Virginia Mason’s Nutrition Center of Excellence is committed to supporting you on your path to getting healthy, including being more active, losing weight, and/or setting and accomplishing health goals. As you strive to improve the quality of your life, you may find these educational resources to be helpful.

Virginia Mason Resources

• Nutrition Services for Weight Loss
• Eat Healthy at Virginia Mason
• Healthy Eating for a Healthy Life
• Mobile Apps for Weight Loss

Exercise & Movement for Weight Loss

• Strategies to Increase Physical Activity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Physical Activity Tips from the Home of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Exercises for Weight Loss

Mindful Eating Practices

No matter where you are in your weight loss journey, these articles from The Center for Mindful Eating can support you in implementing a practice of mindful eating.

• Being in the Moment
• Choosing Your Way to Mindfulness
• Mindful Eating Helps to Create Curious Kids
• How to Set Up a Daily Mindful Eating Practice
• Shopping Mindfully
• Starting a Mindful Eating Practice
• Right Eating
• The Fourth Step
• Thoughts that Flavor the Meal
• The Benefits of Committing to a Daily Eating Meditation Practice
• A Curious Stance
• Are We Consuming Food or Information?
• Take a Bite on the Wild Side
• Keeping Our Bodies in Balance

Eating Habits

• Turning Your Crave Into a Wave
• Slowing Down When Eating with Others
• The Perils of Multitasking
• Pausing Practice: Your Natural Braking System
• Learning to Slow Down

Building Healthy Relationships with Food

• Overcoming Fear
• Overcoming Loneliness
• Finding Fullness
• Finding Acceptance
• Food: The Solution Not the Problem
• Handling Triggers
• Forgiveness Meditation
• No Quick Fix

Eating and Emotions

• Joy of Generosity
• Full Circle Awareness
• From the Taste of Food to the Foods of Our Memories
• The Power of Permission
• The Healing Power of Compassion
• Satiety and Fullness
• Spice Your Food with Gratitude