The 10 Beyond Chocolate Principles

This morning I made a decision I was going to renew my efforts to be mindful about my eating, and I checked out again the ten principles that feature in the Beyond Chocolate book, which you can also find on their website here.

The principles are:

1. Tune in
2. Eat when you're hungry
3. Eat whatever you want
4. Put it on a plate, sit down and focus
5. Enjoy
6. Stop when your satisfied
7. Own your body
8. Move
9. Support yourself
10. Be your own Guru

I think my favourite of all the principles is Be Your Own Guru, which says:

"We tell ourselves that others have all the answers. The dieticians, nutritionists, diet books, celebrities, doctors all proclaim that they know what we need. We have been told for so long that experts and gurus know exactly what, when and how much we should eat when in fact we are the only ones who have the answers to these questions. The truth is that we know best.

Beyond Chocolate will help you to ask the right questions so that you come up with answers that are tailored to you."