Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 For me, very often something that tasted really good will start to be "blah" partway through the meal. This is my cue that I'm getting too full to enjoy the food. It sounds like you really had an "aha!" moment. Congrats! Sohni LorienWillow wrote:  So I’ve been struggling with the whole “stop when you’re full†part of IE for a while now.  But this week, I think I’ve made a bit of a breakthrough and thought I’d share. If I rely on cues from my stomach, I miss them completely. But I noticed that partway through a meal, eating starts to become more work, not as easy as it was when I began the meal. Or sometimes halfway through, I find I need to add more salt or pepper or parmesan cheese to make the meal taste as good as it was to start. It hit me – these are my body’s cues that it’s done.  My stomach won’t catch up with my mouth for a while, so I have to pay attention to the mouth cues. Granted, I haven’t practiced this much yet, but the times I tried it this week, I felt full but not stuffed if I stopped when I realized the food was less enjoyable and more work that it was to begin with. Will keep practicing and update later…  Katy  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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