Me and Food
Jan. 12th, 2012 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indiana_jDuring my lunch with N at work yesterday, I expounded upon something that I probably already knew about how I interact with food but had never been able to really figure it out before. If that makes sense ...
Anyway. When I grocery shop, I tend to not buy a lot of junk food or snacks except for things I can take to work for lunches, though I do buy the odd thing. This helps. When I have my own place / no shared food. But as it is, there's a wonderfully stocked pantry / fridge / freezer where I live and lots of things to eat.
I've known for a long time that I can stop myself from buying it at the store but if it's there and in the house (or in the staff kitchen at work), I have a much harder time of resisting. And the holidays were pretty bad, as they always are, because there was pie and cookies and cake and good lord, just roll me away from the house. And pre-holiday wasn't any better because all of our vendors kept sending us goodies at work!
So, that I've always known but I hit upon something yesterday and it makes a lot of sense. I don't really have a good sense of knowing when I honestly, truly want that cookie or if just want it because it's there, you know? Because I don't have any problems with me having a piece of cake or a cookie or ice cream if I really want it but if I'm eating it just because it's there? That's something I have an issue with.
Something to work on but at least I have a better understanding of why I sometimes feel really bad about eating something and other times, I don't.
Anyway. When I grocery shop, I tend to not buy a lot of junk food or snacks except for things I can take to work for lunches, though I do buy the odd thing. This helps. When I have my own place / no shared food. But as it is, there's a wonderfully stocked pantry / fridge / freezer where I live and lots of things to eat.
I've known for a long time that I can stop myself from buying it at the store but if it's there and in the house (or in the staff kitchen at work), I have a much harder time of resisting. And the holidays were pretty bad, as they always are, because there was pie and cookies and cake and good lord, just roll me away from the house. And pre-holiday wasn't any better because all of our vendors kept sending us goodies at work!
So, that I've always known but I hit upon something yesterday and it makes a lot of sense. I don't really have a good sense of knowing when I honestly, truly want that cookie or if just want it because it's there, you know? Because I don't have any problems with me having a piece of cake or a cookie or ice cream if I really want it but if I'm eating it just because it's there? That's something I have an issue with.
Something to work on but at least I have a better understanding of why I sometimes feel really bad about eating something and other times, I don't.