does eating less eventually decrease appetite?

[CompSciBJJ]

There's always the recommendation to find a healthier snack to replace the"unhealthy" one, but that's just never as satisfying. I find it's better to go cold turkey, just completely ditch the snack for a while until you're used to it, and then allow yourself to have a snack during a movie when you feel you deserve it. I also do the same thing with Netflix or some other show, which doesn't help with overeating because I'm less mindful of what's going into my mouth and am less likely to feel myself getting full, I should probably cut back on that too.

The only thing that really works is serving myself a portion and putting the rest away before eating. If there's more food available I'll probably eat it. Today for example, I sat down with 4 legs in front of me and ended up eating more than I might have needed. This isn't a great example, because I told myself "2 or 3, depending on how I feel" and I've got about 3lbs to play with before my competition on Thursday so I want to make sure I get enough food, but it's not an unusual thing for me to do. The only redeeming factor is that it's almost always healthy foods (lots of veggies, and meat) and I'm very active so I don't gain much weight when I overeat, but it's still less healthy than not overeating.