Re: Learning to judge when you've had enough to eat.

January 18, 2012

I was reading a review from a reader on Amazon.com this morning of "The Overfed Head" and this is what this person has to say about stopping when full. I tend to agree with her. I hope this helps you and that it's okay to copy and paste this here: (2) I don't think one has to be that precise about stopping eating at exactly the moment the hunger stops. When I tried doing that, I think it made it all seem very rigid, and I felt deprived. I believe that there's a point where the hunger stops but one is not quite satiated. It often takes just a few bites more to reach satiation, and it's just through practice that you start getting a feel for that point of satiation. (To me, it truly does feel like something switches off in my brain rather than something in my stomach.) and (3) I think it's also ok to eat when you're not hungry from time to time. (For example, if you eat when you're hungry 90% of the time, you will likely maintain a normal weight.) When you think you can't eat when you're not hungry, it again starts to feel too much like a restriction. For example, at a birthday party, I often eat cake when I'm not actually hungry. I then just wait till I'm hungry again to have something. (I may not get hungry at the usual dinner time, and would possibly skip dinner and have something small later in the evening.) I think that skipping the birthday cake because I'm not hungry would do more harm because I would likely feel deprived. (Even naturally thin people sometime eat when they're not hungry.) To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Learning to judge when you've had enough to eat.

I'm finding this a funny process. you'd think it would be easy peasy but it's not for me. I do get the just satisfied feeling and have at times stopped immediately. But I'm thinking that's maybe not enough for me. There is a big range between being just satisfied and too full and I'm not sure where the best stopping point is. Some days your body needs more fuel and I think I need to eat more than just satisfied. In fact I'll find myself going back and eating again soon and maybe too much - because I didn't really get enough the first time. Hmmm rambling here - but working things out as I do. This is such a journey!! Need to think more about how full my belly needs to be. I truly have no idea. I'm used to either depriving myself or eating until I'm overfull. Now I actually need to learn about how much is truly filling and satisfying. Any advice??

January 18, 2012

in think there are 2 options:

eating till "just satisfied" meaning you dont feel hunger anymore. very oiften after that you WILL be hungry a short while after. there is nothing wrong with that! go eat again!

or eating till nice and full. sometimes i need that feeling. NOT STUFFED. just more like a 6 or even a 7 on the hunger scale.

then i know i have 3 or 4 hours till hunger strikes again.

this is my personal findings. dont know if thats how it is for everyone

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:41 PMSubject: Learning to judge when you've had enough to eat.

I'm finding this a funny process. you'd think it would be easy peasy but it's not for me. I do get the just satisfied feeling and have at times stopped immediately. But I'm thinking that's maybe not enough for me. There is a big range between being just satisfied and too full and I'm not sure where the best stopping point is. Some days your body needs more fuel and I think I need to eat more than just satisfied. In fact I'll find myself going back and eating again soon and maybe too much - because I didn't really get enough the first time. Hmmm rambling here - but working things out as I do. This is such a journey!! Need to think more about how full my belly needs to be. I truly have no idea. I'm used to either depriving myself or eating until I'm overfull. Now I actually need to learn about how much is truly filling and satisfying. Any advice??

January 18, 2012

Thank-you. This just what I needed to read and understand

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> I was reading aÂ review from a reader on Amazon.com this morning of " The

Overfed Head " and this is what this person has to say about stopping when full.

I tend to agree with her. I hope this helps you and that it's okay to copy and

paste this here:

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> (2) I don't think one has to be that precise about stopping eating at exactly

> the moment the hunger stops. When I tried doing that, I think it made it all

> seem very rigid, and I felt deprived. I believe that there's a point where the

> hunger stops but one is not quite satiated. It often takes just a few bites

more

> to reach satiation, and it's just through practice that you start getting a

feel

> for that point of satiation. (To me, it truly does feel like something

switches

> off in my brain rather than something in my stomach.) and (3) I think it's

also

> ok to eat when you're not hungry from time to time. (For example, if you eat

> when you're hungry 90% of the time, you will likely maintain a normal weight.)

> When you think you can't eat when you're not hungry, it again starts to feel

too

> much like a restriction. For example, at a birthday party, I often eat cake

when

> I'm not actually hungry. I then just wait till I'm hungry again to have

> something. (I may not get hungry at the usual dinner time, and would possibly

> skip dinner and have something small later in the evening.) I think that

> skipping the birthday cake because I'm not hungry would do more harm because I

> would likely feel deprived. (Even naturally thin people sometime eat when

> they're not hungry.)

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:41 PM

> Subject: Learning to judge when you've had enough to

eat.

>

> Â

>

> I'm finding this a funny process. you'd think it would be easy peasy but it's

not for me. I do get the just satisfied feeling and have at times stopped

immediately. But I'm thinking that's maybe not enough for me. There is a big

range between being just satisfied and too full and I'm not sure where the best

stopping point is. Some days your body needs more fuel and I think I need to eat

more than just satisfied. In fact I'll find myself going back and eating again

soon and maybe too much - because I didn't really get enough the first time.

Hmmm rambling here - but working things out as I do. This is such a journey!!

Need to think more about how full my belly needs to be. I truly have no idea.

I'm used to either depriving myself or eating until I'm overfull. Now I actually

need to learn about how much is truly filling and satisfying. Any advice??

>

January 18, 2012