Interesting Thought for the Day

katorihanzo

I definitely don't agree with this. Many of you have pointed out the "starving kids in Africa/Ethiopia/Guatemala" thing (it was China for me) and yes, this is a cliche. But that doesn't make it untrue. And honestly, these people aren't in some far-away country, they're in your own backyard. Food disparity is a very, very real thing. There are actually people in your very town or city who haven't had a bite to eat today because they've had to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their children or paying the rent. As an increasingly poor student, I'm not that far from this.

I don't want to sound heavy, I'm not usually one to lecture. But losing weight doesn't have to mean literally dumping food in the garbage because you don't want it in your belly. Get over it and eat leftovers - it's the same damn food you ate last night. Make smaller portions - isn't that the real way to lose weight anyway? Eating smaller portions? Turn it into a new meal. Give it away.

Seriously, the LEAST you can do to help others who can't afford food is to take the small amount of time it takes to figure out how much food you'll actually eat, make only that much, and donate any other food or money you would spend on that food to someone who needs it. Isn't that an insanely better idea than throwing it in the trash and convincing yourself not to feel bad about it because now it's easier to meet your calorie goal?

Crazyness.


ETA: You all should send me your addresses, I'll get in touch with the homeless shelters in your town and let them know to line up at your door at supper time; the eatin'll be good tonight.

No offense to your post, I understand where you are coming from, but there is no way I'm going to encourage any person to come to my house to eat my 2 cups of left over mashed potatoes (est 520 calories).

Plus this post was supposed to help people who eat things they didn't intend to eat because of a compulsive need. Suggesting they eat their left overs to not be wasteful is not helpful to them or to world hunger. Suggesting they throw away unwanted/unable to be repurposed food and make a donation to end hunger is helpful.

Which is exactly what I said. I was pretty obviously joking about sending homeless people to your house for leftovers. I said that you should donate uncooked food you don't eat (pastas, canned foods, veggies, fruit, anything really) to a food bank or the money you would spend on that food rather than throwing it in the garbage. Which is what you then repeated.

Suggesting they throw away their food and make a donation is fine, but how many of the people you encourage to feel good about waste are actually going to make a donation? I would bet you encouraged a lot of waste and sent 0 people to their local food bank to make a donation.