Hello, this is Monica Reinagel. Thanks for tuning into the Nutrition Diva

Podcast, episode number 401. I recently spent several days at a wonderful yoga retreat

center in New England and the idea was just to unplug, slow down a little and practice being a little bit more tuned in to the present moment.

There was the first time I'd ever done anything like that and it was really an amazing experience. This center does a great job creating an

atmosphere of mindfulness. Whether you're taking a yoga class or you're walking through

the woods or you're having a meal and the meals were well worth paying attention to.

The food was just excellent, fresh and flavorful, varied and exotic, and served buffet style. Ironically, however, and to stop overeating. Given where I was and what I was supposed to be doing there, it was a little

embarrassing to leave the dining room and realize I had eaten way more than I meant or needed to,

again, although in comparing notes with the other guests, I was far from the only one. I spent some time trying to analyze what was going on, and I fairly quickly realized that my mindless overeating was being driven primarily by two somewhat irrational fears

And once I saw what was going on I was able to reframe these anxieties, and then by day three, I really had it down.

I was totally enjoying my meals, and I was leaving the table satisfied, but not and those same insights seem to have

followed me home where I'm finding that I'm less likely to lose track and

overeat.

The first fear that was leading me to overeat was the fear of missing out. Every meal featured half a dozen different dishes, one more delicious than the next,

plus an extensive salad bar, homemade soups, the most amazing homemade breads,

with all kinds of delicious spreads and nut butters and fresh fruit and well you get the idea.

All you can eat buffets are always a setup for mindless overeating.

And you know, they really were trying to help us out

by giving us small trays and plates,

which research shows dramatically decreases

the amount of food that people serve themselves as well as the amount of food that gets

thrown away. But novelty and variety also encourage overeating and this is something I've talked

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