Stopping wasteful eating - one bite then a toss into the trash. What works?

[Anonymous]

The rule when I was a teenager was: Take what you want, but eat what you take.

[Anonymous]

op, this is an unhealthy eating disorder. You need to nip it in-the bud

[Anonymous]

Make her replace everything she wasted.

[Anonymous]

Why are you asking this question when she is 15

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s always been my food habit. One thing she should know is it’s not good for your teeth to have this kind of eating habit.

As for apples I only like Red Delicious. I find the smallest ones and cut pieces. She should cut them in half, cut one of the halfs into 2 or 3 pieces and put them in a bowl for her. Cover the other half tightly and put in refrigerator. Figure out which type of apples she likes and always get those same type. I’d be the same thinking it taste funny if it’s not my usual.

Cut the huge Crumbl cookie into 4-6 pieces so she’s taking a portion not just picking.

Try to get her to eat units, portions, no matter how small. As normal as possible.

I weighed 100 lbs in college and had terrible eating habits so I know it’s best to try and work on it now.

Op here. She could have written this! I’ve discovered she prefers the pink lady apples over red delicious for example.

She does winter cheer right now and is a flyer for the squad for those who asked about sports. She’s always been athletic and into track, cheer, etc..

She’s also to confirm again always had this same style of eating since childhood. But given the cost of food and her nearing adulthood, it’s important to understand waste and cost and how to save food where you can. In just a few years she will have new considerations like rent, college tuition, bills, etc..

I know, that’s why while she is still home for you both to work together to figure out a plan. What’s really maddening is the portions that considered single serving. Way too big. For example a small ice cream cone has a large amount on top. I take a paper napkin and lop off half of it to make it manageable. With fruits and vegetables buy the loose kinds where you can buy only a handful and of grapes or two oranges, not a whole bag. When buying a loaf of bread automatically take half and freeze it.

It can be tough because you’ll probably be the only one eating like this. People will comment on your eating habits. I was extremely athletic but it was unrelated to my eating habits. It’s just how I ate. Don’t let anyone try to label it an eating disorder. It’s not.

[Anonymous]

Slice the apple. Tell her to stop wasting food. This isn’t hard.

[Anonymous]

Eating disorder be like wut

[Anonymous]

My niece eats like this, and I don’t see it as an eating disorder. She just doesn’t eat a lot.

What annoys me is that her parents have let her take a bite of a large portion and leave it instead of taking smaller portions or cutting what she wants. She would demand the larger muffin, and they would give it to her saying “oh she’ll pick on it throughout the day” and she never did. She would take 2-3 bites and never come back to it. When her parents weren’t around on sleepovers, she would ask for the whole muffin and I would only give her 1/4 of the muffin and told her she was more
than welcome to come back and get more if she was still hungry. She was fine with my rules but still demanded the whole thing with her parents. I abhor food waste.

[Anonymous]

I put my daughter's 1/4 eaten apples back in the fridge, then I slice them and serve later. She's only 2 though, if she were older she should be responsible for that process of portioning and saving

[Anonymous]

^^ ooops forgot this was the tween/teen forum. I actually gave up on giving my 10 yo whole fruit bc he was wasteful and started slicing it, so my above response was quite hypocritical!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cut a piece off the fruit. I rarely eat a whole apple or pear

This, i prefer cut fruit anyway.

[Anonymous]

She has to cut and store all her fruit. Cut the apple or pear before eating it always.

She puts what's left of the prepackaged snack into a zip lock bag to eat later.

It's going to be hard teaching her this as a teenager but it can be done.