Re: Throwing food away (was: A First)

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I am so glad you told her that it is ok to throw food away

What I am trying to do instead of throwing away is cutting ot serving smaller

portions so that you dont throw away

You can get a second helping but no throwing when portions are smaller

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> >>I did not need all the measured amount of breakfast I had served myself

(measured so that I might learn what it feels like to be satsfed). It was food

that I could not save to eat later. I began to feel satisfied before I'd eaten

it all, so I left the rest to throw away. I have never thrown away food that is

on my plate in my life.

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> >>Writing this down, it sounds so inconsequential, like " So? " or " Big deal! "

but having lived inside my skin for all these years with compulsive overeating,

it feels like a huge step.

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[Guest guest]

I am so glad you told her that it is ok to throw food away

What I am trying to do instead of throwing away is cutting ot serving smaller

portions so that you dont throw away

You can get a second helping but no throwing when portions are smaller

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> >>I did not need all the measured amount of breakfast I had served myself

(measured so that I might learn what it feels like to be satsfed). It was food

that I could not save to eat later. I began to feel satisfied before I'd eaten

it all, so I left the rest to throw away. I have never thrown away food that is

on my plate in my life.

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> >>Writing this down, it sounds so inconsequential, like " So? " or " Big deal! "

but having lived inside my skin for all these years with compulsive overeating,

it feels like a huge step.

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[Guest guest]

I am so glad you told her that it is ok to throw food away

What I am trying to do instead of throwing away is cutting ot serving smaller

portions so that you dont throw away

You can get a second helping but no throwing when portions are smaller

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> >> 

> >>I did not need all the measured amount of breakfast I had served myself

(measured so that I might learn what it feels like to be satsfed). It was food

that I could not save to eat later. I began to feel satisfied before I'd eaten

it all, so I left the rest to throw away. I have never thrown away food that is

on my plate in my life.

> >>

> >>Writing this down, it sounds so inconsequential, like " So? " or " Big deal! "

but having lived inside my skin for all these years with compulsive overeating,

it feels like a huge step.

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[Guest guest]

Ugh. And I hope that the doctor's advice doesn't lead her parents into depriving her of food when she is hungry. Because we all know what will happen then. Food hoarding. Binge eating and the whole ugly cycle. Not being a doctor, I would encourage them to offer her more choices instead of less when she is hungry. I've read that when kids are offered a variety of healthy choices (with healthy being a broad term that an encompass many different foods), they will choose an adequate, healthy balance in the long run. Hoping for the best for your little granddaughter!

Mimi

Subject: Throwing food away (was: A First)To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support >Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012, 5:07 PM

It IS ok to throw food away.

I explained that to my THREE-yr-old granddaughter the other day. There was some pizza left on someone's plate and she said, "That's just going to be wasted." I told her, "It doesn't matter whether it gets eaten or thrown out, it's still gone either way." The weight police are after her already. The pediatrician said her BMI is high (no one guessed till they ran the numbers, she looks fine) and to watch her food intake. . GACCKKKK!!!! She's THREE and on food surveillance, and worried about wasting uneaten food. THREE.

Ellie