Welcome to Day 5 of the Clean up Your Diet Challenge!

Congrats on getting to Day 5! Here’s everything that we’ve learned so far!

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5 Day Diet Challenge: DAY 5 – Enjoy Your Meals & Practice Mindfulness

Today, I want to focus on two important factors when it comes to eating:

– Slowing down and enjoying your meals

– And what being mindful really means

Studies show that the faster we eat, the more calories we consume. It takes a little bit of time for your stomach to send the “I’m full” signal to your brain. Ever eat a bunch of food really fast then 10 minutes later you’ve got that super stuffed feeling? The delayed reaction is the reason why. Also, the more you chew, the easier it will be for your body to digest and the more nutrients you’ll absorb! Double win!

Slow down when you eat by really savoring the texture, flavor, and color of your meals. This will

Mindfulness is constantly being AWARE of your decisions, what you are doing, and how you are feeling.

You are not overly obsessed with what you eat but you are not saying “screw it” and eating whatever the heck comes across your sight.

Mindfulness requires you to understand yourself.

Your personal preferences, how you handle stress, your schedule, and your body’s unique physiology are all things that you need to investigate and become an expert on. You are the expert of your own body. No coach or nutritionist can possibly do that for you.

Mindfulness takes practice and requires you to actively make a choice.

Extremes such as meal plans, and restrictive diets, and cheat days take the thinking out of the game.

Moderation and mindfulness are hard and they do take take time – but they begin to be automated the more you understand your body and the food that fuels it. Over time, this will become easier for you.

Mindfulness requires you to trust the process and trust yourself.

It’s not one mess up and done, this takes patience, consistency, and PRACTICE!! If you do mess up, don’t beat yourself up over it, just pick back up where you left off and get back to it!

Journaling is a great way to work on mindfulness. Check out THIS BLOG POST on some of my favorite journals.

Challenge: Eat at least one of your meals sitting down and in a relaxed setting. Eat slowly and mindfully. Head over to the Facebook Group and share how you practiced Mindfulness!

5-Day Clean Up Your Diet Day 5