Also, it takes time for the chemical reactions in your body to tell you you are full, so if you eat a little bit, and stop for 15 min, you might very well find that you are full.

However, once the taste buds are firing, it’s pretty hard to stop eating mid meal. One way is to take a little bit of food away from all the other food, eat it, and then force yourself to sit there while your blood sugar catches up to tell you if you still need more.

Growing up my mom would make me wait to get a second serving to see if I was really hungry. It was effective

I find it easier to eat nothing for three days than to ration my meals. Though I'm sure this kind of response is pretty much hard wired tbh

> it takes time for the chemical reactions in your body to tell you you are full

This is why I suppose I don't enjoy eating when I am "starving" as we like to say when we haven't eaten in a while. I am so hungry that I can't even enjoy the meal because the hunger pangs I am feeling don't subdue until I am practically done with the meal, and sometimes, even afterwards.

One of the reasons, why it is a good idea to eat slowly.

Along those lines, nutritionist suggest to eat without distractions.

Near impossible these days, I just had toast and coffee while scrolling through HN.

I count calories.

Eating while watching TV doesn't impact my eating choices.

very good point