If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won't eat as much.
There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.
Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.
I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I'm famished.
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my napkin over the remaining portion. This is what I frequently refer to as a 'food funeral.'
Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.
All surfeit is the father of much fast.
Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?
