A trick I use to determine hunger level.

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I doubt I'm the first to think of this but if it helps someone else

that's great!

Like many of us, I have a hard time detecting physical hunger. So,

periodically, I'll ask myself this question: If you could have

anything in the world to eat right now, what would it be?

If I can't answer it truthfully, i.e. I can't come up with a PERFECT

food for the moment, then I'm not hungry enough to eat & I'll wait some

more.

If I can answer the question with a food choice that would completely

satisfy, then it's time to eat...and it's time to eat the food that I

came up with in my answer. I don't have such a refined palate that I

would crave escargot prepared only in the south of France so it should

be fairly easy to acquire my choice. If I can't get what I want I

wait. I find that it helps to keep a variety of stuff on hand if

possible.