What I remember from my youth is that if you wanted desert you had to eat everything on your plate, little children in far reaching places were starving and here I was wasting food.

Though I wasn't overweight as a child I did become so shortly after marriage. My husband was a size 32 waist when I married him almost 33 years ago and he still is, neither of my children have a weight problem, but that probably has alot do do with me being so overweight. They both watch themselves and if they put on 5 lbs or so, make a concentrated effort to lose that right away, something I strongly suggested to them, "Do me and yourselves a favour, don't ever let yourself get to the point I have."

They seem to both have taken that lesson to heart or perhaps they take after their dad more, either way, my weight problems has made them both aware of how it can get out of control.