Jim KatsoulisJim AI — Your Personal Guide to Living at Your Goal Weight

the "clean your plate" solution

11 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube clip by Jim Katsoulis addressing the ingrained habit of "cleaning your plate" learned in childhood and offering a simple behavioral workaround: instead of finishing food you don't want, put leftovers into a container or doggy bag to eat later.

The clean your plate solution. If you're like me or a lot of my clients, you were raised to clean your plate every time you ate. And now as an adult, when you want to lose weight, it can be hard to leave food on the plate because it's almost like you hear your parents voice in your head saying clean your plate. But you don't have to clear it into your mouth. What you can do is you can put into a doggy bag or put into a container and eat it later.