How to eat less when other people tell you to eat more

Every once in a while, my family friends and my family go to eat at Costco.  A lot of the time, we buy 2-3 huge pizzas for lunch.  I usually limit myself to two slices, which I know is around 800-1000 calories altogether, and good enough to last me for a meal, especially when I want to eat more healthy things with more vegetables and fiber and less processed carbs.  But the other family's mom keeps insisting that I am too skinny and always hands me another slice (no, she does not have her own weight issues and I think she genuinely means what she says), and I think my parents think so too.  I know that I am not underweight (5'3" and 120 lbs, want to hopefully get down to 115 if possible).  How do I deal with this situation?  Buying my own food is most likely out of the question (I dislike everything else on the menu, and I don't want to offend either)

Prepare your own food and bring it with you. Or, suggest a different place to eat it which offers some healthy alternatives that you would enjoy. 

I'm assuming that saying "no thank you, I'm stuffed" hasn't worked.  The easiest work-around is probably to eat your two pieces of pizza slowly so that, by the time your plate looks at all empty, everyone else's does too.  Either that or take the third piece of pizza but don't eat it. 

2 pieces of pizza is great will power! you could let them know that 2 is enough for you to feel full. Or you could say cheese makes you feel bloated so you try to limit it and/or you had a snack before you came. Or you could just tell them the 2 slices is almost 1000 calories and you have another big meal to eat tonight!

hope that helps!

Or you could just start yelling about where they can stick their slice of pizza... You probably only have to freak out once in public, and they won't bother you again. :)

Clint

Clint's totally right!  But then you just get a bad rep for being the bi+chy girl.

"I'm full/stuffed, thanks," or "I don't want anymore, thanks," should be enough.  If it's not, that's their problem, not yours.  Don't eat what you don't want.  Put your dirty napkin on top of your plate when you're done if you have to.  I know, Mr. Manners might not agree with that, but she also doesn't agree with commenting on what other people eat or forcing people to do what they don't want to.

I have the same issue. People always encoruage me to eat more and act like I'm a maniac for eating just 1 slice of pizza. Plus my mom always feels fat and when i don't eat mroe,s he looks crushed and i feel bad b/c then she feels she's like a pig.

How many times a week deos everyone weigh? I'm obsessed w/ knowing ym weight so 1 week seems like a lo-o-ong time but i don'tl ike everyday b/c weight fluctuates.

I agree with Susiecue. If you eat your two pieces of pizza slowly it won't be as noticeable that you aren't eating as much as everyone else thinks you should.

You can also just say you are way too full to eat another piece. It's the truth plus nobody is going to force you to eat another piece of pizza if you couldn't possibly eat another bite.

Jeningermany kind of gave me an idea... when you are done you could just get up and throw your plate (etc) away.  I also second the idea of eating slowly so it doesn't look like you're just sitting there while everyone else is "enjoying themselves" (probably what the well intended Mom is assuming)