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This year, I've been trying to lose my Covid weight.
So far, I've been trying to avoid sugars and processed foods. I've also, haven't had a frozen dinner in almost ten months.
I'm having difficulty when I have to eat out, and especially with the holidays. I'm afraid I might regress. I have this habit of over eating and feeling sick later, so I've been testing out which proportions work for me. Instead of ordering mains, I order appetizers, light items like soup, and salads (but never together). Sometimes, I order from the kids menu. With this, I don't feel sick and perfectly fine, full, and satiated. I hate that sick full feeling, because it prevents me from having fun with my friends. Most of all, I hate leftovers. I hate carrying around, having to eat them for the sake of finishing food. In the end, it is just more beneficial for me health wise to order what I can finish.
Anyways, I have been getting weird stares from servers whenever I order an appetizer as a meal, and some of them push more food on me. I don't want to be perceived as cheap, but I also don't want to get sick from eating too much.
I need to ask does anyone order appetizers in place of a full meal? I think American food propertions are intentionally big.
I just wanted to say that I think it makes complete sense what you are doing. If I think about it women have lower TDEE. But restsurant menu options are adapted to men and the male portion size.
As women we are expected to order and pay the same amount. Which is either financially unfair because we would more often not finish a part of the meal. Or it is a health disadvantage because we would tend to overeat relative to our caloric needs.
There should be woman menus with lower amounts of the same meals for a lower price relative to portion size.
So I would not feel bad in the slightest hun
I also often order sides. Especially going on dates I lost track of my own sense of fullness in the past. Really tackeled that this year and lost around 22 lbs, now at BMI 18.8 again which is natural for me.