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Comment author: Capla 04 January 2015 01:11:44AM 0 points [-]

I have found that humans generally eat way more than they need to, and that eating less causes me to have more energy. If you were practicing "focused eating" for every meal, I think you'd probably notice that you're full sooner and eat less.

The only exception I can think of, if if you're doing heavy strength training, in which case you'll be ravenous.

Disclaimer: I have no idea how generalizable my experience is. Your metabolism may differ significantly form mine.

Comment author: listic 11 January 2015 09:27:28PM 0 points [-]

My metabolism is not necessarily that different, but my rate of eating is. For whatever reason, I eat slowly; probably in 10% slowest eating humans. At one point, having a lunch break on my job, I was choosing a lunch on the basis of which food I could eat the fastest, so that I can manage to eat my lunch on time (mostly porridge, which is healthy, I guess).

Comment author: Capla 12 January 2015 12:00:59AM 0 points [-]

Intriguing. Do you think while you eat?

Comment author: listic 12 January 2015 09:07:13AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I do think while I eat. Do you think it hurts?

Comment author: Capla 12 January 2015 07:43:39PM 0 points [-]

No. I'm just wondering if paying attention to your eating (instead of your thinking), might cause you to eat faster.