Does anyone else feel wasteful sometimes?

I hate waste too so I do a lot of meal planning...  before I cook I think of what I might have leftover and how I can turn that into the next day's meals... get the most bang for my buck. 

I do it at restaurants too... ask for a box right away so it's useable by everyone and can be turned into other things. Example... a 1/2 of steak & veggies became a great brunch the next day http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2016/03/lotsa -love-for-leftovers-9-fajita.html  

Buffets are hard... nice to have the variety but yeah hard to justify the $$ for what I eat and without a doubt I will take one too many bites because it's there and feel crummy. So I avoid unless it's a big family thing and then aim for the protein.

you are still ".  Wasting" food that your body stores or you poop mostof it out.

Yes!!! So, so, SO wasteful! And I have issues with throwing out food but I am working on it. Woosaaaah!

It is a learning process. I still "clean my plate" but have learned not to put too much food on the plate to begin with. The further out I have gotten, I have learned how much I can eat of certain things. I rarely throw out anything. I do go to buffets with my bf because he loves them. I know it is a waste of money for me, but he pays so I go. I eat what I can and never overeat. When we go out to a restaurant, I generally eat half and take the rest home to eat the next day.

I love the variety from a buffet and will go for various breakfast buffets for this reason, especially at hotels. I will usually take some fruit home so it's not a complete waste but as others have pointed out, I don't sweat what I'm not ready to eat. Gaining weight & poor health is not saving any of us money. 

Did you guys not have the options of a bariatric surgery card?  My surgeon actually gives all of his clients a card that is signed (and looks official lol) that explains I have had weight loss surgery and therefore can only eat in limited amounts.  It's a "kid's meal" card so to speak, that requests special consideration for the diet and will allow you to order off the child's menu in any restaurant.  I used it a lot when I was coming up.  Now I can easily eat in excess of 10,000 calories per day so I haven't needed it in years!  But I would suggest looking into it as it did initially save me a ton of money when eating out!

I was thinking about those, too, and wondered how many buffets will honor them.  

IMHO, all-you-can-eat buffets = NOT for WLSers ..     The restaurant usually ends up the "winner" with us, $-wise ...  

Restaurants are under no obligation to honor these cards, even after you've disclosed your personal medical information to a pimply-faced teenager.  You can achieve the same thing just asking for half-portions, explaining that you enjoy good food but have a tiny appetite.  

I don't go to buffets unless a friend really wants to go, and then I order off the menu instead of going for the buffet.  I only eat about a cup to a cup & a half of food, and no way am I going to pay $10-12 (or more) to eat a cup of food.   At least if you order off the menu, you can take your leftovers home and make 2-3 meals out of it.

I know this is gross but I look at the leftovers in the refrigerator and think I can put them directly into the garbage, or I can run them through my system and put them into the sewer system tomorrow plus wear the extra calories on my waist.  It makes throwing food away easy for me.