"Finish your food, don't you want to be a member of the clean plate club? There are children starving, finish your dinner..." We all heard this growing up and I realized I am breaking the habit of being in the clean plate club when I go out to eat. This past week I did something new. Something I don't remember doing. Not finishing my food and not asking for a go box. There was an ice cream brownie dessert at a business meeting. I had a few bites (which I accounted for) and sent the rest back to be thrown away. Then there was the wild rice that came with my shrimp and scallops and I ate a small part of it and sent the rest back. My husband and daughter didn't want it and I wouldn't eat it later.
This may seem minor to some, but throwing away and wasting food is a big button for me. I hate to see food wasted so I sacrifice myself, my weight and health so that food is not wasted. No more. Better in the trash than in my tummy on the inside and then on my tummy on the outside.
I still don't waste food at home. I am consciously making smaller portion for myself and the family and I eat a lot of leftovers for lunch but the portions are small. So I am still a member of the clean plate club at home when I have measured the portions out. Just not in restaurants and not cleaning off my families plates if they leave food. Better for the dog than for me.
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The CPC (Clean Plate Club) is one I DO NOT want to be a member of, although I was programmed from an early age with this as well....I think our depression era parents couldn't help it. I'm learning that it is O.K. to throw, give, and waste food away. If I waste food, maybe then I, in turn, will waste away!!!!
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