Reddit mentions of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

Good job.

The hardest part is going to be keeping it off. The food environment has changed so that it's way too easy to consume too many calories. Maintain healthy habits.

(I recommend the book Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink for advice on how to do that.)

Good work, and good luck!

Mindless eating. That's the scary part - people really do believe they are eating less than they actually are.

Food for thought:
http://www.amazon.com/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0345526880

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345526880/

Interesting. Something similar was mentioned in Brain Wansink's book Mindless Eating (which is a book about various psychology experiments related to eating). Except that their conclusion was that men consistently thought that eating a lot made them more manly/attractive but it actually had no effect on women either way (that said, women might still expect men to eat a lot, they just don't reward it with thinking it's more manly/punish not doing it with thinking it's less manly).

ETA: https://books.google.at/books?id=_0AvbmnwWXEC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=mindless+eating+date+women&source=bl&ots=sJc0we6sBP&sig=dulVtpD5cNggzxF2ac1ktNQEHEo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wmeZVN2QIsOaygOqrIKwDA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mindless%20eating%20date%20women&f=false

This may not work for everyone but I find that studying/reading about a habit tends to help me better engage my brain in changing it. Something like Eating Mindfully or Mindless Eating may help you.

This is totally familiar. I have the exact same dichotomy in my head and body, and have stuggled with eating disorders because of it. I have two references for you that have been very helpful to me:

1. http://www.amazon.com/The-Taming-Chew-Holistic-Compulsive/dp/0142002372
   
2. http://www.amazon.com/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0345526880
   
   Good luck, you aren't alone!

http://www.amazon.ca/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/0771057105

http://www.amazon.ca/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425300234&sr=1-1&keywords=in+defense+of+food

http://www.amazon.ca/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0345526880/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0PJDH57XQVR2RN712MSF

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Diet-Fix-Diets-Yours/dp/0345813588/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z

• This last one is by a guy who also has a decent website: http://www.weightymatters.ca/
  

http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Revised-Edition/dp/006124189X

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345526880?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-The-New-Psychology-Success/dp/0345472322

http://www.amazon.com/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0345526880/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332061191&sr=1-1

and

http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-under-Uncertainty-Heuristics-Biases/dp/0521284147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332061219&sr=1-1

Get used to throwing food out, or portion it out in small bits, saving the rest for later.

Read Mindless Eating - it's a fascinating and useful book about the psychology of eating from a professor who studies just that at the university food lab (Cornell I think).

http://www.amazon.com/Mindless-Eating-More-Than-Think/dp/0345526880/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311770097&sr=8-1

Read "Mindless Eating." It's an interesting look into the psychology of food, and its given some good ideas on how to avoid over eating.

You've probably heard a lot of it from magazines,stuff like "use smaller plates" and stuff like that. This book dives into the details of that. It's not a guide to eating less, but it shows why we eat how we do. I found it very helpful.

the best tip was focusing on what I'm eating. I spent many work lunches scarfing down food while enjoying the comedy styling of the Daily Show. Now I sit out in the lobby and enjoy some real sunlight and savor my food. I almost ALWAYS end up eating less when doing this.