter 1; what is a mindful state of mind?; mindfulness and psychology: the benefits ; mindfulness and eating issues; how to be mindful; learning the language of mindfulness; mindful living; Chapter 2; what is mindful eating?; three steps to mindful eating using the mind and mouth; seven skills of a mindful eater. Introduction ten benefits of mindful eating who is this workbook for? getting off the "why" merry-go-round how to use this workbook where to find treatment and support how professionals can use this book Mindful Eating Support Groups a mindful journey acknowledgments Chapter 1 what is a mindful state of mind? mindfulness and psychology: the benefits mindfulness and eating issues how to be mindful learning the language of mindfulness mindful living Chapter 2 what is mindful eating? three steps to mindful eating using the mind and mouth seven skills of a mindful eater. Awareness Observation Being in the Moment Being Mindful of the Environment Nonjudgment Letting Go Acceptance Putting the Seven Skills into Action when are you cured? Mindless Eating and Undereating The Starving Mind the mindful eating motto mindful eating 101 CHapter 3 a mindful eating self-assessment getting started are you ready for mindful eating? Stage One Stage Two Stage Three Stage Four Stage Five Stage Six pros and cons of becoming a mindful eater The Function of Mindless Eating mindful meals Mindful Meal History mindless overeating and undereating habits. Can I Change These Habits?mindful eating contract Mindful Eating Goals stepping away from numbers Minding Your Relationship to the Scale How to Mindfully Handle the Scale Letting Go of Weight Wishes mindful self-reflection CHAPTER 4 awareness how does awareness help? what is mindful awareness? raising your awareness: awareness of what is types of awareness keep a mindful food diary Four Reasons for Keeping a Mindful-Eating Food Journal I Hate Food Diaries! How to Keep an Eating-Mindfully Food Diary am I mentally out to lunch? a mindful bite Lessons from Eating in the Dark. Mindfully Eating Chocolateigniting mindless eating gaining awareness Chapter 5 observation what is mindful observation? observing the body Mindfulness of the Body Minding the "Just Right" Range Mindfulness of Nutrition A Mindful Eating Experience Mindless Repetition: Food Reruns Mindfulness of Taste Mindful Sleep mind over mood: the mind-body connection Mindfully Observing Thoughts Mindless Eating Cues Taking a Step Back: Seeing Your Thoughts from a Distance Chapter 6 being in the moment turn off autopilot stop multitasking TV Trance body in the here and now! Mindfulness of feelingsmindful emotions mindful stress management Mindful Stress Management Techniques Secret Benefits of Deep Breathing be here Chapter 7 a mindful environment toxic environment What Is a Mindful Eating Environment? Location, Location, Location Mindless Trigger Foods A Mindful Table shopping mindfully What Is Mindful Shopping? mindfully eating "green" Eradicate Doughnuts? minding the media mindful speech What Is Mindful Speech? Awareness of Toxic Table Talk minding your surroundings Chapter 8 nonjudgment mindless inner critic what is nonjudgment?

Eating disorder specialist Susan Albers, the best-selling author of Eating Mindfully, provides a workbook with seventy proven-effective and easy to use psychological and mindfulness techniques for real change, including how to get back on track during setbacks, and how to maintain motivation rather than gravitating back to mindless eating and the familiar patterns that keep you unhappy with your body.

Publishers Weekly

Psychologist and author Albers expands on themes introduced in Eating Mindfully with this workbook for devotees of her conscientious approach to health and weight loss. Her philosophy involves becoming aware of eating patterns and the emotions one associates with food, encouraging readers to discover the how and why of their everyday diet in order to gain greater self-control. Arguing that the mind and the mouth are equally important to consumption, Albers encourages readers to set goals, keep diaries and pay attention to what they eat in detail with a variety of tables and exercises: meditating on a piece of chocolate; describing what tastes draw you; focusing on the here and now. Though Albers's quasi-Buddhist approach could prove revelatory for those mired in mindless eating, but those who feel they already have a firm grasp of how and why they eat will likely find the book repetitive and occasionally condescending; Albers can find only so many ways to illustrate that old chestnut, "you are what you eat."
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Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful is a new tool for dealing with the age-old problem of mindless overeating. The author currently uses this workbook with clients in her Mindful Eating Support Groups. The book is a collection of more than seventy worksheets she has created. The workbook is organized around the seven skills of mindful-eater-awareness: observing, being in-the-moment, acceptance, letting go, non-judgment, and mindfulness of the environment. Each worksheet is one to two pages. This concise, easy-to-use guide is great for introducing people to mindful eating. More advanced mindful eaters love the journal format. It is also a helpful tool for therapists to use with their clients. Fans of Eating Mindfully , yo-yo dieters, dietitians, therapists, and doctors would be primary and secondary markets for this book. The workbook combines the ancient wisdom of mindfulness meditation techniques with cognitive behavior skills and cutting edge approaches to implementing and sustaining lasting change. In her first book, Albers, a psychologist and mindful eating expert, reveals how overeating or chaotic eating can be improved with mindful eating techniques. Presents tools for applying the principles of mindful eating to daily life, such as self-assessment questions and tables that track eating patterns and the emotions accompanying them.