Many of us can follow a diet or weight-loss plan for a period of time, before we start feeling restricted. Then we resort back to our old eating habits, which often involve overeating when we're stressed or eating purely for enjoyment, rather than because we're hungry. Mindful eating is a useful way to help prevent you from overeating and it will almost certainly improve your relationship with food.
So what is it exactly? Mindfulness is a practice with its roots in ancient meditation and was discovered