Eating Consciously - Moving Beyond Diets & Health Fads [1]

I see a lot of talk about what people should eat, but I don't see much talk about how to eat, so I wanted to share my own experience on learning to get in touch with what my body is craving. People tend to get into unconscious eating habits, and eat what is convenient instead of what their body really needs. Food can become a coping mechanism, a way to distract oneself from negative emotions, and this can be quite harmful to a person's emotional and physical health.

We hear about pregnant women craving certain foods, but I don't believe this is limited to just pregnant women. People have become disconnected from their own bodies, and have difficultly listening to the subtle cravings their bodies have. I learned this trick from the Conversations With God books about getting back in touch with the body: hover your hand a few inches above a food item, and listen to what you feel. Don't try to rationalize anything with your mind, simply listen to your body. You'll feel attracted to certain foods, and I found I would even start salivating when it was something my body REALLY wanted. I began eating foods I'd never even considered before, and began enjoying foods that I previously despised.

Another recommendation of mine is to be aware while you're eating. Don't just eat to eat, enjoy eating! Many people eat to try and fill up their unconsciousness, but there's no actual satisfaction from eating this way, so people just eat more and more and more. Be aware of the smells, flavors, and also how your stomach feels. If you're uncomfortably full, you've probably eaten too much.

On the topic of over-eating, there's a few tricks I've found. The easiest thing is to simply eat less, and it's not as hard as most people make it. The body gets used to certain eating patterns, and if you start eating less, it can be uncomfortable at first. In my experience, it only takes a day or two to establish new eating patterns, and after that it will feel perfectly natural to eat less. Another thing is to choose quality over quantity. More wholesome food, especially food made with Love, is much more filling and satisfying, which naturally leads to eating less.

Will
The Galactic Free Press
http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/ [2]