I'm not doing this anymore

jsmestflowers

Maybe this is something that only a parent would get.
So I would go out to eat with my family, and no doubt I would end up finishing what they did not eat (Wife and 2 little guys (8, 12)) Man.. I just really hated to throw that away knowing it cost good money...and I'm not like broke or anything..just..well..you know.
So one of the things that I have been NOT doing since I started my diet is that.
I didn't even really think about it till the other day when I was at Chick-fila..my wife was like "Do you want the rest of my sandwich"..my first inclination was "Hell yeah I want the rest of that sandwich!" BUT instead I said..."Thats the devil half a sandwich! I want none of it!"
(BTW for those of you that don't know me, I really don't think that the devil has anything to do with that sandwich, I just joke a lot)
Guess the point is..don't finish other peoples stuff.

heidio2

I had to change that mindset too. I wasn't eating other people's food, but I felt bad throwing food away. I realized that it was paid for either way, but throwing it away when I was done was going to be more of a benefit than if I ate it. Good mindset!

KeepGoinGirl

Good advice. Every little bit helps!

257_Lag

Way to go! All the little things add up and that's not so little! I love that they have calories on their menu board now.

mitch16

I don't know how, but somehow I became a plate-cleaner, too. Usually just my own (you know, finishing ungodly large restaurant portions) but sometime also finishing up for my son. Pretty sure this was part of my weight-gaining problem.

Now I am not shy about splitting my meal in half and asking for a to-go box (and for my son's leftovers, too)--less waste, and not so much waist for me, either.

Venus_Red

When I was little, people still smoked in restaurants. My Nana was a smoker and a very thin person - the minute she had eaten what she wanted from her plate she would light up, and ash into her plate - so she wouldn't pick from it. Gross, I know - but it kept her from eating another bite

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I hate food waste, I'd have taken it for later. Well done for not eating it

rsclause

Its hard, for year mom said to "clear your plate". The wife said "there is not enough to save, go ahead and finish it". I have reduced what goes on my plate never go back for more. What gets thrown out or saved has nothing to do with what I eat anymore

heidio2

I also started splitting meals at restaurants with my daughter. Easy on the calories & the wallet

Francl27

I hear you. My daughter didn't finish her ice cream sundae the other day... and I left it alone. It's not always easy though!

dljones67

Same as mitch16 here. Now I plan on taking at least half my meals out, home. Either I eat it for lunch the next day or hubby eats later that night lol. I just hate to waste food. I'm sure from growing up with not much but love.

jsmestflowers

Thinking back on it I really do suspect that was what was behind a lot of my weight gain...you know I was eating one and a half meals at a time... sneaks up on you.... Well the sneaking days are done

stephanieluvspb

Lord I love chick-fila, 2 thumbs up for sayin no to that

MarziPanda95

Eh, I'd have eaten it and logged it. But I'm a university student so I'm a lover of free food

jgnatca

My little children used to automatically hand me their toast crusts.

VykkDraygoVPR

Geez, this is how I gained a lot of the weight I have right now. Eating my wife's left overs. Bad habit to get into! My step daughter always gave me her pizza crusts.

kshama2001

Hey...I thought the French fries I steal from my fiance's plate had no calories...???

katiegud

I've been splitting stuff with my daughter for this exact reason. It helps a lot. Half a kid's meal isn't a lot of food!

North44

Oh yeah. I am a notorious leftover fry eater. It is soooo hard for me to throw those French fries in the trash- for several reasons- I love them, seems a waste, and they've been paid for. I can really relate! I've done it with other food too- even my own leftovers lol. Sometimes I have to ask one of my family members to physically move the plate from my reach.

jgnatca

@North44 , about asking family members to move the plate, I ask for this with garlic toast.

North44

jgnatca wrote: »

@North44 , about asking family members to move the plate, I ask for this with garlic toast.

I hate it when one of my kids doesn't eat his/her garlic toast. It kills me! Lol
How can they leave that buttery toasty piece of deliciousness on the plate and not even be tempted? Baaaah!

besaro

fries in the garbage can? well that just doesn't make any sense to me..

BurnWithBarn2015

Take it with you when you are in a restaurant and give it away when you drive home...to the poor hungry begger on the street.

Or when you are home....same thing give it away!

AspenDan

I get you..I have a really hard time not cleaning my plate..so when someone makes me breakfast with like 1500 cals, I know I'm going to go over that day haha...I just try to work around that particular diet flaw.

BurnWithBarn2015

danieltsmoke wrote: »

I get you..I have a really hard time not cleaning my plate..so when someone makes me breakfast with like 1500 cals, I know I'm going to go over that day haha...I just try to work around that particular diet flaw.

just say no or split your breakfast up in at least 2 portions so for the next day too

A 1500 calorie breakfast is a lot.

callsitlikeiseeit

im not a fry person, so that doesnt bother me.

we bring home leftovers and it will get eaten later though....

PinkPixiexox

Good for you
It's small 'wins' like this that add up to a massive success.

whiteblossom14

jsmestflowers wrote: »

Maybe this is something that only a parent would get.
So I would go out to eat with my family, and no doubt I would end up finishing what they did not eat (Wife and 2 little guys (8, 12)) Man.. I just really hated to throw that away knowing it cost good money...and I'm not like broke or anything..just..well..you know.
So one of the things that I have been NOT doing since I started my diet is that.
I didn't even really think about it till the other day when I was at Chick-fila..my wife was like "Do you want the rest of my sandwich"..my first inclination was "Hell yeah I want the rest of that sandwich!" BUT instead I said..."Thats the devil half a sandwich! I want none of it!"
(BTW for those of you that don't know me, I really don't think that the devil has anything to do with that sandwich, I just joke a lot)
Guess the point is..don't finish other peoples stuff.

We were always told to eat till your plates are clean. It's a hard habit to get out of. Even now with me trying to lose weight I still look at what my daughter has left and think what a waste. Have to stop myself from eating it.
But totally agree

Lynzdee18

I totally understand. I was raised to clean my plate. My husband and I raised our boys that way too. I am really trying hard now to leave what I don't want or need when I am full. I always clear the table right after eating....no sitting there with nibbling bits to consume while visiting. My husband still cringes when he sees my plate go back with food still on it in a restaurant. But now I eat the healthy part first, and if I leave the huge mound of rice or starch, too dang bad..... It is a chore to overcome ingrained food habits, that's for sure!

Venus_Red

I never understood the clean plate club - that's teaching kids to eat past the point of being full just because you have likely overserved them.

dubird

I think that's a problem a LOT of people have! I still have trouble leaving food on my plate at restaurants because I feel like I'm wasting food. My big thing is that I don't like most leftovers. Reheating a lot of things changes the texture and that really bugs me, so I don't even have the idea to take it home. I'm much better than I used to be, what I mostly do is focus on the meat part first since that's a majority of what you're paying for. At least that way I don't feel quite as bad!