I Work Hard for the Money

it's almost 2am and it's just the start of my night. My finance test is wednesday and I'm falling behind my study schedule =/

Finally eating some dinner, a lean cuisine and a Starbucks double shot.

I remember when I first started eating lean cuisines (party because I was lazy and ate microwavables and partly because it was probably more healthy than anything else I could order around school) I was annoyed at their small portions and sometimes I'd eat two in a row just to be satisfied. But then when the world started becoming environmentally conscious and health conscious--I was bombarded with all these health articles and ways-to-live-longer articles. I think everyone pretty much knows now that more frequent meals of small portions is better than a few meals of large portions. And the problem was that I used to equate being "stuffed" to being satiated. But oh how I was wrong!

Blah blah blah past all those lessons about eating slower so your brain registers your fullness sooner than later--I realized that when I have meals of any proportions, I tend to try to finish it all in a sitting. Leaving food behind would be wasting right? Things go wrong when I have BIG meals (eg. super sized pho) and I attempt to finish it all at once...

It's seriously a visual thing for me. I feel the need to just keep eating until most of it is off my plate, even if I have to begrudgingly shove the last spoonful into my mouth--even if I'm about to explode haha. I guess that's what they call cleaning off the plate. It also largely has to do with my conscience. I just don't feel right eating a small portion of my plate and throwing the rest away--even if it IS better for my health. Not to mention, a waste of money.

So how do you avoid those more-bang-for-the-buck meals--where it's just cheaper to get a bigger portion (unit per price wise) than to get a small portion? Because that's what always lures me in. A medium is ONLY a few cents more than a small and it comes with a greater proportion of food...why not? So if only restaurants and fast food places served proportionately priced food items, or just smaller portions of food--maybe we wouldn't be so eager to up the size of our meals for just a small price.

But that's unlikely. Profits, profits, profits.

Thus, the conclusion is that I need more self control!! I'm one of those people who are constant snackers. I always want to munch on something, even if I'm not hungry. I eat when I'm bored, when I'm working, when I'm stressed--you name it. So add that onto the giant portions of food I eat a few times a day and BAM you get weight gain.

Anyways, so that lean cuisine was delicious as always. I don't feel stuffed, but I don't feel hungry either. I guess this is how I should be feeling--it's refreshing from all those times when I'm so full it literally hurts from all the pressure lol. Anywhos, back to studying!