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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know about intentionally eating smaller portions, but I naturally started eating way smaller portions in my 20s (probably in part because I was paying for my own food and was motivated to be frugal lol), then huge portions when pregnant/breastfeeding, and now scaling back again as my kids get older/my hormones return to normal.  I’m still bigger than I was pre-pregnancy but that’s at least partly because I don’t exercise as much any more.  Trying to get that back…[/quote]

This is what I was going to say. I've just generally noticed a decline in my appetite over the last 4-5 years (I'm 44, youngest child is 6). At this point I only eat one large meal a day (either lunch or dinner) and the rest of the time I'm eating what I would previously have considered a "robust snack." So I don't find I have to deny myself larger portions -- a restaurant-sized portion now just looks like two meals to me.

The flip side of this is that it's not like I always crave healthy foods -- I've always loved carbs, fats, and sweets. So when I'm eating smaller meals, I have to pay attention because my tendency will be to just eat the protein (and fat) heavy part of the meal and skip the veggies and fiber. Last year I started meal prepping on the weekend so that I could prepare easy small salads for weekday lunches, which helps me do a better job of eating something balanced in one smallish dish, instead of just eating a bagel with cream cheese and feeling too full for anything with actual nutrients in it.[/quote]

PP, this is what I have been struggling with as well.  A lot of it is based on my monthly cycles, and it’s nice for a week or two to not be ravenous or actually hungry at all, no matter how much I work out, but it tends to lead to making poor choices and somewhat disordered eating overall. [/quote]

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