{"id":163,"date":"2010-09-17T09:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T16:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2024-02-15T00:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T08:37:08","slug":"whats-on-your-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s on Your Plate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fritz Perls, who developed Gestalt Therapy, encouraged us to understand the way we eat as a metaphor for the way we live.<\/p>\n

At your next meal, watch yourself eat. Do it without judgment and without trying to change anything, just watch.\u00a0 It can be enlightening to draw some parallels around how you eat and how you live.<\/p>\n

Do you take in all of your food at once without smelling it, tasting it, chewing it? Do you do that with life? Is that overwhelming?<\/p>\n

Do you avoid food? Do you avoid your feelings?<\/p>\n

Do you eat foods that you don’t like? Do you allow other people’s negative thoughts to invade the way you feel about yourself?<\/p>\n

Do you think constantly about what you’re going to eat next rather than focusing what you’re currently eating and enjoying it? Is life overwhelming because you’re always nervous about what might or might not happen in the future? Anticipating the next thing?<\/p>\n

When you serve yourself a meal, pay attention to what’s on your plate. Try not to anticipate what’s coming next or how much you should or should not eat. Just go ahead and begin to look what’s on your plate and to allow yourself to eat that.\u00a0 When you pay attention to your food and to your body and what it needs, you will find that at your next meal, you are able to make better choices about what you need. Your digestion will be a little easier as will your feelings of peace around food.\u00a0 In life, it’s the same thing. What’s on your plate?\u00a0 When you begin to worry and obsess about “what ifs” and the future, you can become overwhelmed. Pay attention to what’s in front of you. You will metabolize your experience more efficiently and be able to move through life with less worry, less anxiety, and with\u00a0 more of a sense of peace, knowing that you are clear and focused on what’s in front of you rather than what’s behind or ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fritz Perls, who developed Gestalt Therapy, encouraged us to understand the way we eat as a metaphor for the way we live. At your next meal, watch yourself eat. Do it without judgment and without trying to change anything, just watch.\u00a0 It can be enlightening to draw some parallels around how you eat and how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,23,26,28],"tags":[38,39,46,67,101,103,109,148,204,219,221],"yoast_head":"\nBinge Eating Therapy - Help for binge eating, bulimia, obsessive dieting and body image issues<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What's on Your Plate? - Binge Eating Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fritz Perls, who developed Gestalt Therapy, encouraged us to understand the way we eat as a metaphor for the way we live. At your next meal, watch yourself eat. Do it without judgment and without trying to change anything, just watch.\u00a0 It can be enlightening to draw some parallels around how you eat and how […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Binge Eating Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-17T16:50:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-15T08:37:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/img-318.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"342\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"leora fulvio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"leora fulvio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/\",\"name\":\"What's on Your Plate? - Binge Eating Therapy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-17T16:50:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-15T08:37:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c91ef93117932941157b642e2d8d1c59\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What’s on Your Plate?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/\",\"name\":\"Binge Eating Therapy\",\"description\":\"Help for binge eating, bulimia, obsessive dieting and body image issues\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c91ef93117932941157b642e2d8d1c59\",\"name\":\"leora fulvio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/990ee3224c9def610382140c314bc5bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/990ee3224c9def610382140c314bc5bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"leora fulvio\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/author\/leora-fulvio\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Binge Eating Therapy - Help for binge eating, bulimia, obsessive dieting and body image issues","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What's on Your Plate? - Binge Eating Therapy","og_description":"Fritz Perls, who developed Gestalt Therapy, encouraged us to understand the way we eat as a metaphor for the way we live. At your next meal, watch yourself eat. Do it without judgment and without trying to change anything, just watch.\u00a0 It can be enlightening to draw some parallels around how you eat and how […]","og_url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/","og_site_name":"Binge Eating Therapy","article_published_time":"2010-09-17T16:50:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-15T08:37:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":342,"url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/img-318.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"leora fulvio","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"leora fulvio","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/","url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/","name":"What's on Your Plate? - Binge Eating Therapy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-09-17T16:50:55+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-15T08:37:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c91ef93117932941157b642e2d8d1c59"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/whats-on-your-plate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What’s on Your Plate?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/","name":"Binge Eating Therapy","description":"Help for binge eating, bulimia, obsessive dieting and body image issues","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c91ef93117932941157b642e2d8d1c59","name":"leora fulvio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/990ee3224c9def610382140c314bc5bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/990ee3224c9def610382140c314bc5bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"leora fulvio"},"url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/author\/leora-fulvio\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/img-318.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4676,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/4676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingeeatingtherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}