Over eating at family gatherings

Guilty! I always over eat at family gatherings. It's hard not to be tempted because all the food being served are delicious and traditionally family favorites. And it is very enjoyable to eat with all those close family members gathered around and also eating heartily.

yes, we overeat big time at get togethers. good conversation distracts you from makin sure not to eat to much. try to eat good for you foods.. snack off the veggie tray all day long. we are mostly vegetarian so we eat alot of good foods but my inlaws make the best deserts so i try to eat good food for my meals so i can save the calorie intake for desert!

Most of the time I can control myself. But over eating at family events is easy to do. People can serve so many tempting dishes. Good for you! Glad you were able to keep from being tempted. I can't say I would have done as well.

I do over eat forsure! I love food and cannot stay away from it. I have no self discipline, which is why I'm overweight. I will never say no to food!

I am not a big eater, and when I go to family gatherings and there is a lot of food, I do tend to eat a little more than normal. Sometimes, things look so tempting, I can not resist. Even after getting a little of this and a little of that, your plate looks overwhelming. I have gotten to the point where I would have liked to unbutton my pants too.

Yes, I do tend to overeat when there is a bunch of food available. I tend to graze. It doesn't have to be food that's neccessarily bad for me, I like the healthy stuff too. But say for instance, at a party, there is a tray of veggies. I can park myself near it and just continue to munch. Then if there's a dinner, well I do my part there as well. I usually can resist dessert, just because by this time, it would be a huge mistake to try and eat anything else.

yes, it happened to me as well... whenever i go to a family gathering, i always tend to overeat... i try to refrain myself as well for doing that... but i always fail and do it again... :-( i think it is just the atmosphere... when we see so many foods and other people are eating a lot, we tend to want to do that as well... take care and have a nice day...

I always over eat whenever there's a family gathering. With all the sumptious dishes laid down on the buffet table, who could resist them? I always fight a never-ending battle with my urge to over eat every time we have a family gathering as it is already threatening my health.

When it is a big gathering I eat a lot. It is not that I can't help myself, it is just that usually you don't have a ton of great food in your face. I may not over-eat enough to start having stomach pain, but I certainly do eat a lot.

There are times when I cannot control myself that I tend to over eat especially if the dishes served are very palatable. But even if I tend to over eat, never did I over lechon.

Oh thats an easy thing to do is to over eat especially at family gatherings, theres always so much good food there that you want to eat everything..lol. I try not to do it, I tell myself your going to be miserable if you keep eating that much, it makes me stop. I think everybody does that, then later on everybody's in the kitchen grazing around again at the leftovers..haha.

Yes, I have overeaten in the past. What I do now, is stick with the meats and verggies and salads and leave out the starches. Them when I indulge in the desserts I can feel virtuous and say that I ddin't have any starches oin the entree. Oh, how I deceive myself with food! Blessings

I always over eat. I wish I didn't but when there is a huge spread I want a little of everything. If not you take the chance of offending a member of the family..lol..can't have that.

Yeah, I have that same problem at family gathernings. I usually just eat really really good and be good with my exercising like the week before the gathering that way I can splurge at the gathering. I taste what ever I want because I just get little servings of everything that I want. But if you go back for seconds its ok. Its not like you eat like that everyday, so one day will not hurt you as long as you get back on track the next day.

It is quite normal for us to eat over dose in family gatherings and in functions.Atleast they are meant for eating to full satisfaction.I would like to say,enjoy the dinner or the feast to full heart and take ginger later on.LOL!Cheers!

Nice to hear that in your family gathering , they serve abundant food for you to share with each other. I haven't done something like over eating. I would like to experience but i guess my stomach will complain easily so i don't think that i can be over fed. Although i do have a tendency to eat what i like to eat, but when my i get goosebumps, it means i better start. It is like my mechanism that triggers me to stop before i over ate. I don't know but my metabolism is fast and i tend to eat again after some time, but not to the extent that i over ate because there is always a break fluid inside me that hinders me to eat more. Happy Mylotting!