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LOVE WHAT YOU EAT

Most of us have attempted weight loss numerous times. We counted calories, exchanges and points. We ate pre-packaged food or meal replacements. We followed rigid meal plans that restricted fat or carbohydrates, or solid food altogether.

From an energy balance perspective, any of these tactics should work, and some do—short-term. From my perspective, the reason they do not work long-term is that they change what and how much we eat, without changing why and how we eat.

Mindful eating was one of the keys to breaking my eat-repent-repeat cycle. One definition of mindfulness is paying attention, on purpose and without judgment, to the internal and external world in

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