I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less

RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Stephanie (Guest Post) (04/11/2008) I go out to eat a lot for work and we tend to sit at the table and talk for a while after we are done. If I still have my plate or a basket of bread in front of me, I will keep eating even if I'm not hungry. But if I chew a piece of gum as soon as I start to feel full, the temptation goes away (or at least makes it harder to put food in your mouth). This trick seems to work. And if you know you are going to stay for a while, make the server take your food away so you don't pick at it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Ajit. (Guest Post) (11/18/2007) I feel full but my mind tells me I need to eat. Why i don't know. I drink lots of water but still like eating and now I hate the feeling of eating too much. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By sip (Guest Post) (11/02/2007) Hey yeah I know eating alot can be a problem. I used to be a person where my stomach was an endless pit. But I ended it by buying less food when I went grocery shopping, and usually in portions. Plus this helped me save money. And after about 3 weeks you get used to eating less and having less urges. With a little help from will power anything is possible. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By lithiumAddict (Guest Post) (11/13/2006) hey, here are some things that work for some people to help eat less, 1. drink water as much as possable, especailly before a meal (helps make you feel fuller without eating as much). 2. eat more raw or cooked veggies (w/out sauce or anything) so this way you will become full from the veggies (which have less calories) and you won't be hungry to eat the less healthy stuff. 3. when you are just around the house or anything carry sugar free gum around with you (this helps trick your brain with something flavor full in your mouth that you can chew on). 4. Lastly, while out at a restaurant, expect to come home with leftovers because restaurant portions are WAY to big. So make it a rule that you must come home with a significant amount of leftovers so you know you didn't eat too much. Good luck!! ~Lith Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Ed (Guest Post) (05/10/2006) I know that Islam gets a lot of bad press lately, but their ancient writings have some interesting concepts with regards to eating. "Too Much Food" is considered on of the 4 main poisons of the heart/soul. Muhammad was quoted as saying "The son of Adam (mankind) fills no vessel more displeasing to God than (man's own) stomach. A few morsels should be enough for him to preserve his strength. If he must fill it, then he should allow a third for his food, a third for his drink and leave a third empty for easy breathing." I know a non-Muslim doctor who has this hanging on his wall. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Liz Serich (Guest Post) (08/05/2005) Hi Jerry, I found out that it helps to order the kid size meals when dining out at fast food places. They are cheaper too! Also at home use kid size plates and bowls. Helped me out alot. :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by cookwie (960) | (08/05/2005) Profile | Contact Another suggestion: Stop eating when you can no longer taste the food. Years ago I read about someone whose fav snack was some very high fat ice cream. This person would limit himself to ONE heaping spoonful. After that, he noticed, the flavor was gone and it wasn't worth the calories and cost to keep on eating it. I have tried this "taste is gone stop eating" trick. Sometimes the taste has to be gone for a few spoonfuls of something, but it's a helpful idea. It stopped me from eating too many chips last time we went out for mexican food. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By joesgirl (Guest Post) (08/05/2005) Hi Jerry, When you go to restaurants, bring along someone else who is also watching their weight & order an entree & share it. Yesterday my hubby & I went out to eat & ordered the grilled chicken, b.l.t. which came on a great foccacia roll w/a very small order of fries. The sandwich had crisp lettuce & tomatoes & I ordered the mayo on the side so that I could control the portion. Many times the mayo on the sandwich is such a large portion & the flavor of too much mayo overpowers the other ingredients. Oh yes, we split the french fries one by one. We both left not full but very comfortable. And the price was right. Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Debbie (Guest Post) (08/04/2005) I actually bring my own food container to restaurants, and pack at least half away right at the beginning. One strategy for eating less is to really enjoy each bite, moving the food around in your mouth and savoring it. Do not put more in your mouth until you have swallowed your entire bite. (I know I was surprised at how efficient I had become at stuffing my face.) Some recommend setting your fork down between bites. This will make it take longer to eat the same food, but you will still have food in your mouth the whole time, so it will be just as enjoyable. Supposedly, after 20 minutes, the sugar gets into your bloodstream and you start to feel full regardless of how much you've eaten. Another idea is to have soup before a meal. This has been shown to make people feel full with many fewer calories (including the soup). Note: I notice that if I eat more than usual for several meals in a row, it takes more to fill me up. I have to eat less for a few meals in a row to get back to normal. So don't worry if you feel deprived the first three days or so, you may feel better afterwards. (I also like the smaller plate/bowl method.) Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By (Guest Post) (08/04/2005) When you eat out ask for half portions. At home, use a smaller plate. When you fill it your mind will think that it's alot of food. Also, eat slowly. You will fill up with out eating as much. Drink water before your meal. Val Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Ricki (Guest Post) (08/04/2005) Drink a full glass of milk before you sit down to eat. The calcium is a great diet trick and you'll feel fuller. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by Luvyabye (388) | (08/04/2005) Profile | Contact When in a restaurant, ask for the doggie bag (styro container) with the meal. Before you touch a bite, put half of everything on your plate in the doggie bag...it's too tempting if it's staring at you! I think it would be a little embarrassing to "dip into" the doggie bag once you've closed it...haha God bless....I hope all of our suggestions help. You're not alone...we struggle too! Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by meoowmom (1181) | (08/03/2005) Profile | Contact Well I unfortunately for my waist and $ pocketbook could not control prortions. I went to Jenny Craig and lost 5 pounds first week, 6 pounds 2nd week I have min. 150 pds to lose so the weight will come off faster for me... Anyway It is real food and it is GOOD and the choc cake and carrot cake and lemon cakes are the best. A cheap tip if you can do it: IT'S ALL ABOUT PORTIONS!!! So just cut back and drink lots of water and you will feel better also park farther than you used to and just make it a habit it all adds up or down.... Good Luck SUPPORT is great to have or be your own best cheerleader. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by Tripleb (46) | (08/03/2005) Profile | Contact Jerry - I am currently trying to lose weight myself - seems like I've "dieted" since the 2nd grade! Trust me, that was a while back. I always thought I was eating sensibly, but haven't had any success to speak of in trimming the pounds. I decided to try forcing the portion control issue by eating only frozen dinner type meals - you know, Lean-Cuisine, Weight=watchers, Healthy Choice. I've been eating protein meal replacement bars for breakfast w/a glass of milk, and trying to eat meals that are well-rounded w/veggies and such - no hearty man meals, tho!! I'm in the middle of my 2nd week, and I've lost 4lbs. I also take vitamins and calcium to make sure I'm getting what I need health wise, and I am in the gym 5-6 days a wk lifting wts and walking on the t-mill. If I go out to eat, I try to eat high protein foods, salads, and the like. I hope you find something that works! The older you get the harder it is to lose, and the more important exercise will be to you! Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Gina (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) I can recommend a book "The Weigh Down Diet" by Gwen Schamblin. She has degrees in nutrition. I read it three times! I have been thin for eight years! She has a website too. Just do a search on the word "weigh down diet" and you will find it. Blessings! Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By annie (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) I drink a large glass of water before I sit down to a meal and I find I eat a lot less. Lots and lots of water throughout the day as well. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by cookwie (960) | (08/03/2005) Profile | Contact One more suggestion. You may be having too many carbs and not enough protein. This would make you lose self control in restaurants. Even if you ate right on Day 2, your body will still be having appetite problems if you ate improperly on Day 1. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by cookwie (960) | (08/03/2005) Profile | Contact You could take pills to decrease your appetite before eating at the restaurant. I don't know how much time will elapse before your appetite diminishes after taking a pill. L-Glutamine, 500 mg. Should last for approx. 4 hours. NOT a good idea for diabetics because they need to eat at certain intervals and this will stop the appetite. ------------- But if you are eating from sheer enjoyment, this pill may not make much difference. --------------- You could make it a point to always have some left over for another meal. You could eat slower. When you are full, but not stuffed you could train yourself to stop eating. My DH is naturally one of those 'full but not stuffed' people, and he has less problems with weight than everyone I know. You could start thinking of chips as stamped with a skull and crossbones and the word 'poison'. You could enjoy your salsa with fewer chips (I do this). Instead of dipping a chip in the salsa, eating the whole thing and then taking another chip, I load the chip with as much salsa as I can put on it, take a bite and re-salsa the chip. The salsa isn't unhealthy. The chips are what you need to limit. You could also keep the chips on the other side of the table. You could learn how to cook mexican style, so that it's less of a treat when you go out. Don't go to the restaurant hungry! Order a side of pico de gallo and indulge liberally. Order a broiled entree with a mexican sauce instead of enchiladas. I read somewhere that taking a bite of salad (or every other bite as salad) with the entree gives you the flavor and reduces calories. Have tried it at italian restaurants and it works beautifully. Look into the side effects of diabetes. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Gayle (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) Jerry, I can identify with your problem. I have been using a divided plate. In fact, our favorite restaurant, which also serves a buffet allows me to use it/one. "Our" usual waiter brings it out for me. Best wishes on your resolve!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by badwater (698) | (08/03/2005) Contact First of all, don't think of it as "dieting", think of it as a "lifestyle change". To the average person, they'd think you're trying to starve them, if you show them what amounts of foods they're supposed to eat during each meal. On cereal, for instance, most people eat a whole bowl full, the actual serving is only 1/2 a cup, along with 1/2 c. milk. Instead of having a whole steak for dinner, we're only to have a piece the size of a deck of cards. Instead of a whole baked potato, have 1/2 or 1/3 of it. Instead of butter & sour cream on it, squeeze a piece of lemon over it. Eat all the green salad you want, but don't cover it in a cup of dressing, or it defeats the purpose of having the salad in the first place (I know a lady that carries in her purse, to restaurants, a bottle of low-cal salad dressing). The darker the greens for your salad, the better, more nutrients in them. Eat your veggies in the colors of the rainbow: for instance with your meal, have a yellow veggie & maybe a red veggie, do opposites, don't have all your veggies the same color at any meal, mix them up. Be sure to drink your 8 glasses of water a day, keep hydrated as if you don't it affects your organs, muscles, etc., as well as helping flush out your body. Limit your sweets, have one a week, instead of one a day. Eating right and exercise is the best way I've found to keep the weight from piling on. I used to weigh alot heavier than what I am now. I read health magazines & I've also been to a dietician (best thing I've ever done! My husband's insurance paid for almost the whole thing). About the Mexican food, it's really fattening, almost everything is fried. About every other month, my hubby and I'll go for a Mexican meal. Good Luck with your lifestyle change!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post by sewingmamma (65) | (08/03/2005) Contact Anytime you go to a restaurant and are served more than you feel that you can eat, ask for a doggie bag and take the rest of your meal home. Gives you another meal for the next day and also helps you to lose weight. sewingmamma Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Sherri (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) Also, at restaurants, when you get your meal, ask for a doggy bag at the beginning and place 1/2 your dinner it it for another dinner the next day (or lunch) Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By Sherri (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) I've found using smaller plates has helped, or measuring food in 1/2 cup servings or meet the size or your palm. Also when you get hungry, drink a glass of water. Report Spam or Abuse RE: I Eat Too Much - Tips for Eating Less Post By AUNT ROSE (Guest Post) (08/03/2005) TRY THE NO S DIET tm NO SNACKS*NO SWEETS*NO SECONDS EXCEPT ON DAYS THAT START WITH S NO OTHER RULES TO FOLLOW Report Spam or Abuse