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Originally Posted by maleficent
that cnn special referred a lot to Brian Wansink's book, Mindless Eating, Why we eat more than we think... and a lot of what is in the book is true...
that's one of the points the writer makes in the book, that we think we're saving money by buying the jumbo economy sizes of things, but the reality is, unless you portion stuff out ahead of time, we're eating more... there were a bunch of other studies int he book as well...
Since may of 2006, til now, I've lost over 180lbs with about 40-50 to go... Pre may of 2006, I never ate fast food, never ate fried foods, ate fairly healthily but just never took the time to measure out portions - plus 15 years of being ont he road living in restaurants didn't help much - even healthy looking foods in restaurant menus pack in the calories...
One of the big things I've done is changed plate sizes -and it's made a big difference... a portion of something looks a lot bigger on a small plate than it does on a big plate... and your mind says -oooh i'm satisfied rather than -- ooh that portion looks really tiny i must still be hungry.
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I drink a cup of tea or coffee when I feel hungry, to decide whether or not I'm actually hungry or just thirsty. I am a lot more in touch with my hunger response now, and I can recognize when my blood sugar levels are starting to drop.
Americans eat so much they've lost touch with that hunger response, and we're constantly keeping our blood sugar levels so high we burn out our pancreas before its time. Yet a huge portion of that response is psychological, and we can figure out how to control it, but as of now marketers are doing a better job of it than we are.