carberello
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Mrs 'C' ordered a Chinese last night.
Crispy salt 'n' pepper Chicken with chips and special fried rice.
She's always been slim and had a lovely figure and is one of those lucky people who seems to be able to eat anything she wants without it really effecting her weight. She's 5 ft 11 and just about 10 and a half stone.
I had a small balanced meal of carrot. potato, swede and 2 approx 1 inch squares of beef in gravy.
When Mrs C came in from the Kitchen with her plate of Chinese ( that we both used to eat about once a week) in one hand and my meal in the other, I was genuinely incredulous at the size of her meal. I wasn't sure if she was going to try to eat it or try to jump over it.
I could never attempt a meal of that size now Id had surgery.
As I marvelled at the culinary engineering and use of unnatural forces that had been employed to actually fit so much on an ordinary dinner plate, this pyramid of rice and chips and chicken, I realised for the first time since surgery how my attitude to portion size had been altered without me actually realising it or having to consciously work on it in any way.
I wasn't envious in any way or tempted to have a taste. I was completely happy in my world of firm carrots and 'tatoes.
Its a little miracle for me to be honest - a completely unexpected reaction to a slim womans portion size
A big step in changing what I thought might be deeply ingrained hard to break habits and a pointer to everything being worth it by the summer.
Crispy salt 'n' pepper Chicken with chips and special fried rice.
She's always been slim and had a lovely figure and is one of those lucky people who seems to be able to eat anything she wants without it really effecting her weight. She's 5 ft 11 and just about 10 and a half stone.
I had a small balanced meal of carrot. potato, swede and 2 approx 1 inch squares of beef in gravy.
When Mrs C came in from the Kitchen with her plate of Chinese ( that we both used to eat about once a week) in one hand and my meal in the other, I was genuinely incredulous at the size of her meal. I wasn't sure if she was going to try to eat it or try to jump over it.
I could never attempt a meal of that size now Id had surgery.
As I marvelled at the culinary engineering and use of unnatural forces that had been employed to actually fit so much on an ordinary dinner plate, this pyramid of rice and chips and chicken, I realised for the first time since surgery how my attitude to portion size had been altered without me actually realising it or having to consciously work on it in any way.
I wasn't envious in any way or tempted to have a taste. I was completely happy in my world of firm carrots and 'tatoes.
Its a little miracle for me to be honest - a completely unexpected reaction to a slim womans portion size
A big step in changing what I thought might be deeply ingrained hard to break habits and a pointer to everything being worth it by the summer.
