Living the Lifestyle Tuesday Edition 8/23/22
Flintwinch
Posts: 1,668 Member
This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Flintwinch (Tim)
Wednesday - misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: Do you "Hara Hachi Bu"?
Hara Hachi Bu' is Japanese for eating until you're 80% full. It was coined by the folks on Okinawa, famous for its long-lived population. Does anyone use a sensation of fullness as a gauge to when to stop eating? This concept seems to have some limited popularity in weight management circles.
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Flintwinch (Tim)
Wednesday - misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: Do you "Hara Hachi Bu"?
Hara Hachi Bu' is Japanese for eating until you're 80% full. It was coined by the folks on Okinawa, famous for its long-lived population. Does anyone use a sensation of fullness as a gauge to when to stop eating? This concept seems to have some limited popularity in weight management circles.
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Cannot say I have ever heard about this before, and I most certainly do not practice it0
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I have long said that I'm full only when the available food is gone. Part of that is presumably because I eat faster than my full-o-meter can register. There have been random occasions in the most recent twelve months when I’ve stopped eating before cleaning my plate because I consciously recognized I was approaching fullness, but I can’t say it’s the norm.
But im guessing that’s not what hari hachi bu is about. If the threshold is 80%, then it’s about stopping before your full-o-meter gets triggered at all. It’s more about portion control and volume selection than it is listening to your body's signals. There certainly have been times when I left the table not feeling full, and I don’t try to make choices that stress my capacity to eat - speed is all I have in common with Joey Chestnut - but I’m still generally selecting enough food to make me “satisfied”.
Interesting concept, and a little sad perhaps that it feels alien to me.0 -
Growing up as a kid the “normal” dinner was to see if you get seconds! Double of meat and potatoes. No wonder I was big!1
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Boy is that one I have struggled with. speed is my enemy too!!1
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No. My sensors are out of whack. Likewise my food intuition and eyeballs. Even when I’m not actually tracking my food scale remains out on the counter and gets used every day. It’s my portion control.
And I’m another speed eater. I eat so fast I can shove in another 100 calories before the prior spoonful reaches my stomach.1 -
To make Hara Hachi Bu work requires slow eating. I've tried it and, by golly, Molly, it works as it is supposed to as a signal that you are comfortably full. In general the satiety signal starts after about 20 minutes. I don't count on this as a means of controlling eating, but use weighing food and tracking as my anchor strategy.2
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Coincidentally, the NOOM lessons I am going through right now are about intuitive eating, part of which is the idea of being aware of what one's body is saying with regard to satiation.
Over the years, I have become aware of my satiety levels. I actually am quite good at it. Unfortunately, I have been known to ignore it. It's not all physical; there is a very real mental/emotional component to it.0 -
I have heard of this before but unfortunately I haven't practiced this method. I'm usually full speed ahead with all the oars in the water.0
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In some cultures, if you finish everything on your plate it's an insult to the host.
In my family culture, if you don't finish your plate and ask for seconds that is an insult.
Even when I am completely full, I have never turned down a freshly baked homemade chocolate chip cookie.
What's hunger got to do with it?0
