Is it better to eat to the feeling of satisfied or not hungry?

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Hi everyone,

I feel delighted to have found this forum. It is so different from the " dieting "

forums. There is no pressure and really no oppression that people treat

themselves with. I appreciate that.

I have a few questions that have arisen from my IE experimentation:

1. Is it better to eat until I feel " satisfied " or " not hungry " ? I find that if

I only eat until I am not hungry, I get hungry in an hour or so and have to eat

lots of small meals. My day becomes more about food than I'd like to it be. So,

I just answered my question: For me, I prefer eating so that I am satisfied for

at least 3 hours.

2. Often, after I have eaten to " fully satisfied " , I feel a lump in my throat.

Like a piece of food stayed up there. It is rather uncomfortable because I feel

I need to eat more to push it down into the stomach with more food. Water

doesn't seem to wash it down. Does anyone have a similar experience? I wonder if

that means I ate too much. It might be possible.

3. I am looking into correlation between what I eat in the evening and how much

I sleep. I eliminated alarm clock (unless I need to be somewhere in the morning)

and I am experimenting with Intuitive Sleeping. I prefer having more awake hours

but I do understand that the body is smarter than my brain. I find that I

indulge myself with more sleep than I really need by enjoying the feeling of

being warm in bed. Exactly how I used to eat; indulging myself with food instead

of eating when hungry and until I feel satisfied. Anyone else has some thoughts

on that?