I think I also joked about being glad I had a full reservoir of insulin in my pump, because I’d probably need it all to bolus for this monster pancake. But of course, in reality I’d never eat that whole pancake. I wouldn’t even eat half. And we always end up doing a lot of walking at the casino and I’m always fighting lows, so it was the perfect time to indulge in some (but not all) of that pancake.
Which gets me thinking. As a person with diabetes, I know I shouldn’t eat a pancake twice the size of my head. It just wouldn’t be healthy. But you know what? NOBODY should eat a pancake that big. It isn’t healthy for anyone. And the more I think about it, the more I believe a restaurant shouldn’t even be serving pancakes that big. Now I’m not blaming restaurants for any obesity epidemics or anything like that. Nobody forces food down our throats and just because it’s put in front of us doesn’t mean we have to eat it. But this pancake bothers me because when I look at it I see a huge waste of food. The morning that pancake was served to us, similar ones were served to a table of teenage boys next to us. Even they could not eat the whole thing. That says something to me.
As a person with diabetes, I know what is healthy for me to eat and what isn’t so good. Sometimes I make good food choices and sometimes I don’t. I believe those rules should also apply to people without diabetes. Know what is healthy and what isn’t, try to make the right choices, but don’t beat yourself up for indulgences here and there. But restaurants? Please don’t serve portions sizes that are so unbelievably huge . . . . because that’s just a waste of food and I find that shameful.
Diabetes or not, it really is much too much.
I once ate at a place in New Jersey that makes oversized sandwiches. I didn't look at the details on the menu before I ordered a BLT. When it came to my table, I realized they had made it with ONE POUND of bacon! I had leftovers for two weeks.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with your point. I'm big on taking the extra home, but if I'm traveling? It's a colossal waste. Thanks for bringing this up.
I eat what ever I want when I go out to eat since I don't go out that often. I figure after 35 years of T1d with normal weight and no complications eveeryone needs to eat as a normal human once in a while.
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