Re: Discovery

[Guest guest]

Hi Katy: WOW! Thanks for sharing your discoveries about how your body tells you

that you're getting full. I've also noticed that 'fullness' cues don't come from

my stomach until I'm obviously full. So I also value those mouth cues that tell

me the food no longer tastes fantastic. I also notice that my thoughts turn from

how great the food tastes to other things, like what I'll do after the meal. I

may even begin to think about how much more I can eat until I feel obviously

full, because I know disinterest in the food's taste means I'm already satisfied

and getting fuller.

SUE

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> 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…

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> Katy

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