Guided Meditation for Weight Loss

If you're a compulsive eater, you may have experienced a number of diet failures after stressful events in your life. You probably find it easy to stick to a diet initially, but eventually the urge to binge eat overwhelms you when stressful events happen in your life. Even if you do manage to lose weight on your diet, you may find yourself quickly gaining it all back. Since nobody can predict the future, and you can't put your life on hold in order to go on a diet, if you feel that you have problems sticking to a diet because of the urge to eat compulsively then it's important to address your issues so that you can successfully lose weight and keep it off.


Guided meditation for compulsive eating helps you eat more mindfully. Mindful eating is the opposite of mindless eating. Eating food while watching television while paying no attention to the taste or texture of the food and eating food as quickly as possible are two examples of mindless eating. This can lead to overeating and binge eating, as when you are eating mindlessly it becomes hard to know when you are full, and you feel the need to eat more food in order to enjoy eating - which leads to eating more calories each and every day.

Conversely, when you eat mindfully you pay attention to all the details of the food you are eating - noticing the flavor and texture of each and every bite you take and slowing down the rate at which you eat. By taking the time to notice food in this way, you will feel more fulfilled after eating a smaller quantity of food. Eating more slowly helps your stomach realize when it is full - sometimes it can take up to twenty minutes for the stomach to signal the brain that it is full and you should no longer be hungry. By eating a smaller amount of food, you will naturally eat fewer calories throughout the course of the day leading to safe and steady weight loss.

There are books and CDs available that can teach you meditation techniques for reducing the urge to eat compulsively. These educational materials can help you break the habit of compulsive eating so that you can stick to your diet regardless of what stress-causing events appear in your life. Don't be discouraged if it takes you a while to see results. Retraining your mind so that you no longer feel the urge to overeat or eat mindlessly can take quite a bit of time, especially if it has been a lifelong problem. If you aren't seeing the results you want out of guided meditation after giving it a period of time, consider seeing a psychologist who specializes in correcting compulsive behavior. Breaking the cycle of stress-based eating is important for your ability to stay on a diet and to keep weight off after you finish the diet, since you will no longer respond to stress in your life by consuming massive amounts of calories.

Mike has been writing articles for a couple of years now. His latest passion is on Depression and Exercise. Come check out his site at www.completehealthsense.com.

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