I suffer from an eating disorder so can't trust my mind or my body, as both can send me both true and false information regarding hunger. The dietician has me basically on a schedule. I have to eat something every 3-4 hours...only exception is when I am sleeping. At this point the amount of food doesn't matter. It could be a balanced meal, a yogurt, or it could be a cookie etc. The eventual goal will be to move to intuitive eating where I can eat whatever I want as long as I am truly hungry. (But I am a long way from that yet.)
I also have trouble knowing what I may want to eat and have shared your struggle of trying different things but not really wanting any of it. I have learned to use my freezer when this happens. I will freeze either full meals, or snack sized portions so that I still have choice, but can try to reduce the amount of food that sits. (I don't have anyone that will eat leftovers so it is me or the garbage unfortunately.)
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