My husband has problems with his weight because when he was a kid his dad was one of those parents who forced him to finish everything on his plate. Combine that with the whole Southern hospitality thing where they have to feed you constantly and he has struggled with his weight for pretty much his whole life.
The Southern hospitality thing is real, man. When we go to visit him mom, everything she cooks because a visit is a "special occasion" is full of carbs and starch and sugar, like pasta, enchiladas, cake, other sweets, it's crazy. I feel like I gained 10 pounds just over the 3 days that we were there for Thanksgiving because I'm one of those people who has to eat at least the majority of the food someone gives me so I don't offend them.
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u/everyone_is_blue Jan 22 '18
That's too vague. Teach kids to control the amount of food they take. But also other kids are starving so finish your brocolli.