Things You'll Need:
- Paper
- Pen
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Step 1
Eating when you are hungry requires an understanding of what hunger actually is. There are many people that go through life never experiencing true hunger. Hunger is that empty, hollow sensation in the area just below the rib cage and about six inches above the belly button.
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Step 2
Getting hungry happens when the body has used up all the food taken in during the previous meal. You will experience hunger more often if you choose to only eat until satisfied. Satisfaction comes the moment you are no longer hungry. The full feeling that many people get at a meal occurs when more food has been taken in than is require for simple satisfaction.
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Step 3
Getting to satisfaction can be tricky in the beginning. Simple steps include cutting the food portions in half (or even just eating a quarter of the food), using smaller plates and even eating with smaller utensils.
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Step 4
Keeping a record of the food and how you felt before and after each eating will give you a better understanding of hunger and satisfaction. Take a piece of paper (or create a chart on your computer). Write down everything that you eat WHEN you eat it. Be sure to mark how you felt before you began eating and how you felt after you finished.
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Step 5
Watch your weight and your clothes. Cutting back on your food intake will result in weight loss and better fitting clothes. If your are not seeing the signs within a week then you may need to cut back even more on your eating or else be more honest with what you are eating now.
