Whenever I go to a restaurant, no matter how hungry I am, I'll eat like eight or nine bites and be full. An hour or two later I will gorge myself on the leftovers until there is nothing left, and still be hungry. Dafuq, I thought restaurants were supposed to be designed to increase the appetite.
Posted Jul 26, 2016, 6:52 AM UTC
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I've actually heard that grazing is supposed to be more healthy, so good on you I suppose!
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It actually is more healthy. Eating smaller portions more frequently helps to regulate sugar levels and avoid crashes between meals. It's what I do to help with my hypoglycaemia. :)
I'm the opposite. At home I never really eat as much as I should, but in a restaurant I'll eat everything and then everyone else's leftovers too when we're with family. I pick the biggest dishes and desserts too usually.
Do you cook? I'm overall a much lighter eater than I should be, and I find that it's a lot easier to convince myself to cook a few times a day than it is to eat a few times a day. And once I cook... I might as well eat.
I do cook simple things occasionally. Most of the time though it's just microwave food for dinner here. It's not healthy but it gets the job done. I'd love to cook more substantial things but I have no idea where to start.
Don't even worry about it! Think of like, 4 or 5 good dishes you enjoy and google up some simple recipes. Cooking seems daunting but as long as you take your time and make sure everything is prepared before you start all the time sensitive stuff (like, the actual cooking) it's actually not too hard. You don't need to know a thing about good food -that comes with practice- but as you get better at the dishes you know, you can slowly add more recipes to your repertoire or make alterations to recipes you know. Even something as simple as replacing chicken with pork is a great place to start.
Thanks for the tips! I'll be sure to ask my mother about it too - she hates to admit it, but she's a pretty good cook.
r/cookingforbeginners is a decent sub, but also love r/cooking and r/eatcheapandhealthy.
I've always cooked a bit, but over the last few years I've gotten much better. My advice is to pick a couple things you like from restaurants and try them out.
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I always expect to bring something back home, making the leftovers to be my second dinner. Not even really sure why at home I can easily eat a lot more. But I guess when you really focus on the food and make it memorable your more aware of how much your eating.
That's actually entirely possible. Plus, you're usually much more comfortable at home, and it's a lot easier to eat when you're comfortable.
Yea I think so like if I'm watching tv or something while eating I'll usually end up eating a lot more. So lately I decided to start having every meal at the table to avoid over eating. Also I do feel relaxing when I'm out at a restaurant but its a different sort of relaxing feeling compared to being at home.
I always stuff myself at restaurants. I guess it always tastes better somehow, because I'm so used to just eating at home.
I dislike that you usually have to eat with a knife and fork in a restaurants. It makes everything more complicating, and it also is a waste of time.
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This happens to me because if I go out for dinner, I'm usually dressed up, and the clothes I dress up in aren't usually comfortable. Tight on my tummy + sitting down = no room for food!
I never order an entree either for this reason.
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I love eating out! I can usually finish everything on my plate. Usually, because some restaurant portions are huge and even I have difficulty finishing them. And to tell the truth, I also tend to be a picky eater. When I visit Japanese restaurants I usually don't drink the miso soup.
I see restaurants as a way of treating myself and because it's a treat I enjoy myself a lot more. Which is strange because I'm a server and I know all the dirty secrets so to speak, yet that has yet to actually disrupt my appetite.
This is exactly me! I'll go out to eat and have a few bites and be full or feel sickly. Yet I can have a large pizza with garlic bread and potato wedges from Dominos at home. I'm not sure if it's a form of anxiety? I threw up in public once so I'm not sure if because of that, I'm scared to eat in case that happens again.
I guess you must hate buffets
I always eat too much bread before they bring out the main course, so I know that feel. I make sure to bring leftovers home to eat later tho.
I gorge myself on chips and salsa at mexican restaurants. I think I generally would eat restaurant salsa over anything else on the menu.
Olive Garden gives you no chance, you get bread and salad before you get your main meal. Also Red Lobster with the biscuits
Once I learned the recipe for those delectable little bastards, it was game over man.