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Offers a sustainable solution to losing weight that focuses on avoiding negative thought patterns and developing a healthy relationship with food, and includes strategies for practicing mindful eating at home and in social situations.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Mindful Eating 5 Chapter 1: Discovering Mindful Eating 7
Chapter 2: What You Can Expect to Gain (or Lose) from Mindful Eating 25
Part II: Preparing the Ground for Mindful Eating 43 Chapter 3: Getting Mindless by the Mouthful 45
Chapter 4: Getting Ready for Your Mindful Eating Journey 61
Chapter 5: Cultivating a Supportive Mindful Eating Mindset 79
Chapter 6: Choosing Healthy Foods Mindfully 97
Chapter 7: Mindful Meal Preparation 115
Part III: Practicing Mindful Eating 131 Chapter 8: Tooling Up for Mindful Eating 133
Chapter 9: The Many Ways to Practice Mindful Eating 153
Part IV: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life 175 Chapter 10: Mindful Eating for Families 177
Chapter 11: Mindful Eating in Social Situations 191
Chapter 12: Overcoming Obstacles to Mindful Eating 203
Chapter 13: Feeding Your Emotional Hunger 217
Part V: The Part of Tens 233 Chapter 14: Ten (or so) Misconceptions about Mindfulness 235
Chapter 15: Top Ten Tips for Mindful Eating 241
Chapter 16: (Almost) Ten Ways to Mindlessly Eat Less 247
Chapter 17: Ten Paths to Expand Your Mindful Eating Experience 255
Index 261
About the author
Laura Dawn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, raw food chef and mindful eating mentor. She is the founder of Happy and Raw (www.happyandraw.com) and leads transformational health retreats in Hawaii.
