Good points here, let me take you back to when most people were slim and trim. One saying I remember was "we eat to live we don't live to eat". As a youngster sitting at the dinner table my Mother used to say to me "chew your food well", try it and you would be surprised at how much you leave on a normal size plate from what you usually eat. Only drawback is when you go out to eat with family or frends and that is the others are on their dessert whilst you are still on your main course. One thing to try and that is if you have to drive to the eatery you drive there so they have to wait until you've finished your meal.
