This might resonate with some of you but for the longest time, my body didn’t have any sense of “I am full” until I’d overeaten. We rarely eat out these days because I like to be in control of exactly what’s going into my mouth and I know lots of restaurant food has hidden sugars and seed oils.
Last night we took my son out for his 17th birthday and chose a high end seafood restaurant because it’s harder to get in trouble when you have several options of grilled fish and frankly I am getting tired of the steak house for special occasions! Anyway, we started out in the cocktail lounge for the half price appetizers (‘cause you know, we aren’t made of money) and we ordered 3 - 2 keto friendly and one that was not - but fried calamari, how could we say no. I had a bite of each, just for a taste, and the boys ate the rest. Went upstairs for dinner and I ordered salmon Bearnaise with asparagus. Got just under halfway through my 7 oz salmon filet and was "nope’ can’t eat anymore. I have had enough.
And THEN, here’s the biggie, they brought out flaming Baked Alaska for his birthday. The waitress cut it into three pieces and gave me a small slice. I figured I could take a taste and be fine. AND I WAS. I took two small bites and then pushed the remainder over to my 17 year old son. The taste of the sugar didn’t push me over the edge and open that ‘second stomach’ that we frequently have for desserts even when we are full. It didn’t take any willpower to give it up, it was as easy as, “yep, this is quite tasty, but I just don’t want it”.
I don’t know that I ever remember having a dinner out like this before where I didn’t have to really THINK about when to stop - my sense of satiety did it all for me. What a great feeling!
