05 Feb 21 by member: lutziforkosh
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My mum & dad wouldn't let me leave the table till id eat everything on the plate. I'm still the same so I put less on the plate now
05 Feb 21 by member: jontyboy
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Good to have the kind of relationship where you learn from each other.
05 Feb 21 by member: LaughingChevre
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Awesome lesson - thanks for sharing!
05 Feb 21 by member: GibJig
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This is fantastic and I found it so interesting! Thanks for sharing, John!!
05 Feb 21 by member: davidsprincess
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beautiful lesson...I love it
05 Feb 21 by member: keta27
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I think so much of our thinking (and emotions) around food can come from our childhood. I definitely wasn't raised to have a healthy relationship with food, and I'm trying very hard to change that with my kid, by trusting him to listen to his body, to know what it needs, and to stop when it is done. It is so, so hard to change but liberating when we see those changes in action.
05 Feb 21 by member: artemis7
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We're always learning, aren't we. That you are open to learning from each other speaks volumes about both you and your wife. And of course your marriage benefits greatly. As DP said, thank you for sharing this encouraging story. 😊
05 Feb 21 by member: _bec_ca
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Yes, parents unknowingly set their kids up for a life of struggling with their health by doing that. Thos parents are usually overweight as well which causes you to pick up even more bad habits. Great post, John!
05 Feb 21 by member: -Diablo
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Hey, great job. and believing in yourself is key to everything you do.
05 Feb 21 by member: morganstuart
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I understand that feeling. I was also taught not to waste food and have some issues with compulsion. I need to eat all or nothing too. It’s difficult to unlearn these things. I struggle with it all the time.
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05 Feb 21 by member: lorinh
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Yes but our parents lived through depression. To many times of no food so they taught us not to waste. “There are children with nothing to eat, be grateful for what you have & don’t waste food!!” Can still hear oarents saying this!!🍀
05 Feb 21 by member: SB 428
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I'm currently like my dad's beagles. once a package is open I don't breathe until I see the bottom. Im working on it. but it's really just as you said. were trained. I grew up with the clean your plate too. times aren't the same. and in reality if were living like this are we really trusting God for the next meal or even breath?
05 Feb 21 by member: HeBrewZ
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The impact of parental programming is real. My dad's eating psychology was formed around the family table during the great depression. We had food, but many did not and my grandmother set a big table that fed well beyond our family. As a kid at that table, you cleaned your plate under penalty of an ass whipping.
Fast forward to today, at 94 Pop will never say that he is hungry, is incapable of a direct answer regarding food, fetishizes small portions (think tearing a small piece off a taco size torrilla and putting the rest back), and is often distressed in the extreme when presented with a normal dinner portion, which more often than not he finishes and goes for seconds.
I am routinely intrigued by the large psychological impact that behavior adults perceive as trivial can have on kids.
05 Feb 21 by member: jimmiepop
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05 Feb 21 by member: wholefoodnut
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All I know is I want a lemon tart now, and I don’t think I want to section it.🤣 Have a happy Friday John!!
05 Feb 21 by member: Shrewdness
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05 Feb 21 by member: katz76
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Thanks for sharing all you did!😊🎈
05 Feb 21 by member: laraae
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Training is all. Recently had the grandkids over. They are 15 and 13 years old. I told them that since I don't have a lot of snacks at the house they were to tell what they would like and I would add it to my grocery list -- the enthusiastic requests?? Fresh blackberries and some old cheddar cheese and rice crackers. Training is everything. These kids were seldom given candy and neither one much cares for it. As children they would often take a candy and immediately spit it out as they didn't like it! The blackberries were gone on the drive home and the crackers and cheese were about half gone when they left two days later. They did a real number on my apples, though!
05 Feb 21 by member: 59Carol
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