Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: What My Kids Taught Me About Eating Mindfully

As parents, we’re supposed to teach our children healthy habits. As a doctor, I was supposed to model healthy habits for my patients too. But the truth is, my habits weren’t particularly healthy.

By the time my children could both walk and talk, I had been yoyo dieting for nearly 25 years. It may not have been obvious on the outside, but my head was filled with food rules acquired from years of intermittent restriction to make up for years of mindless and emotional eating. I could estimate the calories and points of just about any food; I knew how long I had to spend on the treadmill for eating a “bad” food; and I had worn out the pages of my Weight Watchers Cookbook. I regularly experienced the elation, deprivation, and guilt of my perpetual eat-repent-repeat cycle.

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