An important factor affecting our wellbeing is food and our relationship with food. Sometimes we eat while we are stressed, or working or studying, watching TV and so on. We mistake feelings like stress, thirst, boredom for hunger. That is why being mindful about our body and feelings is very important to develop our relationship with food.
Food is essential to us and you know it and I am not going into details about what you should and should not eat.
We have a lot of emotions and judgements attached with the different kinds of food we eat, whether is it energising carbohydrates, relaxing alcoholic drinks, body building meat and milk products and yes, celebrating sweets and so on.
So when we observe the way we crave for certain types of food it helps us to understand the emotional relationship we have with each of them. Often, our body mistakes thirst for hunger and we start looking for something to eat when what we need is a tall glass of cool water. Observe your hunger, what foods do you desire to eat when you are very hungry and not so hungry. Observe how your reptilian mind panics when you decide to fast for a few hours or think about a diet.
Be mindful whenever you eat. Be grateful to the creatures and people who have helped to bring it to your plate in an edible form. Observe how it feels in your hand, smell it. Observe how it feels in your mouth before you chew it. Be mentally present with the eating process. Observe how you feel after eating. Observe which foods energise you, which ones make you feel guilty. Slowly as you practise this along with your meditation, you will have a better relationship with your food – because it is not the body that demands for food – it is the mind that craves for food for the body to live or so it thinks.
Bell The Mind 
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