Do you eat for hunger or for comfort?
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:10 am
Do you eat because you are hungry? Or do you eat because you need comfort (depressed, angry, sad, bored, tired etc).
Yes or No.
Yes or No.
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Yeah, I eat because I'm hungry and I eat when I feel sad. Thank God I'm not usually sad.shazzam1452 wrote:Do you eat because you are hungry? Or do you eat because you need comfort (depressed, angry, sad, bored, tired etc).
Yes or No.
I have heard that people eat sweet stuff when they're depressing. I wonder if it's true or not. :?bahrain cat wrote:
i liken,t sweet cooking to less.
You must eat sometimes for pleasure. What about your favorite fruit; or a piece of chocolate or an icecream?shokin wrote:For hunger, rarely for pleasure.
Shokin
I did not say "never".shazzam1452 wrote:You must eat sometimes for pleasure. What about your favorite fruit; or a piece of chocolate or an icecream?shokin wrote:For hunger, rarely for pleasure.
Shokin
Sorry Shokin you said rarely my mistake.shokin wrote:I did not say "never".shazzam1452 wrote:You must eat sometimes for pleasure. What about your favorite fruit; or a piece of chocolate or an icecream?shokin wrote:For hunger, rarely for pleasure.
Shokin
And eating healthy for hunger is not uncompatible with eating with pleasure (and not with eating ecologically).
Shokin
I think most people feel really happy when they eat something they like. If you didn't you would never eat at all. Nothing wrong with enjoying your food I reckon. You are right as long as you don't over do it you can pretty much eat what you want; when you want. :)illusion wrote:i'm going to eat right now hah i am so happy. eating makes me feel good LoL
I think alot of people eat junk when they are stressed; because it is easy to access. Imagine if apples and oranges were available from vending machines instead of mars bars and candy people.Jackie wrote:NO.
I luv to eat especially JUNK FOODS. People easily get thin when having exam. But i am different. I always eat a lot while i am stress and this really trouble me a lot. I easily to gain weight when i finish my exam.
Yes, they are just things you want not things you need. You can live well without all these things.shokin wrote:No matter !
can you live without gazeous drinks ?
can you live without fastfood ?
can you live without smoking ?
can you live without tv ?
...
can you live ?
Shokin
Necessary for surviving ? maybe for your surviving.illusion wrote:Other stuff on your list is necessary to survive!
Shokinshokin wrote: ...
We all need to survive I totally agree. The thing is to survive we we all just eat vegetables, fruit, water and maybe a little bit of meat (or something to substitute it). But lets face it we all need some sort of comfort food. Whether it be chips, cake, chocolate etc. something that we get a quick burst of happiness from.illusion wrote:yeah Shokin that's what I meant... for my OWN surviving...
It's just the opposite, people use eating to cover their feelings of sadness, loneliness... and similar feelings...Stella0708 wrote: i won't use eating to express my feelings ;)
I have just started a journal to try and determine what triggers appetite. Things like advertising, inactivity, smell etc. It is amazing how easily hunger can be triggered from watching television advertising (especially at night). When you write down the triggers you would be amazed. I'm going to keep this experiment going for another couple of weeks; but I have already had some really interesting insights into what triggers my eating binges. Mine seems to be boredom. If i'm busy I don't give it a second thought until my tummy yells at me. They are the sorts of triggers you should listen to. If i'm watching television and an add comes on with pizza I will feel hungry.pob wrote:It's just the opposite, people use eating to cover their feelings of sadness, loneliness... and similar feelings...Stella0708 wrote: i won't use eating to express my feelings ;)