If I'm not hungry I'm not going to force myself to finish it.

In China and Japan it means you want seconds. Leaving the dish empty is a sign you had enough.

Normally, I try to finish whatever is on my plate, if someone else prepared it for me (if I were a guest.)
There may be a small amount that I'll leave.

However, if I make my own food, I usually have a bit left that I don't touch. At restaurants, I eat as much as I'm comfortable with.

I'm 5'8" and I weigh 300 lbs.

I have never left food on a plate without finishing it.

But if I did...



I'd feel ashamed of myself for wasting food.

There's a reason 90% of the world hates the non-Mexican part of North America.

I'll usually cook myself up a meal and end up throwing half of it away.

I'm really bad at cooking a meal-for-one.

Oh and I don't feel any remorse.

It depends if I'm at a friends or familys house I'll probably eat all of it. At my own house probably throw it away.

I kinda think all those starving Africans would die for this food. But than I think I couldn't get my leftovers to them either way.

If you want to really enjoy the wastefulness and excess of our culture, work at a restaurant.

I was amazed and disgusted at how much food came back uneaten.

Pish-posh!!! No one hates Canada!
Besides, it doesnt really matter if u finish ur plate... that amount wasted is really negligible. The problem is distribution of goods, it really makes no difference if u eat the whole plate or leave some. It always pissed me off when i was young and my mom would yell at me for not eating and saying how some kids had nothing to eat. Its retarded! i'm not gonna stuff myself because unfortunately the extra food and nutrients I eat will not carry over to the poor hungry kid!!!

I almost never leave food on the plate... I am an eater, plain and simple. I see some food and think "Ooooooooh..... I wants me some o' dat."

Wasted food is sad to me because I just think "Hmm... I could have eaten and thoroughly enjoyed that."

Food is so fantastically awesome and I cherish every bite. Speaking of which, I am about to make a salad with avocado. I freakin' love avocado. I could just die right now.

Oooh... I love me some leftovers.

By the way, I said I was going to make a salad. Well, I made that salad, and I ate that salad... And it was good.

When I make food, I eat it all.

When my family offers me food and I say, "Not a lot, I'm not that hungry" and then they give me a lot anyway, I don't eat it.

That doesn't mean I waste it, it means I don't eat it in that sitting.

I am a big eater, so I don't like it when I'm not able to finish all of my food.

Still, if my body is telling me to stop, I will.

I feel like it's a bit of a double edged sword. If I leave food then I feel like I am wasting it, but if I eat all the food when I'm fool then I feel like a gluttonous pig. Most of the time I just stop eating rather than stuff myself.

Your body tells you to stop but your heart says "More!"

Applies to food, and if reversed also applies to sex with strangers.

That's why I have a refrigerator.

You beat me to say it.

I rarely ever leave food on my plate but if I'm paying for it...full or not...you can count on me finishing it.

I always finish my plate unless I'm too busy to do that. It's a principle.

Meh usually I stay clear from big portions. Most of the time If I do get a to go box it goes in my fridge and forget about it. Also I prefer my food to be fresh and not microwaved... So I will eat it all if I can. But once I’m full I’m full and not gonna force myself to eat.

i have a problem with making more than necessary....something always ends up being thrown out.... i am ashamed lol

I hate wasting food so I'm pretty good at finishing a plate. If I'm full and can't eat anymore without hurting myself, I store the excess away for a later meal. I hate it when I see people waste food on their plates, especially when I go out to eat. I figure if you know you're not gonna finish the plate, or if you're the type to generally eat half of what they get, then order/make yourself a proper amount so that you won't have to waste anything. It's like that expression "Your eyes are bigger than you stomache"....grinds my nerves!

I try not to do it often.

My plate is spotless when I have the chance to eat Korean food, or Persian food.