So I am sitting here at work eating my lunch and I am having a hard time finishing it. It is just one of those tuna lunch packs. You know the little can with the crackers and the mayo and relish already with it. Well I am full and there is still 1 cracker left and at least 2 cracker full of tuna left and I am full could not take one more bite if I wanted to. So why am I having such a hard time throwing the leftovers away? May head is telling me to eat it and not waste it and my tummy is saying don't you dare take another bite or else. Anyone else have this problem with throwing leftovers away?

I do! I so understand.

People brought potluck to Easter dinner. I was able to usher most of the leftovers out the door, but desert got left. A Peanut Butter pie and a key lime pie. How cruel is that??? Everyone is aware of my surgery and how hard I am working to eat right. I didn't eat desert at dinner, so WHY leave desert at my house? I actually felt a little pissed off. So, I took my anger out on the pies. I dumped them into my sink with running Water and mushed them into the garbage disposal.

This time, I win!

One day at a time, one piece of food at a time.

Throw it away! Throw it away!

I love your post!!! That's great advice for me and for my child (who I vow will not be a member of the "clean your plate" generation I was in) :thumbup:!!!!!! I might have to add music and make it my theme song for after my surgery!

I think not only the influence our parents had on us as kids is hurting us now (clean your plate before you get up from the table) but also the head hunger. How can I possibly be full, I've only eaten (fill in the blank). I'm struggling with that right now. And I can tell too on the scales.

How do you convince your head that the 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup or whatever amount you should eat is enough? I keep thinking, I'll just take one more bite, and then I'm like, blah! Luckily, I have never PB'd but I know that if I keep pushing my luck, that will change.

I am guilty of bringing home leftovers from a restaurant and then not getting to them before it's time to toss them. I have a couple of containers of chinese food in my fridge right now from last week that I'll have to toss.

Luckily, when I cook dinner at home, I enjoy the leftovers and have bought the small bowls from Ziploc that I then freeze the leftovers in and take to work at a later date. It's great! I just wish I could do that with restaurant food, but it tends not to freeze well.

Someone once mentioned a band for the head. Perhaps we should all invest a little in the research and development of a head band (Ha!) and we can become rich and famous (well, rich at least). And thin. :thumbup:

Im beginning to get into that mind set....Just throw it away. I have kids and tend to eat what they dont....NOT GOOD!! So lately when they say mom I dont want anymore I dont even tell them to save it...i just say throw it out. Ive gotten really full trying to get that last bite in. Its all a matter of habit...this is definately a life change..For Good!

Wow great post!! I have this same problem still,even after losing 100 lbs. I still don't want to waste my money.LOL But I have wasted a lot of food in the last 10 months.

I am so glad to hear you say that, I am 10 mos out and just lately find myself trying to eat too much, dont know why, it comes right back up... So I am having to really watch myself and remember not to slide back to old habits. Weird how our prewired training keeps coming back to haunt us.

I have a real problem w/throwing out food too. It seems the easiest way for me around it is to start off by taking a portion much smaller than what I think I'll need to feel satisfied. More often than not, it turns out to be enough. If I still take too much and find myself full but thinking about cleaning my plate, I just think of my last stuck incident and that keeps me in line.