EUI (Eating Under the Influence)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Much of our eating is habitual, i.e. under the influence of the environment.
I invite you to ponder the following question: Who (and what) influences your eating and how?
Ask yourself:
Who triggers me to eat well?
Who encourages me to eat mindfully, to savor, to eat healthy?
Who triggers me to indulge, overeat, go off diet/regimen?
Who gives me the permission to be “bad?”
Who “come-ons” me to “enjoy myself” only to justify their own urge to binge?
Who triggers me to stress-eat, binge-eat, cope-eat, react-eat?
Who do I cope with by eating?
Who is my “junk-food” person?
Who always dials up for a pizza or taunts your appetite with French fries?
Who is my “sweets” person?
Who always bakes cookies, invites me out for ice-cream, or brings in donuts?
Who in my life needs me to eat to connect with me?
Who expresses their love for me through feeding?
Whose eating do I influence and how?
“Bonus” question:
How does your substance use (if any) affect your eating patterns?
Mindful New Year to you all!
mindful eating