will eat food just so it is not wasted

hi-

i used to be anorexic but now i'll eat anything especially if it is going to be thrown away. even if it is disgusting. is anyone else like this now?

I don't like waste either.  When so many people in the world are starving it seems rather immoral to throw food away.  If you want to avoid eating too much in an effort to avoid waste, try to plan your shopping and your cooking better so that you don't have leftovers.  Only buy what you're going to cook and only cook what you intend to eat.    Good luck

The freezer can help you out with this problem.

im the opposite sometimes.  Like last night my roommate made cookies and brought a bunch over for me... I said thank you, then when he left I threw them out.  I can't have cookies around, I'll binge on them!  haha.  Its wasteful but I'm over it, it keeps me sane :)

I used to be like that, and sometimes still am.  I just have to remind myself that I am a human, not a human garbage can.  If it's healthy food, freeze it; If not, give it to your friends.

It helps me to remember that waste is waste is waste—it's either going to go into the trash can as waste, or it's going to go through you and come out as waste.

I think you'd benefit from starting a compost bin. You can throw off food into it (obviously, not with its packaging on) and let it decay. This way, you are not wasting your food - and not potentially making yourself unwell.

i think that eating food you don't need is wasteful.  it's just a different kind of waste.

Original Post by gi-jane:

I don't like waste either.  When so many people in the world are starving it seems rather immoral to throw food away.

That is the type of mindest which has helped America attain an overweight-rate of more than 60% and an obesity rate of over 30%.

Original Post by das1988:

Original Post by gi-jane:

I don't like waste either.  When so many people in the world are starving it seems rather immoral to throw food away.

That is the type of mindest which has helped America attain an overweight-rate of more than 60% and an obesity rate of over 30%.

You're quite wrong, of course.   Gluttony and sloth are why so many people are overweight and obese.  My suggestion to avoid waste was (if you'd cared to actually read)...   Only buy what you're going to cook and only cook what you intend to eat.   

I've heard it said that's what the Europeans do?

"The Europeans" is quite a diverse population so I wouldn't like to generalise....   I know many people in the UK (unfortunately quite close to US habits in a lot of respects) are fond of buying far too much stuff at a supermarket once a week and either eating it all or throwing a lot of it away.  But my Spanish colleagues tell me it's more normal in Spain for people (women mostly) to do smaller, more frequent shops and only buy enough for one or two meals.  

With unemployment on the rise and other pressures on family finances I expect there will be a revival of careful shopping, meal planning and the lost art of 'using leftovers'.

I live off of leftovers!

I am with GI-Jane on being creative with leftovers for other meals. For example, the left over turkey I made some turkey salad, a casserole and some rice and turkey soup.  All of which were portioned for a meal for two people.  Haste makes waste!

Take care and God Bless.

I do all my shopping for the meals I'm going to cook on one day, then go home and cook them.  I portion them out and freeze.  I never have food left overs to throw away.  Since the calories vary from meal to meal, I've got them marked on the packaging as to what's inside, how much and the calories that package represents.  If it accidentally gets pushed to the back of the freezer, I still know what it is because I date everything too, and can refer back to my food log for that date to remind me if my lable isn't clear on something.  A wonderful product that has come on the market are those inexpensive vacuum sealers.  Ziplock makes one that is like a hand pump, and Reynolds makes one that is battery operated.  This keeps my pre-cooked meals from resembling left-overs before they even get a chance to become a left over (which they don't).  I am the product of parents who were both raised in the depression era.  We did not throw anything away.  That has been a valuable lesson taught to me by them.