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MINDFUL LIVING/CONSCIOUS EATING (MLCE)
Mindful Living/Conscious Eating brings together two
researched and medically-sound approaches that have proven
to be effective in restoring and maintaining emotional and
physical health:
- a way of eating that has proven effective for both
developing and maintaining cardiovascular health and
losing weight
- a way to feel more in control of your thoughts and
feeling, calmer and more balanced, and more engaged in
life.
The principles used in this program support weight loss,
glucose regulation and cardiovascular health. Rather than
doing battle with your mind and body, which happens with
many diets, your body and mind become allies and guides in
making healthy decisions and life-enhancing choices. We
don't talk about quantity, calories or weight loss, because
eating differently will take care of that for you.
The goal of Mindful Living/Conscious Eating is to help you
arrive at a way of eating that is right for your body,
flexible, adaptable to your tastes and habits, and filled
with food you love to eat. The program provides education,
guided meal planning, group support, and the integration of
mindfulness practices into your everyday life, especially
with regard to food selection, preparation and consumption.
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Did you know:
- there is a chemical reaction that takes place in your
body when certain foods are ingested that creates a cycle
of craving, and ending that cycle has nothing to do with
will power.
- meditation training has been shown to
significantly lower glucose levels in patients with
poorly controlled Type I diabetes.
- when you eat carbohydrates, it's important to eat
fats.
- meditation has been shown to reduce blood pressure in
amounts comparable to the changes that are produced by
medication and other life-style modifications.
- within two weeks of changing what you eat, you will
correct the way your body reacts to the very foods that
made you overweight.
- mindfulness training has been shown to clinically
reduce symptoms of anxiety, psychological distress and
secondary depression, and these changes were maintained
in a 3-year follow-up.
You will learn:
- that if you're eating the right foods you don't need
to obsess over how much of them you eat.
- the difference between deprivation and choice.
- why and how to combine foods and why you won't be
counting calories, fat grams or portion sizes.
- what drives your eating habits physically,
emotionally and mentally and how to work with them.
- about the critical relationship between insulin and
glucose.
- how to work with the "food police" in your head.
- how to control your blood chemistry and your
metabolism.
- how to be with boredom, resentment, anger and
"sabotage".
- how you can eat out and still keep your balance.
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PROGRAM SPECIFICS
The program consists of nine 2-hour group sessions, two
follow-up sessions and a half-day retreat. There is an
initial interview with the program facilitator. Included
are workbook, readings, guided meal planning, CDs,
orientation to nutrition and discount at Whole Foods.
Pre-requisite: Any woman who has taken a Mindfulness-Based
program or who has a meditation practice is eligible.
Everyone must pre-register and attend the intro evening,
September 9, 6:00-7:15 pm. Please
contact Char Wilkins for additional information.
Begins Tuesday, October 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
A free required informational evening is held September 9.
Cost: $450
Facilitators: Jo Nol, Ph.D., LCSW and Char Wilkins, LCSW
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