?? about food amounts

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I am (always) working on eating from stomach hunger and stopping when

I am pleasantly satisfied, as opposed to uncomfortably full (although

I do give myself permission to eat more if I want it, and I sometimes

do, with usually no guilt)

What I have found is that when I'm putting food on my plate I feel

anxious that I won't have enough, so my impulse is to put a lot of

food there, and then stop eating when I've had enough. However I also

find that if the food is on there, I am more likely to finish it all,

often past the point of satiety.

So lately I've been telling myself that it's okay, there's lots of

food left I don't need to put so much on my plate. I am starting with

less, and then waiting a few minutes after I eat to gauge my fullness

(sometimes it's hard to tell right away) More often than not I decide

I've had enough and don't go for more. Then I feel happy and amazed

that it took so little to satisfy me.

Is this diet behaviour? because it feels vaguely like depriving

myself, but I don't know if that's the old core issue rearing it's

ugly head, or if I am actually making a mistake here with how I am

feeding myself.

I hope that was clear! Thanks, Kim