[Eliana]

I ate a homemade pizza for myself for lunch, around 250 calories. I eat this fairly frequently. I was absolutely uncomfortably stuffed. Unfortunately, "stuffed" snuck up on me so I didn't know to stop eating.

Anyone else ever do this? I've been passing through the kitchen all day thinking "blech". I don't want to think about food.

It's just weird because sure, I can overdo food, but I wasn't expecting it. Usually mid-meal I know exactly what I'm doing and therefore end up stopping myself. This time I didn't know I was eating too much...because it wasn't too much. A 250 calorie pizza four hours after breakfast should not make a person uncomfortably full.

[coffeebrain]

You are not alone. I've had this happen to me too. I try not to overeat, but if I'm sticking to my calorie limit and I feel stuffed, I've decided not to fret too much about it.

Was it on a high fiber crust? Lots of fiber (with few calories) will do that to me!

[bonnnie]

Yeah - I've felt completely stuffed on a 300cal bowel of oatmeal and apples before. My non-scientific guess is that it has something to do with hormones and stress, because, if we are talking about the week before my period, I could eat the whole bowel and still be looking around 5 minutes later for something else to eat.

[Laureedee]

I've definitely felt that way. I've never sat and thought about it as being stuffed on such and such amount of calories, but while I do count them, I've just noticed I can get full without finishing my controlled portion. Had I finished anyway each time, I certainly would have been stuffed.

[DEDIKAYTED]

I am finding this happening more and more lately, so I just figure that as I am getting smaller, I have to adjust my food intake. I hate feeling overstuffed! I am miserable for hours. The last thing that did it was oatmeal the other day. I guess instead of 3/4 cup, I should have had 1/2 cup or even less. I also have to learn to CHEW my meals thoroughly. I think this will also help me determine when I am satisfied (way before I get stuffed, I hope).

Its definitely a work in progress, but I have to make a conscious effort to pay more attention. ****, I dont want to be stretching my stomach out with food!