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Since an incident in Spain where I dove right in there and ate my first slice of pizza with my hands and then turned around to find everybody (and I mean everybody!) in the place eating with their knives and forks I tend to have a furtive look around first. And yes I know that is caving to peer pressure but hey...im shallow;)
I always eat with my hands if possible when alone though.....yes, I may have been born in a field! But then again I get all squeamish when I have to eat prawns from the shell (or whatever the correct term is...eww antennae!) or seafood in general unless its presented to me in a non-threatening way so....each to their own!

@beth1: Yes I certainly will do that but, like a man searching for car keys, I thought I would just ask you first to point me in the right direction;)
@LoCo, plenty to work with there. And worry not, I am so pathetically law abiding that the thought of smuggling anything into or out of anywhere even if were just a pack of bacon brings me out in a cold sweat.
Must keep TSA in mind in case I decide to buy kitchen knives to bring back with me.
@dbcurrie: I did think of spoiling but then I know i have heard from a relative that good packaging and wrapping keeps the temperature pretty consistent......now this would have been overland but quite significant distances.

Damn! If i had an actual Chef I wouldn't need so much ketchup:)

Oh they are so cute! Makes me want to like heinz ketchup.....but no, not happening. Im a Chef girl. Can you get Chef in the USA? I mean outside of Irish/English speciality stores.

Don't take any notice of that guy who attributed it all to genetics. Saw a great show on british tv recently where they took failed dieters who blamed their weight on everything from slow metabolisms to food allergies and genetics and everything in between. They were all brought along to have an in depth analysis of all the physical factors that may have contributed to their weight.....none had any reason for being obese except eating too much and not exercising enough. Funnily while all were a little disappointed at this it was also a big motivation to them so that they actually got motivated to do something.
Anyway, horrible negative bit over. I love what you are doing. At only 29 I have already spent 2 decades trying to balance what I love (food!) with what is good for me....which can sometimes be boring.
One thing that I have noticed is that if you really want something you should just have it and then stop. I have found that if I crave something and don't allow myself to have it because its "bad" then I end up eating twice the amount of calories of something that is "good" to make up for it. So keep the jam/jelly/whatever!