Do you eat more cause of starvation mode

Do you eat more if you are not hungry just to get to your recomended calories, or do you eat just to feed your hunger~erica

I eat to feed my hunger, but if I am not at my minimum amount of calories that I've set for myself, I will force myself to intake a bit more.  This could be by having some milk or juice, or usually I'll treat myself to a glass of wine.

both--i eat when i'm hungry, which is actually kind of rare, and i eat to fill calorie requirements. if i'm not hungry but i have calories i eat something tasty and sweet usually.

I eat at regular times (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), and spread out my calorie target over those 3 meals, with a buffer of about 150 calories that I save for a special treat, usually a glass of wine, at dinner.  If I use up that buffer with a snack or something a little higher in calories earlier in the day, I skip the special treat at dinner time.  I find that I am always hungry at mealtimes, and always satisfied once I have eaten my planned meal. If I get hungry before the next planned meal, I have a healthy snack to tide myself over.

I never have any trouble getting to the calorie target, after all, the reason I got fat was I tended to eat more calories than I burn, and now I am eating less than I burn.  For me, the hard part has been to re-train myself away from overeating, not forcing myself to eat enough.