[Tricia Igo]

I asked my daughter if she would get me a SMALL bowl of watermelon and a few grapes....

she came out with a small(ER) bowl filled to the brim with watermelon and grapes....

I ate what I wanted - wasn't much, I didn't want a lot, just still feeling a little hungry so I went for the fruit....

she looked at how much was left in my bowl and was SHOCKED that there was that much there - I told her I didn't want that much fruit!!!

my younger daughter is now munching on my leftover fruit!

this is something we have to deal with regularly with both of my girls! and my hubby as well.

I really CAN eat small portions of food - and I CAN stop when I'm full - even if there's more left than what I ate - just need to encourage the rest of the household to do that.

[Butterfly312]

I'm trying to teach my daughter to eat healthy and not to gorge so much on chocolate and junk food. She brushes it off thinking she won't get to my size. She's 21 at 202 lbs, but refuses to eat healthy. If you have little ones, good for you in teaching them to eat healthy. If you have grown kids like I do, good luck in teaching old dogs new tricks...so to speak.