| VernaF | member since July 2009 |
 female, 58 years old Kent, WA | November 1, 2009, 5:05 pm Do you eat backwards? What are you teaching your children?My mother was born in 1921. She was 8 years old when the great depression began. A few short years after it "ended" she joined the army as a nurse, and shipped off to England during WWII. This means that for most of her life prior to having children she was "making do" with too little of everything. I even had some of her old ration stamps until my husband threw them out. Anyway, what does this have to do with eating backward? As I was growing up, my mother always emphasized that we should eat everything on our plate. Sound familiar? In addition to this, somehow we were "encouraged" to save the best for last. Like if the corn on the cob is the best part of the meal for you, then eat everything else first. If the icing is your favorite part of the cake, or the whipped cream the favorite part of the pie, save them for last. People, we have been living in "times of plenty" pretty much since the end of WWII, and we have only learned to gorge ourselves with these "saving" philosophies. I would like for you to try something. The next time you sit down to a meal, wait at least 60 seconds and look over that plate real good. Determine what is the absolutely best bite on that plate. After consideration, take that best bite. Then look at the plate again. Find the very best bite that is left on the plate, and eat it. Now, as you eat, you will find that the food sort of loses it's initial attraction because you KNOW that you've already eaten the best part. This makes it easier to stop when you've had enough, instead of stuffing down every last crumb so that you can finally get to that last, best bite. If you have planned and logged for that slice of cake, but your favorite part is really just the icing, then start with the icing. You may find that you can "un-log" the cake part, and spend those calories on something more satisfying or nutritional. Don't feel bad about leaving the last "unattractive" bites uneaten. If we had been taught this philosophy and style of eating as children, I doubt that there would be SO many of us fighting weight issues today.So, are you teaching YOUR children to eat backwards?
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