Leaving food?

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  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    Serve yourself smaller portions. Don't waste food!
  • GardenGirlie
    GardenGirlie Posts: 241 Member
    You can always go back and modify what you logged. If you said 8 oz of something and really only ate 3/4 then just change it to 6 oz. Just because you logged it does not mean you have to eat it all if you are satisfied.
  • Pinnacle_IAO
    Pinnacle_IAO Posts: 608 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't really understand the question. You already logged the whole plate. Eat it if you want. If you're not hungry enough for it all...eat it later.
    Well said.

    As for me, elephants will roost in trees before I ever leave food on my plate.


  • sashayoung72
    sashayoung72 Posts: 441 Member
    I totally get it. I am a "finish the whole thing I logged it" type. I haven't gotten to the point where I can listen to my belly if it's full. I hope to someday be able to listen to my body, but for now it's all about the calories because I wouldn't be overweight if I could listen to my body.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I only put on my plate what I plan to eat. Since I don't like to waste food, I don't put any more than that amount. Human learning isn't like, say, dog learning where I drop a treat on the floor and tell my dog to leave it and make her sit.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    You're already training yourself by logging ahead of time and serving yourself smaller portions. So it's fine to finish what's on your plate, because what's on your plate is less than what would have been on it before you were being 'serving conscious'. If you really aren't hungry, then sure, stop eating. But don't force yourself to stop as some 'retraining' effort, because you are already doing that.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    danieltsmoke wrote: »
    I always eat what's on my plate but I feel your struggle =P

    Buy smaller plates ;)

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    wiggawaggle wrote: »
    strong_curves wrote: »
    wiggawaggle wrote: »
    Is it good practice to always leave a small amount of your meal on your plate to teach yourself that it's okay to leave food? Sometimes i'll think okay i'm satisfied now, i could finish here and leave the rest. But then i end up eating the rest of it anyway because the plates not empty.

    I put the calories in before i eat so i've logged the whole plate, but what do you do / how do you make yourself leave the rest if you're satisfied? Won't you just be hungry soon anyway if you leave some of your meal?

    If you've logged it and it fits into your goal I don't fully understand the why of it.

    Because many people always finish what is on their plate even if they have had enough to eat before the plate is empty, so wondered if some people make sure they leave something to retrain this?

    This is me exactly. If it's on my plate I'll finish it. Whether I was stuffed 5 minutes ago or not.

  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    It doesn't happen often that I feel full and still have food left on my plate but happens sometimes. Listen to your body and stop eating. I just put what is left aside. If there is enough to make another meal I take to for lunch to work the next day. If not I save it for my snack for later, since I know I will want a snack and since it is already logged I don't have to worry about it.
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    No. It's wastful. Take what your going to eat and just don't go for seconds.
    Wasted raised by people who make you finish your plate but I hate it.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    If you're not hungry, stop eating. If you're doing it just to say you did, you're doing it wrong.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    I have the opposite problem. I only get 1440 cals a day for maintenance. When I finish my allotted amount for each meal, I'm barely satisfied, or not actually satisfied at all, and have to have another serving of low cal vegetables. I suppose if I had leftovers and were not hungry enough to finish them, I would just put them in some tupperware and stick them in the fridge. I would not throw away food unless it is the kind of thing that doesn't keep, like lettuce that would wilt and get nasty or something. So... get some storage containers and put your leftovers in there. Can be used in an omelette later or something.
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    Make a smaller plate next time.
  • eshnna
    eshnna Posts: 109 Member
    My abuelita would slap me if I don't eat the whole thing as it is bad manners haha. Maybe my abuelita is the reason I love food so much!

    If I have it, logged it. I eat it.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    edited August 2015
    I usually leave a small portion if my meals uneaten, even after I've already logged them in advance. I like to grab small handfuls of this and that to snack in throughout the day, and I tend not to log those, so the calories from the uneaten portions of meals compensate for that. Works for me.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I log my food, and if I'm hungry I'll eat it all, but I'll stop if I get too full.

    I've never worried about leaving food on the plate.

    The world produces far more food than it needs. The hunger problem is distribution, not supply. Nobody's going to starve if I don't eat the last few mouthfuls once in a while.
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    Start reducing the serving size of your meals but if you are satisfied, then its fine to leave it.
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    I think its essential to realise when you are full and stop eating- even if that means leaving a few bites. I don't think it's wrong to waste food- it's wrong to treat your body like a bin and fill it full of stuff you don't want.

    I tend to put my left overs in a tupperware tub and use them for pre-logged snacks.

    The other day I ate too much chcocolate that I felt ill (500 cals) and it made me realise that for food like that it is easier for me to walk away when I don't want any more because I've sickened myself than it is to walk away while I'm still enjoying it. This is useful information for me- something I don't think I fully understood.
  • zombiemusicgirl
    zombiemusicgirl Posts: 98 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Eh. That's backwards thinking to me. I would benefit more from buying a whole bag of chips or jar of peanut butter (my happy foods), and practicing moderation and weighing the appropriate portion out of the container, rather than selecting a portion and training myself to leave some behind.

    This.

    Sometimes it can be easy to overthink stuff when it comes to eating. I think too much rather than listening to the cues my body gives me. I've overthought myself right into gaining back weight every time I've lost it.

    Keep it simple and take it one meal at a time. Eat if you're hungry, stop if you aren't. Don't give up if you take a step back.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    wiggawaggle wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't really understand the question. You already logged the whole plate. Eat it if you want. If you're not hungry enough for it all...eat it later.

    I feel like i've had enough to eat before the plate is empty, but keep eating because i logged it all and there is still food on the plate

    Put it in the fridge and heat it up for an evening snack.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    wiggawaggle wrote: »
    strong_curves wrote: »
    wiggawaggle wrote: »
    Is it good practice to always leave a small amount of your meal on your plate to teach yourself that it's okay to leave food? Sometimes i'll think okay i'm satisfied now, i could finish here and leave the rest. But then i end up eating the rest of it anyway because the plates not empty.

    I put the calories in before i eat so i've logged the whole plate, but what do you do / how do you make yourself leave the rest if you're satisfied? Won't you just be hungry soon anyway if you leave some of your meal?

    If you've logged it and it fits into your goal I don't fully understand the why of it.

    Because many people always finish what is on their plate even if they have had enough to eat before the plate is empty, so wondered if some people make sure they leave something to retrain this?

    I have a certain number of calories I allow myself for meals. So I eat that many calories.

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    edited August 2015
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't really understand the question. You already logged the whole plate. Eat it if you want. If you're not hungry enough for it all...eat it later.
    Well said.

    As for me, elephants will roost in trees before I ever leave food on my plate.

    Yeah me too ... I'm the one licking the bowl to get the last morsel!! :lol:

    Which is why whatever I make is a certain number of calories, and I am free to finish every last crumb if I want. :)


    My issue is that I could usually go for a second plateful ... or even thirds ... but after that first plate, I just make myself a cup of tea, and tell myself I'm done.

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