Is it stupid to stop eating before you're full?

Question

really good answers so far but honestly i dont know who's right

Answer 1

no.  

Answer 2

It takes time for your hypothalamus to actually register that it's time to stop eating so you're wise to stop before you FEEL full.

Answer 3

You will definitely fill better if you do.  

Answer 4

You should eat until you are not hungry anymore.  When you are full you are not full.  You are over full.  It takes the body several minutes to signal the brain that the stomach is full.  After you are finished eating, even if you don't feel full yet, you may minutes later.

Answer 5

no, i do that too, because if you eat until you're full, you'll most likely get a stomach ache.

Answer 6

no, thats the right way to do it. many people don't know that it takes a little while for you to be able to feel full after you eat, so practically everyone in the world has experienced indigestion and stomach aches as a result. a solution to this is to eat slower and maybe take little breaks throughout the meal.

Answer 7

Most people would get fat if they ate till they were full at every meal.  Your stomach holds more than your body can use.

Answer 8

Not really. Like someone just said you should eat until you are not hungry anymore.

Answer 9

of course not it is very unhealthy to stuff yourself. better to leave a bit empty. yes i know its hard.

Answer 10

technically they claim...    you're to stop when you feel satisfied.

Answer 11

It is true that if you eat a bit less than becoming full, about a half-hour later you will feel satisfied.  The stomach will mold itself around whatever amount of food it contains.  Try it, you'll be amazed.  It also helps when dieting.

Answer 12

I would say it's stupid NOT to stop eating before you're full!  It takes a while for your brain to catch up with your stomach, so if you eat until you feel really full, you'll probably feel uncomfortably full soon after.  If you keep doing this, you'll end up eating way more than you need to, stretching out your stomach so that you have to eat more to feel satisfied, and probably gaining weight.

Answer 13

Uh the c**p about getting a stomach ache from eating til you're full is not accurate at all.

It's not stupid to stop before you are full.  Nor is it stupid to eat til you are full.  This is not the issue.  The issue is whether or not you are healthy and if you are doing things because of sincere hunger or impulse.  It also depends on the portion you are eating.  

Answer 14

Why would you?

The sane and sensible thing to do is to eat till you're comfortably full, then stop. Then eat again when you're hungry again.

Anything else  - eating beyond fullness or forcing yourself to remain hungry - could be possibly storing up trouble for yourself in the form of eating disorders.

Listen to your body - it knows when it's had enough and it knows when it needs food; ignore those signals and you could stop recognizing them.  

Answer 15

Not in the least.  I have always quit eating. leaving just a slight hole in my appetite.