When’s the last time you savored every bite of food? Truly enjoyed the texture, flavor, appearance–the everything about your eating experience?

Most of us have little time for this, or I should say that we make little time. Whether it’s busy schedules or multitasking, or just old habits, eating mindfully can be tough. But it doesn’t have to be. Consider some of the following and see what you can apply to your eating experience:

- Try to eat deliberately. Slowly. Attentively.
- Try to minimize reacting and judging your eating experience.
- Listen to your physical hunger. (How does that differ from emotional hungery?)
- Eat food you love.
- Eat when hungry; stop when full.
- Recognize there’s no one right way or totally wrong way to eat. Each person should have an individualized diet plan.
- Don’t ruminate over food you ate yesterday or last week. Enjoy what you have now.

Can you think of one thing you would change to eat mindfully?