Are You a Member of the Clean Plate Club?

April 8, 2008

45 Comments

booo! over eating leads to weight gain, dolls. eat until you're full, then take the rest home and eat it later... your metabolism will thank you. smaller portions make a happy digestive system!

tlsgirl 5 years

I almost never clean my plate at restaurants because the portions are gigantic, but I'll always take some home. At home I can just take what I want though, so I usually get just enough and clean my plate.

looseseal 5 years

I usually clean the plate. People have asked me if I lick the plate when they're not looking. (For the record, I don't lick, I just use utensils really, really efficiently. Hee.) If a restaurant has portions so big I can't finish, I would ask for a doggie bag. It'd be more earth-friendly to carry along my own reusable container, but I'm not always that prepared. The only exception would be if the food is really, really bad. But it has to be pretty much inedible for me not to consider it a waste.

looseseal 5 years

I usually clean the plate. People have asked me if I lick the plate when they're not looking. (For the record, I don't lick, I just use utensils really, really efficiently. Hee.)If a restaurant has portions so big I can't finish, I would ask for a doggie bag. It'd be more earth-friendly to carry along my own reusable container, but I'm not always that prepared.The only exception would be if the food is really, really bad. But it has to be pretty much inedible for me not to consider it a waste.

KrisE24 5 years

used to be...until I realized my boyfriend is essentially a human garbage disposal. He eats my scraps! So when I'm full, I quickly offer it up to him and it's gone before I can have second thoughts :P

Sandra16 5 years

It depends on the food I am eating.

Aclarie 5 years

I am one of those people who eats and talks when going out not at the same time. Though with friends we like to have discussions while eating and also give time for food to digest some we tend to eat everything on the plate because of those periods of talking and having fun.

leeluvfashion 5 years

Sometimes. I usually portion the food on my plate so I know that I'm not over-eating and I'm getting enough food in me. However there are some days were I get to full and can not finish. If the food is just dished out and I did not have control with the amount of food on my plate, well then I always leave leftovers since people tend to serve too much food.

Marci 5 years

That definitely depends on the food I'm eating. There is never any pasta left on my plate. Ever.

chiefdishwasher 5 years

Well...if I don't do it who will?

kia 5 years

If I am eating out then no way. If I am at home then definitely because I don't serve myself robust portions.

tglynn 5 years

I usually eat half, and take home half. Cause the next day I'll think about that delicious meal I had last night and then- OMG there's some in the fridge I can eat right now!

anniekim 5 years

I have to ditto sonabobble--when eating out I usually take some home for the next day.I was raised to "clean my plate" or to get pretty close. Years ago I spoke with a man who was always told as a child to "leave some for the hungry ghosts" and he doesn't finish his plate to this day.

anniekim 5 years

I have to ditto sonabobble--when eating out I usually take some home for the next day. I was raised to "clean my plate" or to get pretty close. Years ago I spoke with a man who was always told as a child to "leave some for the hungry ghosts" and he doesn't finish his plate to this day.

GrapeBubbleGum 5 years

i have a really hard time not eating food if its sitting in front of me. when I'm at home I'll often lick my plate (that's horrible, I know, but it makes me feel like a littl kid which is just fun)...but only because its soooo yummy and I'm not over-eating at home anyway.

faerymagick15 5 years

Restaurants, for the most part, give bigger than normal portions and I just can't ever eat it all!! I take the leftovers home for the next day's lunch. I clean my plate at home because I congtrol how much goes on it in the first place. At a restaurant, you can't do that!!

j2e1n9 5 years

Hell yeah I am

wackdoodle 5 years

No - I wasn't before and am not now. I am a member of the incredibly slow S L O W eaters club, where long after the rest of your party has moved on to after dinner drinks, you're still poking around with your salad or just barely made a dent in your entree.

wackdoodle 5 years

No - I wasn't before and am not now.I am a member of the incredibly slow S L O W eaters club, where long after the rest of your party has moved on to after dinner drinks, you're still poking around with your salad or just barely made a dent in your entree.