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. 2019 Nov 21;9(11):e031327. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031327

Table 3.

Summary of the mindful eating sessions and content

Session Content Practices Home task
Session 1
Mindful eating introduction
  • Brief introduction

  • Importance of the present moment

  • Attention and motivation

  • Breathing practice

  • Raisin practice

  • Minimeditation

  • Breathing practice

  • Decreasing the eating rhythm

Session 2
Mindful eating and compassion
  • What to do with your body and your mind while meditating

  • What emotional eating is and how to distinguish it from physical eating

  • Using compassion to achieve change

  • Body scan practice

  • Healing self-touch

  • Minimeditation

  • Body scan

Session 3
Integrating consciousness
  • Body signals

  • Hunger and satiety

  • Mindful eating practice

  • Integrating consciousness practice

  • Self-acceptance

  • Breathing practice

  • Becoming aware of hunger and satiety signals

Session 4
Satiety and appetite values
  • How to structure mindfulness practice (formal and informal)

  • Eating psychoeducation

  • Compassionate body scan

  • Personal value practice

  • Chocolate practice

  • Minimeditation

  • Stopping in the middle of the meal

  • Body scan

Session 5
Conscious choice and forgiveness
  • Compassionate coping

  • Knowing when to stop eating

  • Potluck preparing

  • Conscious choice

  • Full stomach practice

  • Forgiveness meditation

  • Conscious movements

  • Becoming aware of the continuous feeling while eating until satiety

Session 6
New balance consciousness
  • My plate

  • Potlucking

  • Nutrition and emotional eating triggers (chain)

  • Mindful walking practice

  • Emotional self-regulation

  • Potluck practice

  • Emotional eating chain

  • Mindful walking

  • Becoming aware of our feelings and their adjustment

Session 7
Wisdom and pursuing the path
  • Keeping up with the knowledge

  • Facing yourself after relapses

  •  Breaking the chain

  •  Wisdom meditation

  •  Our inner critical voice