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Hi, @bulgebattler - glad you connected with @johnbishop to begin some discussion on your question about ability to feel full. I also wanted to congratulate you on your work improve your lifestyle, including nutrition, physical activity and mindset.
Just to get more members involved in this discussion who have not only neuropathy, but type 2 diabetes, I put this thread in the Diabetes & Endocrine System group, in addition to the Neuropathy group where you started the conversation, bulgebattler.
I have also read about intuitive eating, and I find it intriguing and want to read the entire book I have on the subject. The concept of stopping at 80% full sounds reasonable, but I am with you on your question as to how it's possible to even know when you are 80% full. I have definitely thought that perhaps as a result of being brought up in the "clean plate club" or just my own overriding my own fullness signals for many years, my "full meter" may indeed be broken, so to speak. My husband has commented something like this about himself, as well.
The concept of what you read about diabetes affecting the stomach's ability to sense when it is full, possibly due to neuropathy, merits discussion. I personally don't have diabetes or neuropathy, but I thought that @retiredteacher @hotfooted @ihatediabetes @lizann @mary121658 might have some thoughts or information on your question about the ability of people with diabetes being able to tell when they are full.
Have you gotten to try out the intuitive eating method to see how it would work for you, @bulgebattler?
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@lisalucier, I also have diabetes 2 and am working on being healthy, I recently read about the “Pause” and it has worked well for me. In a nutshell, the concept is that as we eat, we always reach a “pause” in our eating, and we usually miss it. It is that moment during a meal when we might slow down, perhaps even put our fork down briefly. That PAUSE is our body’s signal that we have had enough — but most of us ignore it. We might even verbalize that we are getting full, or we might talk about how good the food is — but then we go back and eat the rest of our meal. The key is to listen for the pause and then honor it. I have found that by watching for the pause, I realize sooner that I have had enough food. It feels so good to know I have made a good decision and left something on my plate or asked for a doggie bag. The pause has really made a difference for me, and I encourage others to try it. And the bonus is that you don’t feel stuffed after a meal.