I'm in the same boat. But we have to understand where that generation came from. We live in a world where overeating is a danger. The boomers grew up in a world where the danger came from not having enough food to live. This isn't a right vs wrong discussion. It's simply a matter of perspective.
it is a right vs wrong discussion. Trying to use the same combination as your old lock on a new lock with a new input system is objectively incorrect. Just because someone learned something that used to be correct procedure doesnt make them not incorrect when the procedure changes.
Well- if we want to get technical; the idea you should eat everything on your plate is not wrong. If anything in this day in age with climate change and inequitable distribution and the role commercial farming, destruction of the rain forest etc etc. play into that- it’s good advice not to waste things. It’s not a one step process. Step 1: you shouldn’t have more on your plate than you need to eat. Step 2: don’t waste it. Eat all of it.
So- meal prep and planning as well as nutrition are huge parts of fitness, sports, and “wellness” that people who take their bodies seriously do for basically every meal every day. You know what your nutritional needs are if you do some rough math. Except in uncommon circumstances you shouldn’t eat more or less than that- as it’s the exact amount you need. If you cannot eat your standard portion for some reason- and discover this mid meal- save it, toss it, give it away whatever. If for some reason you need more than a standard portion take a little more and repeat as needed.
But if you are portioning food correctly and eating to fill your nutritional needs- then you should be able to finish all your food and should (save where health or other reasons stop you,) be able to eat what you have on your plate. If people can care enough about their own bodies to portion meals and look at nutrition- it doesn’t seem too much to ask that they do it for the entire species and the world. Of course- if you don’t even care enough about yourself to eat right no one can really ask you to care about the entire planet- so do you I guess if you can’t be swayed.
And yes- eating out tends to be huge portions. But people who are on strict diets for fitness eat out too. You don’t really need a quarter pound burger and half gallon of soda and third of a pound of fries. Get a $1 burger and $1 fries or skip one; or split that 1800+ calorie take out or dinner entree between 2+ people and get lots of water etc. if you’re still hungry.
@bethorien, i think the phone lock is an inaccurate analogy. It's not right vs wrong in general, it's right vs wrong for a specific instance. Should a parent in 2019 Yemen not encourage their starving child to finish their plate because some fat American blames his obesity on his parents?
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What if an American boomer's child was homeless, hungry, and a parent. Should that parent follow their parents advice and encourage their starving child to eat as much as possible while they have the rare opportunity to eat? Or does it boil down to perspective?
I feel the exact same way. Now I feel incredible guilt over throwing food away, so I just eat it. And sure enough, what does that do? Makes you gain weight. Old habits are so terribly hard to break.
This is one reason I hate the holidays around my family. I know exactly how much food I need, if I were wrong I would have either starved 10 years ago, or I'd weigh 300 lbs right now. Fuck off, I know my own body and no I don't want to try you fucking green bean casserole. I haven't liked it in 30 fucking years, it ain't starting now.
The only y tu Ike I see this being a problem is with cereal. My solution was to quit buying cereal and make them eat toast and a fruit, but what do you do when your child pours a bowl of captain crunch and only takes two bites?
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What if an American boomer's child was homeless, hungry, and a parent. Should that parent follow their parents advice and encourage their starving child to eat as much as possible while they have the rare opportunity to eat? Or does it boil down to perspective?
Absolute delusion.