By Beverleigh H Piepers
In part one of 'Perfecting Your Skills to Help Master Mindful Eating' I covered two of the main skills needed to master this art. By practising mindful eating, you can enter into the final battle round with problematic eating - win! It is possible with mindful eating to lower your blood sugar, lose weight and even reverse your Type 2 diabetes.
Being in the Moment. When you become good at something, you generally don't have to do much conscious thinking, i.e. brushing your teeth or driving your car, to complete the task at hand. Hence it is easy to not be in the moment, but once this crosses over and starts happening whilst eating - it is dangerous and one of the underlying reasons people then start to eat mindlessly. To avoid mindless eating, ensure you and your mind are both present when you sit down to eat - so you can make conscious, mindful decisions about what to eat and when to eat it.
Mindless Environmental Triggers. Are your food cupboards stocked full of junk food? Do you watch television including the adverts that advertise both junk food and the latest diet pill? If yes, these are just a small handful of ways your environment will keep feeding your mindless eating. Turn the television off at the adverts, and simply ban purchasing junk food when you are in the supermarket - being mindful and present when you shop.
Stop Judging Yourself. Not everything has to be labelled as good or bad - in fact, sometimes it can simply be neutral. So you might feel the need to...
- scrutinize every single bite of food you take, and
- criticize the way you eat.
Instead mindfulness teaches you to accept things are the way they are, and by doing this you allow yourself to see the true nature of the way you eat. Only once this happens can you really notice your eating patterns in a compassionate way you can accept and then go about changing them.
Letting Go. Many of us have secret desires when it comes to our body that just may not ever manifest. Often this includes being able to wear much smaller clothes. But sometimes we simply have to be honest and accept who we are now and stop letting thoughts of who we wish we were, hold us back. The real focus once this challenge has been achieved, can then be how to cope with food cravings, and eventually letting them go as well. Facing them is often easier than you realize, and in turn, by focusing on them you will reduce your need to eat unhealthy foods to heal your emotions. This is often how people deal with emotional issues - running from facing the problem and filling up on food to heal their problem.
Acceptance. When was the last time you accepted yourself? The way you look? The size clothes you wear? Acceptance involves being okay with the way things are. It does not mean you may like the way they are, or agree with the situation - but by being okay with it, you are acknowledging the situation and can deal with it. Too much time is spent by all of us, especially in the situation of mindless eating, being stuck stewing over things we can't change. But you can change the future - you just need to free up some head space to be able to do so.
Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.
For nearly 25 years Beverleigh Piepers has searched for and found a number of secrets to help you build a healthy body. Go to http://DrugFreeType2Diabetes.com to learn about some of those secrets.
The answer isn't in the endless volumes of available information but in yourself.
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