Has this every happened to you? While eating you get full with just a little bit of food left over. It seems silly to put it back in the fridge and you figure it's only a tiny bit, so you might as well finish it off. But unfortunately, it pushes you just over the edge into feeling too full. Darn! You've lost your happy place.
What's the big deal with that? The "too full" feeling will only last a few minutes. But if you're like me, you will get in the habit of tuning out your body's full signal and you'll start overeating more and more. Once you stop eating intuitively (paying attention to your body's cues about being hungry and full - Tip # 5 in the book Stop Overeating Today!) it's easy to just focus on cleaning your plate and to tune out your body.
So that's why the little bit of food left over matters. The last few chips in the bottom of the bag, the rest of the cereal, those last few bites of dinner you don't really want but you feel bad throwing away and silly putting back.
It's okay to throw it away or put it back in the fridge. Once you stop listening to your body, it's really easy to do it agai.
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