Garbage Disposal syndrome

Good for you! Amazing, isn't it, how fast those dribs and drabs of extra calories add up? I've made my peace with throwing away what the kids don't eat. I don't need to further fatten myself, or my pet, or my husband. So down the actual garbage disposal it goes!

This was so me as a kid (and to be honest a little bit now as well)

Being aware of what you eat makes such a difference though. Half the time I don't eat something because I don't want to have to enter it into MFP

Even better, cook less food in the first place.

By not putting more food on people's plates than they eat, you're not only saving yourself from temptation, not only saving yourself money, not only doing a bit to save the planet, but also you're saving them from the risk of eating the lot, developing poor eating habits and possibly becoming obese later in life.

An enlightening thing about being aware of what I consume by documenting every bite, has made realize that I have a problem. Surprise! I now realize that I suffer from human garbage disposal syndrome. While cleaning up the family dishes after dinner, I'm now so incredibly aware how much extra food I ate, just doing clean up.

Back the garbage truck up! I'm just saying.....

haha I love your terminology for it! I used to eat second helpings because I didn't think there was enough to put in tupperware, and sometimes justify eating a whole cake or something like that at once to get it out of the house quicker!!

It's a wonder what counting calories does and being conscious of portion sizes!