Senior eating

We have eaten together for decades and we know how much to cook and serve.  Well, at least, we did.  Things change, don't they?  We still want to watch our weight and fat levels.

One thing that has risen is the number of meetings, parties, gatherings at which food is served.  I don't know about data on food served vs. no food served.  I am confident that many people I know feel they are creating a better atmosphere by serving some sort of food.  But that means that more often one or both of us arrive at a usual mealtime having recently eaten cake, or chips or something.

I think the more important factor is our aging bodies.  We burn food more slowly so where we used to eat two pieces of chicken each, now we simply are too full with that much.  We want less, we are comfortable with less, we need less.