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yep, a lot (if not most) of us were raised to clean our plates. Wasting food is sinful even! My husband's family were very poor when he was growing up and you ate what you could when you could and as much as you could. Now that we're not poor well... it's really pretty dangerous to have that mindset. My family wasn't as bad off but my mother's family was so "wasting food" was a terrible thing to do. I managed to break that cycle with my own children and grandchildren - they have to taste something new and eat a reasonable portion of their meal (I have had several try the "ok, I'm done. What's for dessert?" trick). Serving up appropriate sized portions takes practice too. Being more than a year out, I don't have trouble gauging my portions nor do I have trouble throwing food away. It takes practice (hey, we get to practice several times a day!) and conscious eating. I used to clean off OTHER people's plates too. Then one day I realized the truth that I am NOT a gabage pail. Sounds silly, but that is exactly how I was treating myself. Keep at it!

Mistress band doesn't have any problems with bloody rare rib eyes, she was complaining because I was eating left overs.

I weigh my food ...I like knowing how much I am eating...I feel more in control I guess.

Wow, that Mistress of yours! She's tough on you! Reminds me of this http://www.rottenecards.com/ecards/Rottenecards_87266598_6smgsrzm6j.png

I urge you to keep writing! someone may be inspired to change their life once they've read your story. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. P.S.- if any of you think this is "drama" don't continue to click on her posts. VST isn't forcing you to read this.

I did this very thing last night. That was the first time since surgery that I even came close to getting sick. (I'm 7 weeks out) I had this really uncomfortable, almost painful feeling along with EXTREME nausea for about 10 minutes. I even went in the bathroom just to be on the safe side. After a few minutes in there I had about 5 really intense hiccups and then they stopped and the feeling slowly started to ease. I'm gonna do my best to never do that again. I don't like throwing up and I like being nauseated even less. I'll have to apologize to the starving children across the globe for throwing away a few bites with most meals. I have tried to watch how "skinny" people eat, and almost all of them don't clean their plates. I'm having to break this in myself. We have already started teaching our son to make a "happy plate" and I feel guilty about giving him bad habits already. I'm going to have to stop it now and not wait until he is over weight. Thank the Lord he has gotten his physique from his daddy, thin!

Clearly too diva to have left overs!!!

LOVE IT! I love your humor! <3 I too weigh my food, but that is mainly out of habit since I have a Type 1 diabetic child. Maybe you can potion out your food in oz. I mean it will take some getting used to and soon you should be able to "eyeball" it. This "eyeball" method took me some time to master and sometimes I still am wrong when I double check on the scale.

Yea, I had steak sauce, but no dice.

I commend you for taking your life back and moving on! I am interested in the rest of your story!