Lesson 9: Food And Relapse Prevention - Slide 20
We Decide How Much To Eat Before We Put Food Into Our Mouths
- We eyeball how much we want, dish it up, and then eat mindlessly until it’s gone
- We rely on the visual cue, the empty ice cream bowl or empty plate to tell us we’re through
- The clean plate gives us a set target to aim for so we don’t have to constantly ask our selves, “Am I full yet, am I full yet, am I full yet?”
- On average, normal weight people think they’ve eaten about 20% less than they actually did
- Obese people typically underestimate how much they eat by 30 to 40% or they think they eat about half as much as they actually do
Notes:
Pg. 46-47, 53 Wansink, Brian, 2006, “Mindless Eating, Why We Eat More Than We Think” Bantam Book, New York.
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