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Apr25
Mindfulness May Help to Regulate and Maintain Weight
Filed under: EFT Emotional Freedom Technique, Stess Relief, Well-Being, weight loss; Tagged as: EFT Emotional Freedom Technique, emotional eating, lose weight, maintain weight, mindfulness, weight lossNo Comments
- Mindfulness May Help to Reduce and Maintain Weight
There are many reasons that people want to lose weight. Most commonly, at least one reason is to look or feel better. I have suggested in the past that it is always good to start with your “why” – your reason for losing weight. American Chronicle has has a good post on the your why of losing weight.
Releasing excess weight gain is not an easy task for many people. Maintaining one’s ideal weight is often just as challenging. Often however, the challenge is not the amount of calories one eats, the correct diet, or the perfect exercise to “burn off” the fat. Often the issue is why the excessive or emotionally reactive eating is happening in the first place. I had a client who told me that she has always felt a “void” in her life, and she wondered if her emotional eating was a symptom of this.
Eating is a common attempt used to fill the void that many people can experience. Unfortunately the attempt to fill the void with food never works. The void can’t be filled with food, because the void is not physical. It is emotional and/or spiritual. The key then is to become more aware of the emotional triggers of eating, eating excessively and feeling out of control about one’s eating.Mindfulness based meditation is being researched for its effectiveness at helping to increase self-awareness, regulate mood and increase the ability to have an internal source of control. The Duke Center for Integrative Medicine conducts research on using mindfulness based meditation to help individuals maintain weight.To help soothe stress and anxious moods as a part of your effort to release excess weight you can utilized techniques such as the Emotional Freedom Technique used by Dr. Deb in her weight loss video.Deborah Barnett, P.h.D.www.Deborah Barnett.com -
Apr8
One in Five 4-year-olds is Obese
Filed under: Well-Being, weight loss; Tagged as: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, obese american 4-year-olds, obesityNo CommentsResults of a new study show that 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese. The highest prevalence is in American Indian/Native Alaskan children, in whom obesity is twice as common as in non-Hispanic white or Asian children. The research, published in the April 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine , was conducted by Sarah Anderson, an Ohio State University public health researcher and Temple University’s Dr. Robert Whitaker.
It is important that this epidemic is getting noticed. It also shows that the obesity issue in this country begins at a very early age. Lifestyle30 suggested in her blog that we urge our public school systems to reintroduce physical education as a regular part of the curriculum and make kids go outside and play. This is a wonderful suggestion. I would also add that public school cafeterias could do a lot for our children by having healthy lunches available. However, the messages that children receive at home from their parents about healthy food choices and exercise is critical. I know that many parents experience stress and that the easiest option to feed kids wins when the choice arises between an easy choice for dinner versus a healthy choice. Yet parents could do a lot for their children by modeling healthy exercise and food choices, having a healthy dinner available when possible and talking positively about being healthy.
What are your suggestions for the childhood obesity epidemic?
