You observe your hunger, cravings, and impulses without automatically acting on them. What do you notice right now? You have hunger, but you are not your hunger; you have cravings, but you don’t have to obey them. The observer notices what automatic eating hides — physical sensations, energy state, emotional state, and how much eating happens with no hunger behind it at all. And attention during a meal turns out to pay off in an unexpected direction: in three experiments, brief mindfulness instructions increased how much people enjoyed the food while reducing intake of unhealthy food, with the enjoyment driving the reduction.
This companion covers the space between impulse and action, what to notice right now, hunger versus everything else, cravings as information, and practicing observation. (6 min read)
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