Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

How do you navigate the pleasure signals in your, I guess, your gut or your brain that might tell you, that tells a lot of people, here's a candy bar,

here's a cookie, here's a milkshake, I want to eat this now. How have you trained your mind

and your gut microbiome to not be tempted and want it and crave it consistently? Or is the craving

there, but you've just created standards and food rules to support yourself in

minimizing those temptations.

Asking yourself a set of questions, you know, am I still hungry or am I just enjoying eating?

That's a big one, you know, Americans are socialized. I mean, think about what your mom said to you.

She said, are you full

when she fed you, right? She didn't say, are you satisfied? That's the right question.

Or are you no longer hungry? Because the moment you're no longer hungry is many bites before

you're full. Right. Just stop eating. Exactly. And so I often will ask myself, so am I still hungry or am I just eating because

there's more on the plate?

And then I enjoy the process.

In Japan, they say Harahachi boo, which means eat until you're 80% full.

That's interesting.

And in the Arab world, they say you should eat till you're three quarters full.

In France, they don't say, parents don't say to kids, are you full?

They say, do you still have hunger?

And so it's a different way of socializing appetite.

So the goal is satisfaction.

It's not making yourself full.

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