Hooked on diet mentality? The problem, and the mindful eating solution

Published: Tue, 12/26/17

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Hi ,

Here's hoping that your holidays are a time of respite and renewal. Hopefully you have a bit of a break from the holiday bustle to relax and rejuvenate.

Today, my letter is brief, but the message, as explored in today's article, may be of critical importance to your well-being, or that of someone you know and care about, as we moved into 2018.

The end of the year and beginning of the new one often brings a pushy diet mentality to the forefront of many minds as people seek a new obsession that will make them "happier" and "finally ready" in the year ahead.

The question is, has an obsession with getting thinner hijacked your eating mentality, ruining your innate wisdom about when to eat? There are not many women I know of - and more men than you might imagine as well - who have not been touched by the the diet mentality. As I ask in "Are You Hooked on Dieting? The Problem and The Mindful Eating Solution", if your days are filled with constant reference to and thinking about anything eat-to-lose-weight related, the question may well be worth examining.

Direct link: http://lanimuelrath.com/hooked-dieting-problem-mindful-eating-solution/

Your peace, happiness, health, and sanity may be at stake. And ironically, you may be making it harder to find your naturally healthy weight. In today’s article we’ll talk about the problems of the dieting lifestyle, weight-loss mentality, and the solution through mindful eating. I have created a checklist so you can check your own susceptibility to 'diet thinking', and provided solutions and alternatives.

In the words of my eloquent friend Marla, "Please consider that diet culture - even plant-based diets that push a restrictive, size-obsessed mentality - promotes something that is in direct conflict with our psychological, physical and emotional well-being. Diet culture is a thief - a thief of our joy, our money, our time and our resources - and it is worth exploring how you can get free from its greedy clutches."

Please come by and join the conversation. I look forward to your thoughts and comments on the article here.

To a kinder, gentler new year for all,

Love, Lani

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