This is the beginning of a new video series which I call "Diet Wisdom".  

My plan is to begin with some short videos explaining simple diet concepts,
with a length of about 1 to 3 minutes, and then develop out from there
to more complicated issues and perhaps a wider time range.

This video series will be indexed at the top mid-page of the DietHobby website,
and divided into sections.  
At present, I've named those sections: Basics; Motivation; and Reviews. 
The bottom section will be a listing of all videos falling under the Diet Wisdom topic. 
I've placed 4 older videos into DietWisdom, since they seem to fit into that category. 

These videos will, of course, reflect my own philosophy of dieting, 
which some may embrace and others may find controversial. 
Each video will have a comment section here at the DietHobby website,
but the comment section at the DietHobby YouTube Channel is disabled,
because I choose not to become involved in discussions about these issues at that location. 

My current plan is to make and post a new video in this series
perhaps on a weekly, or on alternate weekly basis,
so if you are interested...watch for them.

This ia  picture of one serving of food from my new cooking video,
Cheesecake Sugar-Free
which is located at DietHobby, under RECIPES,  Sweet Tastes.

Mindful eating is maintaining awareness while eating.

Some examples of this are:

• Being fully present and in the moment while eating.
  
  
• Noticing what and how much we are eating,
  at the time we are eating it.
  
  
• Tasting and savoring food, focusing on the senses.
  
  
• Noticing what's going on with our bodies, while we are eating,
  paying attention to whether or not we are physically hungry.

Mindless eating is consuming food without awareness.

Some examples of this are:

• Trance-lke eating, which is eating while absorbed in another activity.
  Like when zoned out in front of the TV, or while reading a book,
  or while surfing the internet, or chatting with friends etc.
  This sometimes involves standing in front of the refrigerator
  with the door open, not really knowing what we're looking for.
  
  
• Munching while distracted like driving the car or doing work at our desks.
  
  
• Eating when we aren't really hungry.
  
  
• Eating in repetitive or habitual ways,
  like at the same times every day no matter what;
  or snacking during a favorite TV show, no matter what.
  
  
• Grazing on food, or picking at food.
  
  
• Using food to comfort or soothe ourselves
  when we are stressed, bored, or anxious.
  
  
• Eating portions that are too large for our individual bodies.
  
  
• Eating without really tasting food.

Most of us know we shouldn't do this, and we usually intend to avoid it,
but still we find ourselves sometimes engaging in that behavior.
Some of this compulsion is from our automatic habits and unconscious behaviors.

Eating is such a routine task that it can be done with little or no thought or effort.
When mindless eating only happens occasionally, it might not be a problem,
but when we eat mindlessly on a daily basis,
the weight can begin to pile on.