Too Much Food...way too much!

[Bobbi McGhee 17]

So here it is, a rainy Saturday night.. I decided I wanted Chinese food for dinner. My hubby, a police officer, is working and my 3 kids and I are just hanging out. I ordered some egg drop Soup and chicken with garlic sauce and rice (the rice is not for me, I'm not ready to try it!). I also added steamed broccoli for another day. And it came with an egg roll. I am super excited! I haven't had Chinese food in ages. I had a quarter of a cup of Soup, then went for the chicken. 4 bites in, I am done. I mean, overfull, yucky feeling...done. Like a very bad pain in my chest and I threw up. Did I really think I could overindulge? Yup, I really, really did. I can't believe I ordered so much, and that I now have about 5 days of food. This is what boredom leads too. Too much food!! Lesson learned, new stomach....lesson learned.

[Pepper123 320]

Awww well lesson learned….

[Lizadaze 9]

I had a similar experience last week myself with baked fished that was way too dry. I felt horrible! I figure it is a good lesson learned cause I have definitely stayed away from over doing it since.

[elfnow 277]

Better that than eating it all!! <3!! So glad you have plenty of leftovers!!

[gourmetone 394]

I do the same, its from our old habits so many times I end up with leftover that last too long. Recently I've learned to share portions and only order one item. It takes time to trust that it will be more than enough.

[elfnow 277]

This is what I got when I ordered dinner tonight!! I wanted the 6-oz filet and I got ALL THE EXTRA TOO.

I brought home half the filet, most of the sweet potato, and the shrimp.

My daughter ate maybe 1/8 of the potato, two pieces of zucchini, and part of the rice...

I ate 3 oz filet, one piece of zucchini, a bite of potato, and a bite of rice. I was done. Didn't even touch the shrimp!

[elfnow 277]

Apparently my photo is upside-down sorry!!! LOL

[wynderific 1]

I did the same thing last week with Chinese food! It takes a while, I am finding, for the head to catch up to the new stomach's reality. Good thing is that my Chinese experience has resulted in a new food aversion; I think I will be too scared to try it again!

[mickally 95]

Yep old habits are hard to change. I have noticed the saying "my eyes are bigger than my stomach" has a whole new meaning.

[Texasmeg 568]

When they have lunch at work, we fill our own plates. They had Mexican food the other day and I got some fajita chicken (no tortilla) and some refried Beans. I threw away more than half of it and felt badly that I had taken so much. It seemed like a normal amount, but I forgot about my sleeve!