Yesterday T1 made a comment that reverberated through me. A truth I hadn't understood until she put it into words.
People say that they eat out of boredom, but that isn't quite right. Not really. People eat because food entertains them. It isn't the merely act of sitting down with people and eating, it is the actual food that is the entertainment. If you think about it is an almost all encompassing sensory show. It is the visual, aromatic, touch and taste. I love looking at cook books, I love looking at pictures in cook books. Especially when I am on a diet I love looking at cook books. I love the smell of food. Walking down the street and smelling the local restaurants, it just makes your mouth water. Or walking by a bakery? They have scented candles that smell like different foods, people love the smell of food. And I love everything cold. I love ice cubes, ice cream, I like the sensation of the cold in my mouth. And of course taste. Who doesn't like the taste of your favorite food.
So if you are bored what better way to entertain yourself. TV doesn't even come close to the entertainment that food gives you. And then if you add the social aspect of food - it just doesn't get any better then that.
But as T1 said, do you really want to waste that entertainment on mediocrity or on something that is not appealing? That is another reason why dieting is so hard. You take the entertainment out of food and it just becomes fuel. So you wait until your done dieting so you can have your entertainment back. But hopeful in quiet of the diet you can find other things to entertain you that you can carry forward when you are done dieting. Exercise?
People say that they eat out of boredom, but that isn't quite right. Not really. People eat because food entertains them. It isn't the merely act of sitting down with people and eating, it is the actual food that is the entertainment. If you think about it is an almost all encompassing sensory show. It is the visual, aromatic, touch and taste. I love looking at cook books, I love looking at pictures in cook books. Especially when I am on a diet I love looking at cook books. I love the smell of food. Walking down the street and smelling the local restaurants, it just makes your mouth water. Or walking by a bakery? They have scented candles that smell like different foods, people love the smell of food. And I love everything cold. I love ice cubes, ice cream, I like the sensation of the cold in my mouth. And of course taste. Who doesn't like the taste of your favorite food.
So if you are bored what better way to entertain yourself. TV doesn't even come close to the entertainment that food gives you. And then if you add the social aspect of food - it just doesn't get any better then that.
But as T1 said, do you really want to waste that entertainment on mediocrity or on something that is not appealing? That is another reason why dieting is so hard. You take the entertainment out of food and it just becomes fuel. So you wait until your done dieting so you can have your entertainment back. But hopeful in quiet of the diet you can find other things to entertain you that you can carry forward when you are done dieting. Exercise?
Exercise sounds good!
ReplyDeleteMy office got an ungodly amount of ribs/pulled pork/chicken/fixings/etc - EXCELLENT Bar-B-Que, BUT way too much food & I suspect we'll end up tossing a bunch of it.
I'm stopping at Safeway on the way home & will get salad fixings & Perrier/Light Cranberry - then I'll collapse.
TSH is pretty darn tired with tax season & tonight is for paying bills since his brains are pretty darn fried.
T1's comment was insightful (no surprise there - T1 is one of the most thoughtful persons I know). See you & Taya & Tolar soon!
Hmmmmm. tres interessant.
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