... one mouthful of cake... or the whole cake?
I realized the more I eat, the less I actually "taste" the food.
I can get so much more pleasure out of letting my boyfriend order dessert and asking him for one mouthful, than from ordering my own dessert and eating it all.
In the same way, I notice that if I have a whole pizza in front of me, I'll gulf down the first 5 slices and only actually "taste" and enjoy the 6th slice... like I need to get the rest of it out of the way (or "secure" it in my stomach to make sure it won't run away!).
Whereas if I tell myself I am only going to have one slice (and only order or take one slice), I enjoy it as much as the 6th slice of the whole pizza, and usually feel full / satisfied enough not to want any more.
So I am trying to relearn to savor food, instead of mindlessly swallowing it.
Hard part is, sometimes I forget
Do you also have that experience? Have you used that technique to help you "control" your food intake?