Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Students: A Mindful Eating Program to Fuel the Life You Crave

by Michelle May

Mindful Eating for Students
- Do you love to eat?
- Do you obsess about everything you eat?
- Do you feel guilty when you eat certain foods?
- Do you eat while you’re studying or watching TV?
- Do you eat fast?
- Do you feel stuffed after eating?
- Do you eat when you’re stressed, bored, or one of a hundred other reasons?
- Do you use exercise to earn the right to eat?

Have you forgotten that the purpose of eating is to fuel your life?

Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Students will help you discover how to eat mindfully, enjoying every aspect of the experience. You’ll learn to eat the foods you love fearlessly, without guilt or overeating. You’ll learn how to trust your natural ability to eat the right amount of food and meet your other needs in more fulfilling ways. Most important, you’ll learn a lifelong method for making decisions about eating that frees your energy to live the vibrant life you crave!

Mindful Eating for College and University Campuses

Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Students is the text book for the Am I Hungry? “Mindful Eating” course on college and university campuses; learn more about Instructor Training at

Mindful eating is an ancient practice with profound applications for preventing and resolving common eating challenges in a modern food-abundant environment. Introducing young adults to mindful eating as they establish independence and/or begin their careers in health and wellness professions will have a huge impact on their personal lives and the lives of those they interact with in the future!

The Mindful Eating for Students course, adapted from the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Program, provides students with a flexible, non-diet, mindfulness-based approach to eating, physical activity, and self-care. During the class, students will explore the six crucial decision points in the Mindful Eating Cycle and develop sustainable skills for effective lifestyle management that they can apply personally and professionally.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 29, 2015

About the author

Michelle May empowers audiences to take charge of their lives and their well-being. Her authenticity and passion for mindful eating and vibrant living stem from her own personal struggle with food and body image. After years of ineffective yo-yo dieting, she developed a mindful, non-diet approach to food, movement, and self-care.
With personal experience and professional expertise, Michelle inspires new thinking and leaves your audience with a clear path for implementing vibrant well-being in their personal and professional lives.
Michelle founded Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training in 1999 to share this compassionate, constructive, and life-changing approach through health and wellness professionals, corporate wellness programs, and community-based programs.
Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs are available through hundreds of licensed Am I Hungry? facilitators, coaches, therapists, and instructors worldwide.
Dr. Michelle May is the award-winning author of the book series, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat, that teaches mindful eating for yo-yo dieting, diabetes, binge eating disorder, bariatric surgery, and students.
Dr. May is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University where she teaches Mindful Eating. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association.