Tips to Keep Yourself From Overeating.<br />Cleveland Clinic consultant Kristin Kirkpatrick says to stop eating when you are no longer hungry.<br />Eat until you’re not hungry, not until you’re full.<br />Kirkpatrick also recommends to set rules for yourself and measure your hunger on a scale.<br />With one at your hungriest and 10 at your fullest, she says to stop eating when you reach seven.<br />What about when you go out to dinner?.<br />If you eat a big appetizer, Kirkpatrick recommends eating a little of your main course and taking the rest to go.<br />You don’t want to be full, and you don’t want to be hungry; you want to be at a status quo.<br />Kirkpatrick also says to prepare yourself if you will not have access to food for awhile.<br />This means packing something for later to satisfy your needs.<br />Kirkpatrick says this is better than eating too much early on in one sitting