When we eat mindlessly, the body expands (to the extent to which mindless eating leads to overeating) and the mind shrinks (to the extent to which mindless eating denies us the experience of eating). Your stomach is full but your mind is empty, and you are craving seconds just to have the very experience of eating you missed in the first place.

When we eat mindfully, the body shrinks (to the extent to which mindful eating reduces mindless overeating), and the mind expands. Mindfulness is vision. Mindfulness reveals the reality of what is, in all its nuanced, complex and unique such-ness. Whereas mindless eating robs us of the experience, mindful eating allows us to reclaim the eating moments of our lives.