We may feel unmoored by not being able to
finish everything on our plates, but it's important to remember that everyone experiences this, even the most successful entrepreneurs.
I made this last night for supper and my five year old (who never likes anything I cook) not only
finished everything on her plate, but asked if I would make it again tonight!!!
You can always offer more if
she finishes everything on her plate.
A parent who insist in getting into a food battle by making a toddler
finish everything on their plate, or eating foods that you know they gag on, will be setting themselves up for a fall.
Avoiding doing anything that would make them ignore their bodies» signals, such as pressuring them to
finish everything on their plates, or denying second helpings.
A more controlling or authoritarian parent may have a tendency to say things like, «You have to
finish everything on your plate» or «No, you may not have seconds, you have eaten enough.»
Yep, she's your mother and grandmother rolled into one guilt - tinged voice reminding you to
finish everything on your plate.
Dining out If you know there is going to be more than one course of food, you don't need to
finish everything on your plate.
To avoid overeating, consider eating smaller meals throughout the day, sticking to the same mealtime every day, and not
finishing everything on your plate (stopping before you are full).
Even after we're full we keep eating because the food tastes good, or we think we have to
finish everything on our plates, or we want to get our money's worth (at restaurants), or we don't want to be rude (at the homes of other people).
We didn't even
finish everything on the plates and Scott and I were already full.
Your kids will definitely
finish everything on their plates while parents enjoy their own meals at the same time.
Let your child know that he doesn't need to
finish everything on his plate — food portions at restaurants are usually larger than your child would eat at home.
Not exact matches
Place
everything lovingly
on your
plate, starting with the wilted kale and
finishing with the salmon and avocado dressing.
And, we have the kids, so we don't have to bicker anymore over whose turn it is to bathe them or whether they can have ice cream for dessert if they didn't
finish everything on their dinner
plate.
There's also no pressure to
finish everything that's
on your
plate — pack it up!
The more regularly I eat, the less I feel the need to eat a ridiculous amount at one meal (by which I mean spending 2 hours doing nothing but eating or waiting for food to
finish cooking), the less I feel like I am obligated to eat
everything on the
plate and the less I worry about food in general.
I have too much
on plate and literally struggling to
finish everything.