How do you know you have....

[made1977 0]

Sufficient Restriction? What do you fill?

[Jachut 487]

I really dislike the standard explanation for this - when you can only eat 1/2 cup of food and cant eat bread.< /p>

If so, I've never had good restriction, yet I'm below goal weight.

Good restriction is, I think, when you are able to eat little enough to lose fairly steadily at around 1 or 2lb a week (averaged out, it does come in spurts I think) without being hungry. For some people, that means tiny amounts of food, others like me eat much less than they did but more like a cup at a time. Its totally down to your own personal calories in, calories out equation, although that's within reason, if you were still able to eat 2 cups worth I'd say you need a fill, lol.

And when you're at the end of your journey like I am, and just wanting to lose a bit more to fine tune, I dont think ever increasing fills to try to lose 1lb a week is a wise idea, you just dont lose weight that fast when you dont have a lot to lose, and just becuase it takes 4 weeks to lose 1lb does not mean you've insufficient restriction or are eating too much. Just as losing 4lb per week in the early days doesnt mean you're overrestricted or undereating.

[made1977 0]

For that information. That all makes sense. What would you describe the feeling you have when you are eating if you are sufficiently restricted?

Thanks Marion

[Jachut 487]

For me, its normal, I just get full quickly. And I cant eat fast or drink a lot while I'm eating or I get blocked. But eating, is exactly the same for me as it always was.

You cant really "feel" restriction in that way, or I cant. I know I'm restricted becuase I get full quick, I need to eat food very carefully, small bites, lots of chewing, waiting between bites or I get pain/blockage. When my restriction wanes as it does as you lose weight, I find myself becoming much hungrier, and notice that I can eat a bit more before I become full.