Wasteful

I find myself becoming more wasteful when it comes to food.  I've always been a member of the empty plate club.  I always finish my plate when eating at home.  That's just how things were when growing up.  You had to eat all of your rice and drink your soup before being able to leave the table.  My mom would keep us there until everything was cold and we still had to finish our dinner.

I cut soda from my diet about two years ago.  I completely cut it out at first and it's slowly crept back in.  The majority of the time, it's two cans a month.  When I'm vacation or travelling, it goes up.  But for the most part, it's out.  The funny thing is prior to cutting out soda I would drink the entire can because I can't waste of the rest of it.  Now when I indulge in a can of soda I only drink half of it and pour the rest down the sink.  It's the only thing I can do in terms of portion control.

Same when I serve myself dinner.  I plate the normal amount of food, full well knowing I won't be able to finish it all.  And then at the end of dinner, I throw it away.

I just did the same thing here at work.  The same person who brought in the cake pops brought in chocolate covered mint oreros and Ritz peanut butter crackers.  Of course, I took two.  After taking a bite of the first one, my first instinct was to throw the rest away because I should only allow myself one bite.  Ask me a few years ago and I would have laughed and shoved the rest of the cookie into my gaping maw.

I feel bad sometimes because of think of the starving children all over the world, but then I think that it's better for my waistline and perpetual journey to lose/maintain weight.