Mindful Eating Program

"Rebuild your self-image and rediscover the pleasures of eating"

Program Leaders

Lisa Kaufmann, MD, Director Center For Health and Meditation

Terry Podolak, RD, Outpatient Nutritionist Upstate Medical University

• are chronic dieters
• have struggled with their weight
• have tried all the "latest and greatest" fads and gimmicks
• have hit the diet bottom

• Respect & recognize their hunger
• Enjoy foods, while naturally eating less
• Cope with emotions without using food
• Exercise for fun
• Be at peace with their body

The Mindful Eating Program is a non-traditional approach to healthy weight loss and improved self-esteem. Using the principles of mindfulness, individuals learn to recognize what triggers their eating. Participants learn to recognize the difference between physical and non-physical hungers and how to cope in a healthy way with both.

Program Structure

Ten week course, 2 hr sessions
Mondays, 6:00-8:00 PM.
begining on 3/10/2008 and ending on 5/19/2008

Classes will meet at ShoppingTown Mall, DeWitt, OASIS/HealthLink Center (near Kaufmann's).

Cost is $300 and will include texts, course material, and food during classes. Payment plans and scholarship applications are available.

Topics will include:

• Overview of Mindful Eating
• Eating personalities
• Rejecting the diet mentality
• Recognizing hunger & using the hunger scale to measure it
• Making peace with food
• Challenging the Food Police
• The eating experience /fulfilling your cravings
• Coping with emotions and non-physical hunger
• Exercise for fun
• Nutrition for life

For registration information regarding these courses or other offerings of Upstate Center for Health and Meditation please call (315) 464-6052.

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