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No Food left behind
| Sun, 08-08-2004 - 11:39am |
Wow!! I have been dieting since June 3 and have been pretty successful. But of course life presents challenges food not on my diet and SOMEONE else cooked it. Wow!! I had to face this two days in a row. At the beginning of the year we have Friday lunch and it is catered in (school). I took the food and looked at it and made a decision. EAT IT!!!! But stop when I am full leaving YES!!! food behind. This is such a huge thing for me............ I was raised "EAT all your food". I ate slow and enjoyed the conversations around me. I worked hard at listening and talking to those around me. I stopped when I was full. Yes there was food left behind. Did I stare at it and say oh gosh!!! I have to finish this.......Nope I got up took the plate to the trash and dumped it returned to the table and kept enjoying the conversations at the table. Test 2: My ex and I took our daughter to school for the last time this is her senior year in college. We always stop at Cracker Barrel half way between home and school and eat. I ordered my favorite foods there and when it came I ate slowly and talked to my ex. Again when I was through I had food on my plate. I ordered my favorite dessert. I savored evry bite and yes I left some on my plate. I was a card carrying fool in No food left behind and now I am a card carrying fool on stop when you are full and yes leave food behind!!!! I still have 141 more pounds to lose.

Hugs, Brenda
Brenda!!!
This is new for me also. I am one who really believed in cleaning the plate and if I really liked it I would finish it while I "did the dishes" because........... I had many excuses on why there was no leftovers. I have been working on this and I did it!! You just have to put your mind to it and make a decision............. I know I will fall off the wagon but I know I can get back on. Try it once, try it twice, just never give up.
But they rock. my favourite album of theirs is Destroy Erase Improve.
BTW did you ever get my email through your profile?
Hi there and welcome to the boards :)
Forte
I also plan the amount of food i am going to be fixing so there will be none leftover, so i don't feel like i am wasteing food, also if the food is not there then you can't eat it.
Spam-ula-sammich (MUGHHAHAHAHAHA):
Yes i did get your email and i wrote you back at the leafy address. That wouldn't have anything to do with the Toronto Maple Leafs would it? I do like me a good Tie Domi in the morning (HA! I wish!) I still think they should ger CUJO back. I luvvvvvvvvvd him! It is hard to find a good amount of Red Wing's games here in N.C., so not much Curtis for me. I guess I will have to make due with the local hockey team (Yes, we have hockey in N.C.) The players fit in really well with the toothless rednecks that can be found here, but for the record, i am in the part of N.C. were oral hygiene available, and i take full advantage of it! (insert big toothy grin here!) ^v^Christie