Three really good WW articles on finding the "full button".

Get More Satisfaction out of Your Food

Discover Your Comfort Zone

When to Say When

I have a hard time with selenium. I try to eat some nuts for snacks every now and again to compensate.

Usuallly over the course of the week I'm good but on a day to day basis, I fall short on some things.

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Originally posted by Bee:
Even when I'm 100% on plan and eating tons of fruits, veggies, whole grains, I still fall short of the RDA for some stuff unless I'm taking my multivitamin.

When I log my food on fitday, I usually meet my RDA of everything... but I use no calories for dessert or alcohol 5 nights a week... So I eat more fruit and dairy than the average person. And beans… I eat beans of my cholesterol.

It is hard to find balance between eating solely for nutrition and deciding how many treats one needs a day or week.

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Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
I was reading KD's review of 10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet and found the stats about the average woman's diet and weight really depressing.

The stats are really depressing but so true. I was especially struck by only 1 out of every 100 women meet the RDA.

Even when I'm 100% on plan and eating tons of fruits, veggies, whole grains, I still fall short of the RDA for some stuff unless I'm taking my multivitamin.

The other sobering thought is that the RDA is the MINIMUM recommeded daily allowance, not what is optimal.

I just had this "full button" flash...

I was reading KD's review of 10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet and found the stats about the average woman's diet and weight really depressing.

And this is just my opinion... but I think that it is really important to eat really healthy... Maybe especially so when relying on a "full button".

WW recommends it with the Core Plan, which is super healthy, if you eat all the vegs/fruits and whole grains, dairy, etc.

But if you aren't eating too well, you can really end up short changing yourself nutritionally. For example, if you eat a burger for lunch and have an apple planned for a snack and then decide not to eat the apple because you are too "full".

An extreme example would be, you don't want to eat your dessert first... and then be "too full" for your salad and veggies.

This is sort of an extreme, ridiculous example... but when you figure MOST people are not eating enough fruits or vegs anyway... it could be really easy to decide that you are too full and skip your vegs after eating two servings of pasta.

I really liked the third article and like MJ, full to me used to be something different.

Thanks for posting the links Denise!

Thanks Denise, good articles. I have to change the settings on my full button.
Full to me has always been "stuffed" or feeling like I couldn't fit another bite if I tried, even though I might really like to.

Full, now, is what it really should have always been. Feeling satisfied. Feeling like the hunger pain is gone, or my blood sugar feels right. Not Stuffed!!