Sep 17, 2008 12:52
i injested just under 1200 calories yesterday. it wasn't easy not to
scarf down more than that and call it justified. i can fit more in now,
even when i don't want to. ok: i'll just face it: i eat too much. lots of people
eat too much. we're conditioned to take the 24 oz coffee to wake up in the morning, we are not put off by large portions of food at a 'good' deli.
according to a friend who just came home from madrid, the coffee bar in the neighborhood where she stayed serves 6 oz cups of joe, to the tune of 1.25 american dollars, pizza is 24.00 for a medium pie, and she just couldn't afford to eat the same amount of food over there that she is naturally used to.
there has to be a psychology study as to why the majority of the population thinks it needs to over do food intake. i know it's not just here in the USA> the UK has big problems (pardon the pun) in that area too.
wondering if it has something to do with medications and the mental health issues, at all relating to food issues...
i bought out the grape tomatoes at the farmstand today. I can't tell if i'm full or not, but do know that it's time for me to stop eating them .
at the moment, it makes sense to stop, yet, i don't want to, nor do i feel as if i'd be damaging myself if i don't stop. the amount that i've eaten so far scares me- a lot.
no, i do not love food more than i love myself. i like what i see in the mirror, how i feel with my increased mobility, how great it is to feel more than normal. it does appear that food will never be the thing i forget to eat, and i have to learn more about leaving enough alone.
this is a lesson in restraint. at the moment, holding back hasn't been my strong suit.
psychology of an eating society,
over eating practices