Fighting the plate-cleaner mentality

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Hi everybody,

today I learned something about me: I'm not satisfied by the very act of eating,

i.e. tasting and enjoying food, but rather by the idea of " having eaten "

something.

I'll try to make myself clearer: I tend to taste something, decide I can have

it, and eat it all. It can be a plate, two, as much as I have access to; after

deciding I can have it, " allowing it to myself " , I'll just eat it all, without

tasting it or anything.

I also have difficulty in leaving things for others or for later. If my mom has

cooked four slices of chicken breast, it's very difficult for me to leave any.

If someone else eats it, I eat what's left; if nobody else eats it, I'll eat it

all.

As a possible solution to this, I've decided to try to FORCE myself to leave a

bite of everything. I have to understand that there's nothing wrong in leaving

something, but I just can't do it. Maybe by leaving a spoonful of everything

I'll get used to this idea.

What do you think about it? Any suggestions? Any things I could do to correct

this?

Thank you very much