We never have leftovers, so therefore there are no seconds - I always cook the amount for the people eating -anything more is a a waste and I don't have the money to waste food.

I have such a hard time cooking for just the two of us and not having leftovers. I have tried cutting down recipes to just two servings but it does not always work well for me. It is ok though because I normally have lunch leftover for DH the next day. Makes it easier on me

For me, making just the right amount for the amount of people I'm serving works REALLY well.

If there's two of us - two pieces of salmon, or two chicken breasts or two - whatever. I keep things individually wrapped in the freezer so it's easy to defrost precisely what I need. Veggies - I make as much as we're going to eat and then - we eat it. Soup, that I make a large amount of to have for the week, but that's easy to dole/portion out and we rarely go back to seconds of that.

Interesting discussion. I too portion and write down my food and calories before I eat & don't do seconds. I've lost nearly 70 pounds with the TV on - so I guess I shouldn't be concerned.

I will, however, still try to concentrate on taking my time, tasting the food, and feeling full with the TV on.

Thanks for this good discussion.

I'm also using portion control and writing down everything I eat. I like to enjoy my meals in front of the computer...right now I'm having lunch. This way I can just sit back, relax, and enjoy my meal worry free.

I was raised in a dinner-table house LOL and I carried that with me. I guess it's all what you're used to! Lunch is usually with co-workers but we all sit at a table, and dinner is with nice plates at the dining room table and DH and I talk and laugh thru it, it's my favourite meal of the day!

I like the little bit of formality, I took time to prepare a nice meal and we sit down without any distractions and enjoy it. We eat around 7 pm so there's nothing good on tv anyway