How to Incorporate Mindful Eating into Your Routine

It can be really difficult to be mindful of your eating unless you decide to make a specific 
effort to do so. When you are used to one particular way of eating and it has become a 
habit over the course of years as is common with most people, it’s going to take more 
than just a few days to correct the behavior. In the next few paragraphs, you’ll find a 
carefully crafted process that will show you how to incorporate mindful eating into your 
routine. 


Increase Your Self Awareness 

One thing that can be extremely jarring yet educational for your to do with yourself, is to 
try and gain more self awareness for a few moments. When you’re alone or isolated, 
you can gain habits that when revealed to the public, might seem odd to a few people. 
This can be witnessed in poor eating habits like fast binge eating. In this practice, a 
person might shovel food into their mouths at such a rate that they don't even truly enjoy 
the food that they’re eating and it’s almost joyless. Try to notice how you feel before you 
begin to eat. Remember that it isn’t a race, and that if you eat more slowly, you’ll enjoy 
your food and feel more satisfied. 


Take a Moment to Taste

Have you ever gotten a meal, only to discover that it’s completely subpar, and you ate it 
just to get it over with? It’s important to begin to draw distinctions between the meals 
that you enjoy and the meals that you are just eating out of boredom. You might be 
surprised that you don’t really pay much attention to some meals, and that eating is just 
a formality to begin or end the day. Taking an inventory of what you really feel will help 
you to make better choices, and you know that higher quality healthy foods will almost 
always taste a lot better. 


Avoid the Tech Zombie Binge

It can be really dangerous to good eating habits to eat while you’re reading things online 
or watching a good tv show. This can lead to eating out of control and you might end up 
finishing an entire bag of snacks that were meant to last for a week. If you are less 
distracted, it’s easier to control how much food you are eating. The time you send with 
your food should be spend developing good habits that lay the path for better, more 
healthy choices in the future. 

