"Emotional eating is when you eat in response to feelings rather than hunger, usually as a way to suppress or relieve negative emotions. Stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, anger, loneliness, relationship problems and poor self-esteem can all trigger emotional eating. When emotions determine your eating habits rather than your stomach, it can quickly lead to overeating, weight gain and guilt."

~Joy Bauer

THE BOOK: 21 Days of Eating Mindfully

"If love could speak to you about food, it would say, 'Eat when you are hungry, sweetheart, because if you don’t, you won’t enjoy the taste of food. And why should you do anything you don’t enjoy?'"

~Geneen Roth, Women, Food and God

 

If you are like most women, you spend your days juggling many roles, conflicting commitments and the wants and needs of others. Often you come last, if there’s time. The temptation to reach for food as comfort or distraction can be overwhelming; although the issue is rarely about food ~ more times than not, the underlying force is emotion. Eating emotionally can become a way of life.

 

About the Book

 

Following two decades of research and practical experience, disordered eating expert Lorrie Jones developed the 21 DAYS OF EATING MINDFULLY - Guide to a Healthy Relationship with Yourself and Food, designed to encourage and support women to change unwanted and unhealthy eating habits by transforming their relationships with themselves. This 21 day journey is not a diet or an overnight cure. Rather, it is an opportunity to inquire more deeply within, providing the keys to establishing a healthy, loving relationship with yourself and enjoying a favorable weight shift and wise eating choices as a natural result and outcome. With mindful awareness, it is possible to let go of the belief that eating or not eating, in some unique way, will take away hurt, disappointment, loneliness – boredom, anger, emptiness; and replace it with belief in yourself and in the beauty of this world, you will stop using food for anything other than nourishment and healthy enjoyment. 

 

If you’re ready to give up believing there’s something wrong with you–something that will change when you have a different body–then you’re ready for Eating Mindfully and embracing the present moment, ending your dysfunctional relationship with food. For 21 days you will be provided with mindful eating guidelines to put into practice in your daily life. There are three days of “food for thought”, related mindfulness activities and points to ponder for each of the letters in “HEALING”.

 

H: Hunger & Healing
E: Empathy & Emotional Eating
A: Awareness & Acceptance
L: Love & Letting Be
I: Inquiry & Intention
N: Nurture & Nourishment
G: Gratitude & Gracious Living

 

Also included is a list of Recommended Reading plus exclusive access to 21 days of FREE bonus videos, audios and PDFs. 

 

You have the potential and opportunity to forever change the way you respond to life experiences and embrace your health and wellness. Why not start honoring yourself by embracing true and lasting change that comes from love, not discipline or dieting!

 

Buy the Book

 

21 DAYS OF EATING MINDFULLY
Your Guide to a Healthy Relationship with Yourself and Food

Interactive ebook, including exclusive access to FREE handouts, videos and audio files.

 

 

 

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Take the Challenge

 

21-DAYS OF EATING MINDFULLY CHALLENGE, based on the ebook.

Register for the challenge and for the next 21 days you will be provided with mindful eating guidelines to put into practice in your daily life, helping you identify and bring about the changes related to your specific goals. Each day offers “food for thought”, related mindfulness activities and points to ponder. Includes access to a private Facebook support group. << REGISTER HERE >>

 

Reviews

 

[This review is from 21 Days of Eating Mindfully on Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)] "A Must Read for anyone struggling with food and body issues! This is a beautiful, compassionate and extremely helpful book. Although it's written for women, I think so much of it can be used by men as well. Lorrie leads the reader through a series of gentle and easy to follow day-by-day steps. Firstly, she explores the day's topic, such as Hunger & Healing, Empathy & Emotional Eating, Awareness & Acceptance, Love & Letting Be, Inquiry & Intention, Nurture & Nourishment, and Gratitude & Gracious Living. Next, she offers a Mindfulness Activity, which includes many thoughtful and investigative questions regarding one's beliefs about food, body, self-worth and the stories we tell ourselves, to name a few. Then, she encourages the reader to take a bit of time and write down responses to the day's Mindfulness Activity, often providing wonderfully evocative questions to spur one's writing along such as 'Am I hungry for nourishment or for something deeper?' Or, 'What challenges can you name that contain the gift of joy?' The videos and handouts provide additional support and resources on the path to becoming more aware in the present moment around issues with food and body. I love this book. More than ever before, I'm able to recognize feelings as they emerge, stay with that awareness and allow myself to make different choices. This, to me, is freedom. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to change their relationship to food, but more importantly, I highly recommend this book to those who want to change their relationship to themselves."

A.F., Seattle, WA

 

[This review is from 21 Days of Eating Mindfully on Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)] "As the editor of this book, I'm quite familiar with the content. However, now that I've followed the 21-day guide from the reader's perspective, I am astonished at how much I learned about myself. Powerful information to be armed with, for sure. I can now take this information and make better choices, redirect my emotional responses in healthier ways and simply be more mindful in the kitchen. This book provides valuable insights and tools and I highly recommend it to anyone who struggles with their relationship with food, their weight, their self-image. Mindfulness and self-awareness goes beyond how one eats, it's a life style, and this book holds the key to a healthier you."

K.L., Sequim, WA

 

"This 21-day guidebook is SO thorough; I like the sayings and quotes inserted throughout. Journaling can be very powerful and helpful, it will help me be aware of daily events connected with food. I don't eat enough during the day and then when it is dinnertime...I am starved. Just having your ebook makes me feel non-threatened like I have a friend that I am talking to. 21 days is doable and supports people to take time for themselves to write about their day with food and make them aware of everything they put in their mouth."

M.B., Spokane, WA

 

"Learning to let go of food numbing my feelings, my thoughts and my life was challenging ~ but it was possible. This 21-day program exemplifies Lorrie's expertise, compassion and caring. She knows her work and brings her heart to everything she does."

A.N., Woodinville, WA

 

"At first I refused to believe in myself – in my ability to find my strength, my compassion. I've now learned that my lifetime struggle with food is not about discipline or self control ~ but about accepting myself, loving myself and doing my own inner work to find my joy and my goodness."

C.C., Seattle, WA