i usually need the volume of healthy low calorie foods. enjoy fullness, proud i can usually stop.
there are times i'm proud of being hungry too. that means i actually waited between meals to eat, a good thing! my old self ate almost constantly. almost never hungry.

Not anymore!

I used to eat so much that I would vomit later on... there was even a time when I was frustrated that I couldn't finish a McDonald's super burger (like 2 Big Macs, one on top of another) because I started puking half of the way... Naturally, the burger was bigger than my stomach! But that time, I just wanted the whole thing because it tastes too good...

But now I stop when I *think* I've had enough. I really don't get a signal from my stomach that it's satiated so I use my mind instead... if it looks like I've eaten the size of my fist, then I'm done. If I get hunger pangs later on, I'll drink water.

My attitude about food also changed when I was diagnosed with IBS. This part is TMI... but to sum it up, I was forced to eat as little as possible and learn to deal with hunger pangs. I think my stomach has shrunk to its normal size and I can't eat pork, beef, fatty, oily and spicy food now. So now I really mind what I eat and don't allow myself to go beyond reasonable portions.

Like a Pavlovian dog I have learned to associate feeling physically full with feelings of guilt and self-directed anger. If I feel full it means I ate too much and if I ate too much it means I am reversing my weight loss progress. Doesn't stop me all the time sadly.

I do sometimes miss eating to the point of having to lie down or fall asleep, and I probably average one massive binge-tacular episode per month.

I draw a distinction between feeling full and feeling sated now. It's hard for me to tell, but if I really listen to my body, I can separate the two.

I love to feel sated. In fact, I have to feel sated or no volume of food will make me stop eating. The sprinkling of feta cheese I eat on my salad or the small handful of pistachios I have with an apple aren't just for flavor; without them, I don't "feel" the salad or the apple. I could eat three pounds of mixed greens, but without a taste of fat and protein with it, I'd still want to eat despite feeling physically uncomfortable.

I still like feeling full too, but I'm learning to prioritize satiety over fullness.

Sometimes I'm lucky enough to get both, and those are the meals I eat on a regular basis.

This has been a big problem for me, and probably one reason I have gained so much weight. I love feeling full. I mean REALLY full. I do not feel uncomfortable. At my heaviest I liked eating as much as I could at a sitting. I don't know why. I just did. I did not binge because I never felt out of control of what I was eating. I didn't snack a lot, but I ate big lunches and dinners.

It is something I have had to work on. I stop eating now as soon as I start feeling satisfied, but I always get this urge to keep eating.

I think part of the problem was that my parents encouraged me to eat everything that was put on my plate. I do not throw away food because it would be a "waste." I try to eat everything that someone puts on my plate. As a child, my mom would make our plates. Sometimes she still does, and I have to cut my portion size in half because she gives me so much. When I go out to eat at a restaurant I feel obligated to eat the entire meal there.

Yes...and I believe that's one of the reasons why I've been here so long and still can't start losing weight. To me, "full" is normal. "Satisfied" doesn't compute for me. I'm either full, or hungry. It's like I honestly don't understand not being hungry, but not being full either. People who can eat half a cheeseburger or one slice of pizza and declare they are satisfied are just mysteries to me.

Those aren't really people. They're cyborgs!

If I feel full now, I feel a bit physically ill. I ate to fullness on my birthday and wow did I feel crummy afterwords. I still have the desire to eat too much, but it's much more difficult for me to do.

I like feeling that I have had enough to eat but if I have a "I've eaten too much" feeling then I dislike that. It physically hurts.

LOL exactly!!!!

Um, I guess I want to be a cyborg, then?

Yeah me too. Now I enjoy the feeling of being full if it's that nice warm tummy full of a bowl of soup. Not full to the bursting. I dislike that feeling intensely.

I don't really like the feeling of being full anymore; it feels kind of uncomfortable.

This was probably one of my biggest contributors to weight gain. If I wasn't full to the point of being in physical discomfort, then I wasn't done eating yet. And after years and years of following that pattern, it took A LOT of food to make me full "enough."

I've been on plan now for 115 days. During that time I've probably only felt full a couple of times and, to my great surprise, I hated it. Even when I was full while still staying on plan, I don't like it. That was actually a big revelation for me, and I think bodes well for how successful I will be. I lost significant weight once before, and this time is different in a couple of ways, the most significant being my relationship with food. Even on my previous attempt I always picked the most high volume foods I could in order to be full, and NEVER left anything on my plate, even if it was a food I didn't particularly like. This time I don't feel that compulsion to eat every. single. calorie. and to make sure those calories took up as much space in my stomach as possible. Realizing I don't like being full anymore was a big step in the right direction for me.

^That's great, and I feel the same way.

I used to eat to fullness, and often felt gross because I overate. I ate fast, and ate too much. Now, I watch my portions, and eat wholesome foods, so I never have the stuffed feeling, but I feel completely satisfied. I don't feel the need of stuffing food down to feel so overly full, it was almost like I was eating mindlessly and eating my feelings. It is a good feeling to not have to overeat to feel satisfied and satiated.

Its hard for me to label it. I like the feeling after eating a meal but the meals I eat are not large. I feel satisfied/ full after eating a small sandwich and having some fruit. I don't feel uncomfortable and I am not hungry at all. I feel like I ate a good meal and am content.

To me, "feeling full" is an uncomfortale feeling of "I feel like my stomach is stretching". I don't like that feeling.