Mindless eating. We all do it. We shovel down food as quickly as possible, eat when we aren't hungry, eat bad foods, overeat, all without a second thought as to why. And it's making us fat. Luckily, mindful eating is natural for meditators.
Layer after layer, when you peel an onion all the way, what's left? The core. Likewise, after stripping away the reasons we gain weight (poor diet, low motivation, no exercise, etc), what's at the root? The mind. Master it with meditation.
Are you starving yourself to look like a ripped Hollywood movie star? Do the covers of GQ & Vogue have you slaving away on the treadmill? If so, your weight loss efforts are apt to crash & burn. Get intrinsic motivation. How? Meditation.
Being infatuated with the scale, hating our body, & thinking that life will be perfect once we are slim is often, ironically, the very reason we pile on more pounds. Yep, hating how fat we are makes us fatter. Love yourself with meditation.
Conventional wisdom states that, when we get hit by food cravings, we have two options. We can either give in to the urge, or we can resist. Easy, right? Meditation unlocks a powerful third option. It’s called "urge surfing."
Life sucks. Our endless responsibilities, dead end jobs, & unhealthy relationships often make us feel like prisoners. With joy & hope on fumes, we smother our emptiness, unhappiness, & loneliness with food. Fill the void with meditation.
While most of our body fat is the wiggly, jiggly kind that we can see & pinch — there is an unseen, deeper, more sinister kind of fat which goes beyond simply making our favorite sweater a bit too snug. Meditation burns belly fat too? Yes!
Instead of feeling our uncomfortable emotions, we turn to food. While filling-up our belly might make us feel better for a little while, it doesn't address the deeper reasons for overeating. Here's how meditation solves emotional eating.
Stress is a fact of life. We all know this. But it goes further. In addition to making our heart race, stomach swirl, & underarms sweat, stress can also make our weight go up. Real high. To the sky. Thankfully, meditation dissolves stress.
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