Just because its there doesn't mean I have to eat it.

I know this fact to be true, but I grew up in a "clean plate" family, and I've always been a clean plate kid. Whether I was hungry or not, I almost always finished everything, especially if it tasted good.

As part of trying to eat more consciously, I try to evaluate my fullness level with every single bite. Eating lunch today, I filled up quickly on the hummus and veggie pita I was eating. But there was still hummus left in the container, and an almost empty box of reduced fat Triscuits in my desk drawer. What a perfect combo -- I'll scoop the hummus out with the Triscuits, and finish them both. I *love* Triscuits and hummus. Its become one of my all time favorite combos. But after a few bites, I realized that I really wasn't hungry. And then it hit me, I didn't need to finish the hummus, just because it was there and the container was almost empty. Same for the Triscuits.

So I dropped the rest of the hummus in the trash (there really wasn't much left), and put the cracker box back in my desk drawer.

A small victory today.