Meditation For Weight Loss? Is It Effective? Let’s Find the Answer!

What comes to your mind when you think about meditation? Do you think it can help with your weight loss? Losing weight is not only about watching your diet and working out. The traditional approach to weight loss plans focuses on calories in versus calories out. If you are tired of the traditional weight loss plans, try changing things a bit. Mindfulness and mediation may just be the thing you need to get your mind in the right place.  

Meditation is a practice that helps you to connect the mind and body to achieve a sense of calm. If you think meditation is only a spiritual practice, you will be surprised to know that mediation may also help in weight loss. There are various types of mediation, some based on the use of specific phrases called mantras. Others focus on breathing or keeping the mind in the present moment.

Whichever mediation method you follow, it will help in calming the chatter in your mind and help you understand yourself better.

What are the benefits of meditation for weight loss? 

Well, mediation is no magic formula that will help you to lose weight overnight. A little practice can have a long-lasting effect on your weight by helping you understand your thought patterns and in turn aligning them with your goals. 

Sustainable weight loss

In meditation, you pay attention to:

·         Where you are

·         What you are doing

·         How you feel at the present moment 

Through meditation, you can explore all these aspects without any judgment. 

Here is also a detailed podcast on Meditation and Obesity, which you must listen to.

You will not feel guilty. 

Do you eat more under stress? You are not alone; we all have been there. Becoming aware of your thoughts and emotions will help you bid farewell to this harmful spiral of shame and guilt. 

Promotes Conscious Eating

Daily meditation increases your awareness and mindfulness levels. Daily meditation helps you to lose weight by creating a heightened awareness of your actions and thoughts. The mediation will give you the power to dismiss those hunger cravings.

To know more about the relation between obesity and meditation, and other obesity prevention tips, tune in to one of the best obesity podcasts in 2021(Decoding Obesity).

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