It's no secret how much I love food. If I really like it, I'll eat until I'm so over stuffed. But I've been really working hard on that. My biggest weakness is finishing the kids' plates if they didn't eat everything. I always seem to have the thought that it's so wasteful or that it's just a little left. Well, a little left x 3 = a lot left.
I've tried different things to try and curb that. I give them less portions so that there's nothing left on the plates. That didn't always work.
I tried eating after them so that I hadn't eaten anything yet and counted that as part of my meal. That didn't work either.
I have found that really the only way I can stop myself from doing that is to put it away before I get super tempted to eat it. Like today at lunch. I made myself a nice diced chicken salad with some garden fresh lettuce and parsley. I had some bacon bits, cheese, and ranch too and it made a really good salad. It was more than enough for me considering I haven't really been all that active today. Granted, it's only noon, but still. I didn't need to already be spending the calories I hadn't yet burned. I don't feel hungry, I feel a bit full, and my stomach is happy with me. In no way, shape, or form did I need to start eating William's portion that he didn't touch. I looked at it, I told myself no way, I pushed the plate away from me....and I still start taking small bites. So before I could convince myself not to, I quick put it all away! The girls both ate theirs so I didn't have that added temptation. For me, the mentality of "out of sight, out of mind" really helps. If I can get it in the fridge, chances are I'll forget about it.
I'll be starting to move things that are in the basement into the garage so I'm sure I'll need some sort of snack later. We're trying to finish the basement and there are a lot of stuff that is in the way. Since I have no idea how much I'll burn or anything, I don't need to be eating anything else to gear up for it. All I have to do is start doing the stuff, and just keep a check on myself. Bring my water down with me, and I'll be set!
It's super hard to not over eat. But every day, if I can do one small thing that helps, I consider that a win!
You don't have to make big leaps and bounds. Small steps do just as good!
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