waiting.

My meals are not that small. They are all pretty balanced, 6-8 oz of chicken or fish, 2 cups of vegetables, 1/2 cup of brown rice. when plated, looks pretty large, you'd be suprised the calories are quite low, under 400 to be exact. That's a typical meal, not my only ofcourse, but one or two of my meals generally look this way.

So this is my current dilemma, when I finish this delicious large meal, a part of me isn't quite satisfied, and so I have to talk myself out of walking into the kitchen for a snack. Its a constant struggle.

Some things I've had to do to keep myself out of the kitchen after I finish the meal is eating slower, cutting food into tiny pieces, drinking a great big cup of water along with the food. All these methods should work right? For me, they don't.

The only thing that keeps me from going back to the kitchen is one large deep breath, and a pep talk. I have to sit, and wait, and wait, for the feeling to go away. You see, I'm not hungry after a while, I may not even be hungry when I finish my meal, but for some odd reason I always just want a lil extra of something to "finish the meal off." I'm currently blogging this very minute trying to distract myself, while I'm waiting for this feeling to pass and I suppose its working because my stomach feels as though its beginning to settle.

I'm not sure if other people have this struggle, the "need to eat more when you aren't hungry" struggle, but if you do, try the deep breath and the pep talk. Really the pep talk works, ask yourself if you're really hungry, or just want food to "finish the meal off." I posted something recently about conditioning the mind and this is very much another example of that. A strong mind is a very powerful thing. I'm currently working on mine right now :)