How do you stop yourself from eating after you're full?

It's usually at night that I feel that "keep eating" urge, so if I'm at home, here's what I do....

1) Have some tea, see if I'm still hungry. If so, I may eat an apple. 99% of the time, I'm full by then
2) If there's a 99.9% chance I've had enough to eat/more than enough to eat that day, I force myself to take a shower/brush my teeth. If I STILL want something, I figure that I'm genuinely still hungry and have something small.
3) I also try to eat sloooowly enough that I don't think I "hungry" just because I've eaten everything in 5 minutes! Has made a huge difference too.
4) It it's getting late and I'm like, hmmm, think I'm hungry, I try to just go to bed! Fatigue definitely pushes me to eat way past the point of fullness.

It's easy, it takes 20 minutes usually to feel full. Most people eat faster than that, so they can finish their plate before they realize that they are full.

Do most people REALLY eat faster than that?!?!?!?! That is INSANE. I like to relax and enjoy the meal. I'll work til 6pm every night, just so I can have a leisurely 90 min lunch. I know I'm not that typical, but under 20 mins? Really?

Do most people REALLY eat faster than that?!?!?!?! That is INSANE. I like to relax and enjoy the meal. I'll work til 6pm every night, just so I can have a leisurely 90 min lunch. I know I'm not that typical, but under 20 mins? Really?

My husband eats SUPER fast. We can be having pizza and I'll still be working on my ONLY slice and he's eaten 4 or 5 and possibly even be done eating.

Some days I'm better at this than others. I don't necessarily have the problem at the restaurant b/c I'm cheap and I almost always order something that I know I'll have left overs or order the lunch portions or share. My issue is usually after dinner snacks (like right now I'm debating ice cream or watermelon and chocolate almond milk... I need to drink the almond milk b/c I'm 3 or 4 days into the 7-10 days it's good for...) So I try to get up and do something else, when I was still smoking I'd go out and smoke, but now I try to drink more water or go outside and sit on m porch and then if I'm still convinced I need it or just really, really want it after 15-20 minutes I usually go for it.

If going out to eat, I usually get a meal with a salad. I eat most of the salad and put the meal in a to go box. I have no intention of eating the main course there. I will then divide the main course up between 2 days. Thus I get about 3 meals in one. I drink alot of unsweet tea with my meal which fills me up.

Take smaller amounts. Go back for more if I'm still hungry. If I'm not hungry, I won't put more on the plate.

When I am full, I am too full to eat any more. Not much of a problem.

...unless "full" translates as "under your calorie goal".

I had a moment of weakness - bought fries and a ****s deluxe burger. Walked out of the fast food place and was thinking do I really need this? no, do I really want this? Yes...

Looked up and saw a bum who probably didn't need it either but gave all of it away.

He was more interested in money but took it anyways...
LOL

saved me about 800 calories and lots of salt and fat grams...:)

I heard of bunch of methods: dumping salt on it, hiding it with a napkin, etc. However, I've also read a lot about how "tips and tricks" like that make people develop bad relationships with foods.

I overeat sometimes. I just put it in my tracker and get on with my life.

I fill my plate once with what I am giving myself to eat for dinner. I also have a glass of water afterwards and a cigarette (one of the benefits to being a smoker, it seals the meal off nicely).

I wouldnt call anything beneficial when it comes to smoking.
i'd rather be a little chunkier than smoke my life to death.

Smoke free for fives years now. Never again, trust that.

I make a small plate to begin with, but put all food away in fridge before I sit down to eat my plate. that way i'm not tempted to go back for seconds. If i am out at restaurant, i ask for the to go box with my food at same time so i can split it up immediately.

I smoked my last one on April 1st 2005. I was 125LBS as a smoker, because anytime I wanted to eat, I just smoked instead. I did eat mind you, but nothing like what I did after I quit. I feel healthier now, I can breath, I don't stink like smoke all the time etc. I would rather look like this than ever smoke again.

I'm one of those people who has a bottomless pit for a stomach. I am capable of putting away really, really large quantities of food in one sitting, and I enjoy it. I'm incessantly hungry. Exercise makes me hungrier. Sometimes after a long run I feel like I could eat everything in the refrigerator and still be hungry. Sadly, I'm also quite small and have to really limit my intake if I want to stay small/continue to get smaller.

Portion control/plating only the food you intend to eat does work (it's what I usually do), but it doesn't save you from being hungry and needing to eat again an hour later because what you ate the first time didn't satisfy you. I will say that if I get enough dietary fat I feel more satiated than if I'm ingesting too many carbs (I know, no brainer, right?); protein doesn't do the trick as far as keeping me full (which is why I feel unmotivated to keep my protein intake as high as it should be). I struggle, too, because of my sweet tooth--eating sugar is obviously going to make you crave more sugar.

Couple of tricks that usually work for me: hot cup of tea or a piece of sugar-free candy to signal the end of a meal, giving any extra food on my plate to someone else at the table (there's usually someone around at my house who will jump at the chance for an extra helping), distracting myself with a mindless game on my smartphone, taking a walk, sneaking a peek at a pic of one of my "body idols" and reminding myself i'll never look like that if I keep eating more than I need, just throwing away the extra food if it can't be saved or isn't "safe" to keep in the house (wasteful? yes. better than it ending up padding my hips and risking my health? yes.) or telling myself that if I'm actually still hungry in an hour I can have something else.

I put 1 serving of the food I am eating and when that is gone I will wait a few mins maybe get a drink of water and see how I feel when I am done eating the food I took and if I feel full I won't eat anymore and if I am still a little hungry I will take just a little more or I will drink more water or have a cup of coffee...=)

This:

My answer is: nutrition.

I no longer have the urge to eat after I'm full or the urge to binge. At least 90% of cravings are physiological. We are not as emotional eaters as we think. When I ate junk, even though I consumed many calories I was actually malnourished. When the body needs vital nutrient, minerals, amino acids, vitamins, proteins, fats, etc. it is capable of giving you cravings stronger than your best self-control. But now that I eat nutrient-rich foods every day and take supplements, my cravings have 99% vanished. When I do get a craving, I pay close attention and I try hard to fill it with the highest-nutrition choice possible.

and this:

I removed wheat from my diet and I no longer felt like I had to stuff in as much as possible as fast as possible,

Though sugar is a bigger binge trigger for me than wheat - but a lot of things with wheat (baked goods) are sugar-laden as well. But I totally understand what the OP means, because I've been there. I can keep eating, even when I feel full, to certain foods. But I've found that eating more nutrient-dense foods is key for me, and avoid the high calorie/carb foods. Who ever overate chicken and fresh veggies??

Once I stopped feeding my body low-nutrient foods, I can more easily listen to it/hear what it is craving, and feed it that - when it needs more protein after a heavy lift day, that's what I will crave, for example. If I have a weekend where I am not eating my normal diet (I use the word diet to mean what I typically eat), like if I'm out of town, then I will be craving veggies (especially a salad!) within a couple days.

Food manufacturers know what makes food addicting (they research it, so they can make more money!), and make it that way on purpose - the precise crispness of chips/crisps, the right combo of salty and fatty (but not too much of either), the exact sweetness of sodas, etc. Additives that are addicting - MSG. I read a good article about it a few months ago - I'm still looking for it, or I'd link to it.

This:

My answer is: nutrition.

I no longer have the urge to eat after I'm full or the urge to binge. At least 90% of cravings are physiological. We are not as emotional eaters as we think. When I ate junk, even though I consumed many calories I was actually malnourished. When the body needs vital nutrient, minerals, amino acids, vitamins, proteins, fats, etc. it is capable of giving you cravings stronger than your best self-control. But now that I eat nutrient-rich foods every day and take supplements, my cravings have 99% vanished. When I do get a craving, I pay close attention and I try hard to fill it with the highest-nutrition choice possible.

and this:

I removed wheat from my diet and I no longer felt like I had to stuff in as much as possible as fast as possible,

Though sugar is a bigger binge trigger for me than wheat - but a lot of things with wheat (baked goods) are sugar-laden as well. But I totally understand what the OP means, because I've been there. I can keep eating, even when I feel full, to certain foods. But I've found that eating more nutrient-dense foods is key for me, and avoid the high calorie/carb foods. Who ever overate chicken and fresh veggies??

Once I stopped feeding my body low-nutrient foods, I can more easily listen to it/hear what it is craving, and feed it that - when it needs more protein after a heavy lift day, that's what I will crave, for example. If I have a weekend where I am not eating my normal diet (I use the word diet to mean what I typically eat), like if I'm out of town, then I will be craving veggies (especially a salad!) within a couple days.

Food manufacturers know what makes food addicting (they research it, so they can make more money!), and make it that way on purpose - the precise crispness of chips/crisps, the right combo of salty and fatty (but not too much of either), the exact sweetness of sodas, etc. Additives that are addicting - MSG. I read a good article about it a few months ago - I'm still looking for it, or I'd link to it.

Who ever over ate chicken and fresh veggies? Me. That's who. It was 4 whole chicken breasts, the dolly parton sized ones. And three servings each of broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach, plus I went back and continued to eat what was left of the veggies out of the pots on the stove. I also had a one cup serving of blueberries, and a one cup serving of peaches. I can put away some veggies.