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    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.

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    The best thing would be if they would give you a perfect amount of food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants.
    So do I. It encourages people to overeat. And it wastes food. It's totally unnecessary. I mean there are certain constantly thrifty sorts who benefit from it and it can save money considering you can divide your meal over the course of several meals, but anyway. I wish there was just an option to have a normal serving size and perhaps pricing that corresponded with how much food you get (like normal serving size vs. the jumpo super size to feed an army pricing).

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    Just get appetizers. They're usually the perfect size and cheaper too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.
    I agree. I wish they would offer smaller portions, its way more than I can eat in one setting.

    Quote Originally Posted by tuturututu View Post
    The best thing would be if they would give you a perfect amount of food.
    That would be cool but what's considered the perfect amount of food is different for everybody.

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    So do I. It encourages people to overeat. And it wastes food. It's totally unnecessary. I mean there are certain constantly thrifty sorts who benefit from it and it can save money considering you can divide your meal over the course of several meals, but anyway. I wish there was just an option to have a normal serving size and perhaps pricing that corresponded with how much food you get (like normal serving size vs. the jumpo super size to feed an army pricing).
    I often ask for a box, so I can take leftovers home. Sometimes this is not always practical though. If I'm not going straight home after going out to eat, by the time I get home, I'm afraid the food will become spoiled so I'm afraid to eat it, hence wasting food.

    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Just get appetizers. They're usually the perfect size and cheaper too.
    Yeah, but they tend to be greasier and most often fried, so they tend to be unhealthy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by warrior-librarian View Post
    That would be cool but what's considered the perfect amount of food is different for everybody.
    No but. It has already been accounted for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Just get appetizers. They're usually the perfect size and cheaper too.
    This is what I do too! I usually try to go tapas-style, lots of small things so I can have variety, and I believe there's something about keeping a more level metabolic rate or some random fact like that. I try to avoid doing a big meal at all costs and have little things throughout the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warrior-librarian View Post
    Yeah, but they tend to be greasier and most often fried, so they tend to be unhealthy.
    That depends on where you eat.

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    This is what I do too! I usually try to go tapas-style, lots of small things so I can have variety, and I believe there's something about keeping a more level metabolic rate or some random fact like that. I try to avoid doing a big meal at all costs and have little things throughout the day.
    I read somewhere that processing calories ages the body. So low level intake spaced out seems like it would be easier on the body than consuming it all in one sitting.

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    Lol. I disagree completely. As long as quality is good, how could a bigger portion be worse than a smaller one? You still have the choice to leave in your plate what you don't want to eat. Perhaps you should move a bit more, that'd leave you hungrier and able to enjoy food more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Just get appetizers. They're usually the perfect size and cheaper too.


    Or kids' meals.


    I *like* that they give such big portions... like redbaron said, if you take some home for later meal, that's less cooking you have to do later, which is nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.
    Don't go to restaurants. The food isn't usually very healthy. Either it's full of saturated fat, has a high glycemic index or contains harmful additives. Even healthy menu choices aren't very healthy most of the time.

    You can control the portion size if you cook your own food. I pick my own ingredients..

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    Perhaps you should move a bit more, that'd leave you hungrier and able to enjoy food more.
    I've been exercising plenty, that's not the issue.

    You can control the portion size if you cook your own food. I pick my own ingredients..
    Yeah I've been doing this more.

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    And emotionally..it kind of feels like unfinished business..it sounds a bit silly but it feels like you failed. Waiters are always disappointed that you didn't order more, so they're like "just a snack?" in a slightly miffed tone. Or if you don't eat out often, and it's a special occasion, and someone orders something nice and expensive for you, you feel guilty for not eating it all. Or you get comments about how you eat like a bird because the hungry man portion was too much for you. Or you see them just out of range of the dining room sweeping your uneaten food into the trash. Or you man up and chug it all and have a stomachache for the next day. I think in most cases people are in charge of their own bodies and should have self control regardless, but it can be annoying to have to defend your choice all the time just because it differs a bit from what's generally accepted, when a small thing like food becomes such a hassle.
    lmao. yeah. It's like the emotional principal of the situation. Of course I always have self-control, and I followed it- I let the meal spread out over 4 times.

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    I was going to say that as long as you order one dish (not appetizer, main and dessert), size seems to be fine for most people, but then I recalled what's called 'American size' portions.

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    Yeah honestly it feels like some sort of insecurity complex about masculinity that americans have or something. Like a version of 'small penis syndrome.'

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    Hmmm, interesting, afaik Americans do have quite large portions.

    Where I am, sometimes when my friend and I find ourselves in a restaurant, we've found ourselves (if eating the same thing) ordering 3 meals and asking them to put on 2 plates.

    Buffets do me in though, I can find myself eating too much at them and becoming somewhat immobile for a while, ie best thing to do is to go home and lie on couch watching TV for a while, before getting hungry again, heh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    Yeah honestly it feels like some sort of insecurity complex about masculinity that americans have or something. Like a version of 'small penis syndrome.'
    Eh. I think we had a daddy complex with Europe for a long time. And then when we stepped in and "saved" Europe in WW2, it was like when you've graduated from college and you can finally send some money back home to Mom, or maybe help Dad out of a financial scrape by paying the mortgage or something. Billy came home and saved the farm! And then we were real adults for like, 15 years. But then we lost our job and we couldn't pay the mortgage and we broke up with our wife and we pissed off our best friend...
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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.
    yeah. well just take the rest home and eat it the next day! the more meals you can get out of it, the less cooking you have to do!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.
    I like it because then I have breakfast for the next day, too. Often a couple more meals. Left overs kick ass.
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    If there is more food there is more to take home and eat at some other point in time.

    I like the portion size. I have a high metabolism and need a lot of food and calories so I don't waste away. If they were smaller I would have to eat more often.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
    I hate how they give you so much food in restaurants. I went out to eat awhile ago and the meal that I ordered is lasting me four times! Do they seriously expect me to eat all that in one setting? My body was stuffed after only a few bites.
    Why would you complain about too much food? So long as the price is good and you can take it home, freeze it, and eat it for another three days afterwards, isn't that a profit?

    If it got thrown out it would piss me off.
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    I'm hungry when I wake up but if I just don't eat it goes away and I don't feel it til late in the day usually
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    I can't function if I don't eat breakfast. But yeah, I know a larger person who complains daily about her weight and if you see her eat in public, it's super healthy food but when she's alone, she finish boxes of cookies. That's gross. I think I'm getting my cravings under control because I've started taking diet pills which are basically speed. I've already lost 5 lbs

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    Quote Originally Posted by jessica129 View Post
    I think I'm getting my cravings under control because I've started taking diet pills which are basically speed. I've already lost 5 lbs
    I think I'm getting the cravings as I've started taking speed which is basically like diet pills. I lose 5 lbs taking a dump.

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    You're tall and manly and hot though, you can be overweight.

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    I have gained (and lost and gained and lost and...) a lot of weight since moving to the U.S. 12 years ago. Whenever I go home to visitfamily in Germany, I eat all the things I miss and I don't control what I eat (like I do here) and almost always lose weight and never gain, despitedesserts and all that good stuff. There is something about the food in the U.S. that messes with my metabolism although I am pretty health-conscious. It is mind-boggling how much I can eat over there vs. what I can eat here (and I rarely eat fast food or processed foods). As for the topic, I love large portions because they give me a second/third meal. If you are worried about eating too much, you can always ask for a box when the food comes and box half of it before you start eating. When bf and I go out to eat, we often share an entree to save money and it's enough for both of us.
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