May 15, 2019
My guest this week is Dr. Susan
Albers, a New York Times best-selling author and clinical
psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic who specializes in eating
issues, weight loss, body image concerns, and mindfulness. Dr.
Albers conducts mindful eating workshops across the country and
internationally. She is the author of
seven mindful eating
books and has been a
guest on the Dr. Oz TV Show, TODAY show and NPR. Her tips, books,
and programs have been featured in numerous national publications
such as O, the Oprah Magazine, Woman’s Day Magazine, Health
Magazine, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Wall Street
Journal. Dr. Albers is also a contributor to the Huffington Post
and Psychology Today.
In this episode, Dr. Albers and
I discuss the positive ways mindful eating can impact your child's
health and wellbeing. Making small changes to everyday eating
habits, creating access to the right foods and changing the way you
speak about food in front of your children can have a positive
impact. Learn more about mindful eating and Dr. Susan Albers
here.
What is Mindful
Eating?
- Mindful eating is not a diet, it is centered
around the behavior of eating and how you eat versus what you
eat
- It
helps you create better eating behaviors and habits which naturally
lead to a healthier lifestyle
Mindlessly Eating
- It is
easy to use food not for hunger but to manage other
feelings
-
- For
children: boredom tends to lead them to wander to the kitchen and
mindlessly eating or using food to unwind from stress
A Few Tips To Implement Mindful
Eating
- Make
the right foods convenient
-
- Place
the foods that you want your children to be eating at their
eye-level and easy to reach within the refrigerator or
pantry
- Keep
a bowl of healthy snacks and fruits by the door for quick on-the-go
access
- Language, get rid of the word “diet” and start
using the word “mindful” around eating
- Slow
down your mealtimes by eating slowly and consciously
Where To Start With Your
Family
- To
avoid overwhelm, tackle one thing at a time
-
- Ex:
If your goal is to have your family sit together at mealtime or cut
back on eating in the car, focus on that first
- Once
that is accomplished, naturally, better habits will start to take
place
- Work
on reducing the stress level as an overall family
-
- Finding ways to lower stress in your family
will aid in eliminating excess mindless eating habits in the
family
- End
of day rituals like walks or bike rides together as a family can
help create a stress outlet
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