Worst Habit?

anna_lisa

Mine is that I HATE wasting food and when my kids don't eat all of thier food. I feel compelled to eat at least some of what is left. usually not enough to save for leftovers but hate to put in the trash..........

Now that I have OWNED this, time to let go...........

What is yours?

mrsmichellewilson

nibbling while I'm cooking.....and my guilty pleasure is coffee with creamer in the morning :-)

LoriIAM

I'm also a leftover eater. I just hate throwing food away. But I have tried to be more careful not to have leftovers and ... I have decided that I would rather have the food go to waste and not to my waist.:flowerforyou:

ninerbuff

One of the best tips: switch your plates to 9 inch plates. Most people have 13 inch plates in their home. If a 9 inch plate is full, and you eat it all, your brain unconsciously thinks it's "full". Also, smaller plates will leave less leftovers for kids.

I_give_it_2_u_str8

One of the best tips: switch your plates to 9 inch plates. Most people have 13 inch plates in their home. If a 9 inch plate is full, and you eat it all, your brain unconsciously thinks it's "full". Also, smaller plates will leave less leftovers for kids.

lol thats genius...

while you're at it get smaller spoons, forks and sew your mouth (mostly) shut.. :P

runner328

I eat way too fast. I usually eat my meal in less that 15 minutes. I am trying to learn to slow down & enjoy my food but it's a conscience effort.

elizabethblake

One of the best tips: switch your plates to 9 inch plates. Most people have 13 inch plates in their home. If a 9 inch plate is full, and you eat it all, your brain unconsciously thinks it's "full". Also, smaller plates will leave less leftovers for kids.

This is absolutely true! also smaller bowls for cereal, etc. really work.

NuevaNatalia

I've learned to put just enough food on my kids plate but sometimes I pick at the food I'm preparing for the children (it's not even food I eat). That's where the calories add up.

Another habit is using gummy bears as comfort food.

HotMamaByVday

Mine is that I HATE wasting food and when my kids don't eat all of thier food. I feel compelled to eat at least some of what is left. usually not enough to save for leftovers but hate to put in the trash..........

This! I have overcome it by making the kids scrap their own plates before putting them in the sink. They are also responsible for putting away all the leftovers after dinner.

And I like a snack while I am at the grocery store. Last week was the first week I did not even think about grabbing a donut while I shopped.

Kimmer2011

Mine is that I HATE wasting food and when my kids don't eat all of thier food. I feel compelled to eat at least some of what is left. usually not enough to save for leftovers but hate to put in the trash..........

I used to be very guilty of this. The way I'm working to overcome it is that eating it myself when it don't need it is the same as throwing it away,, and I am not a trash can.

My worst habit? Eating when I'm stressed out or frustrated.

pa_jorg

I live alone, so it's too easy to eat in front of the TV. :ohwell:

DietPep1978

My worst habit is how I love to justify anything to myself. I can talk myself into and out of anything and come up with what I think are great reasons for it. TERRIBLE! I have to keep telling myself...this kind of thinking and justifying got me to where I am...its going to take different behaviour/thinking for me to change!

TheTeeWhy

I eat way too fast. I usually eat my meal in less that 15 minutes. I am trying to learn to slow down & enjoy my food but it's a conscience effort.

15 minutes, to me would be way too long to eat a meal. Unless you're out or something that seems like a really long time to finish a meal. IMO anyways :P

My worst habit is being unintentionally a jerk. In turn making people think Im actually one, Im no white knight or anything but still.

skittybang

avid nose picker

Heather75

Crack cocaine.

brewingaz

Swerving my truck to run over kittens and midgets.

FL_Nettie

Doing too much MFP while at work :ohwell: ...off to read some more threads

HotMamaByVday

Swerving my truck to run over kittens and midgets.

You need to play more MarioKart. You learn to swerve to miss banana peels and turtle shells, whil purposefully hittiing Yoshi and princesses.

thecanface

I eat way too fast. I usually eat my meal in less that 15 minutes. I am trying to learn to slow down & enjoy my food but it's a conscience effort.

yuppp! me too! especially when eating evil chips.. i can down a bag of hot cheetos in like 1.5 minutes.. the .5 is wipping my nose from the spicy yummyness..

thecanface

I've learned to put just enough food on my kids plate but sometimes I pick at the food I'm preparing for the children (it's not even food I eat). That's where the calories add up.

Another habit is using gummy bears as comfort food.

try hugging the bears instead of eating them. they're your friends.

JDMPWR

Smacking parents of lil kids that are screaming their heads off inside stores

shanolap

Spanking that damn monkey!

thecanface

Smacking parents of lil kids that are screaming their heads off inside stores

that is so rude.

I just kick the kids. they're the ones screaming.

gosh.

mandeiko

Being on MFP forums when I should probably be working out :P Truth.

honeyb7

I was guilty of the leftover habit and now that it's just my husband and I, I hate to throw away the leftovers and instead end of eating them for snacks but mostly I make another meal if I can so as not to waste the food. Creating a whole new meal with leftovers though takes some finessing. My husband is NOT a fan of leftovers so I have to get creative. I have been using the smaller plate and it works wonderfully! Very conscientious now of second helpings too since entering food into MFP! I cannot believe how many unconsciousness calories I ate. It's shocking!

pa_jorg

Doing too much MFP while at work :ohwell: ...off to read some more threads

This.

taso42_DELETED

I eat food that has been sitting in the fridge for a long time. Sometimes a very long time.

ninjakitty419

I have decided that I would rather have the food go to waste and not to my waist.:flowerforyou:

I LOVE this. I will tell myself that at every meal from now on.

laurad1406

i crack my neck all the time and it is obnoxiously loud. My boyfriend gets nauseous every time.

mishelnkiki

shutting myself down and hiding. sounds stupid, but when i start to get super sad or stressed or depressed, i lock myself in my house, shut off my phone and hide. from what i dunno... but ido.

BIGBATBASTARD

Spanking that damn monkey!

I with you, maybe we should start a club