You Don't
Have To Eat It All
Portion size is
important
Many of us are brought up from childhood
where we have been told they we are not allowed to leave the
table until we finished all the food on our plate. While this
was done generally with the best intentions in mind it is not
the way that we should look at eating. You don't need to eat
everything that is on your plate.
If you've had enough to eat you
should stop whether there is more food available or not. You
shouldn't need to get rid of food as these days it is no longer
necessary to be concerned with keeping the food fresh as it was
in the past. Stop eating and put that excess food into the
refrigerator where you can eat it tomorrow.
If you are constantly finding
there is additional food left when you are satisfied then you
need to reduce the quantities that you are cooking or making
available for your meals each day.
It is better to have a little
less than too much.
Don't feel obliged to eat all the
food that is placed before you when you're eating out. Even
then you should only eat to feel comfortable and not feel
full.
For most people it is a habit to
eat everything that is on their plate and this belief has been
drummed into them from childhood. Now is a good time to reverse
that train of thought.
Where possible put the food on
your plate that you intend to eat at any particular meal and
then take that plate with the food to the table. This will
encourage you to put limits on the amount of food that you will
eat. Having additional food available at the table only
encourages you to eat more. If it is not in sight you are less
likely to feel the need to eat
it.
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