Ok, I know this is a weird question...
But I am a former compulsive/binge eater. I am not the kind of person who gained weight by having tons of fabulous restaurant meals with my friends and gained weight that way.
I'm the kind of person who just ate and ate and ate. Either, I just snacked on whatever was around, but literally every 15 minutes or so all day, plus normal meals, or I stress ate large amounts of carby crap like Twizzlers and donuts. Often enough, I used to eat myself sick. Sometimes, I used to feel like I was "forcing" myself to finish something that I didn't even really "want" but I felt like I "had to have." If I had a bag of candy with me in the car, I would ALWAYS eat every single piece, even if I felt like puking by the end. I used to think that I "had no choice." It was a compulsion.
So, fast forward to now. I eat food that I really like, but most of the food I eat is pretty boring-- a lot of chicken breast, tilapia, and salmon, and a huge variety of veggies, which I think I cook creatively and really enjoy. Plus some fruit, some cheese, some dairy and usually a little bit of bread.
What I've noticed is that sometimes partway through a meal, I get kind of tired of eating. I "think" that's how normal people feel when they leave half the food on their plate (which of course normal people do all the time...) But I have a really hard time stopping at that point. I think I'm afraid that if I don't eat my whole meal I'll end up hungry later. It's irrational, because I could eat something else later.... I don't feel a compulsion to finish. I just keep eating because I've allotted those calories and gosh-darn-it, that's my food, and I GET to eat it, so I eat it. I'm rarely STUFFED from the meals I prepare now, unless there is a lot of really bulky food, like cauliflower.
Anyway, for me, staying away from fun-food has really helped me reorient myself toward food as something to eat and enjoy, but not something recreational... but the feeling of being bored and tired of eating is new to me.
Thoughts?