Question for those who stay relatively lean

[Blondell]

Have you ever been overweight? If so, how long did it take you to get to a place that you were comfortable with?

[Noel Clark]

I guess I would say that I stay relatively lean...I haven't been overweight unless you count pregnancy. Then I just dropped the weight after the babies were born...BUT it took until I stopped nursing to get there.

[Blondell]

I just came back to say that pregnancy doesn't count. :lol3:

[Blondell]

My mind tells me that I can get and stay lean, but my body doesn't listen. :lol:

[smuggie]

You've seen my fatty pics. :D

[Blondell]

You've seen my fatty pics. :D

Do you find it challenging to stay lean. Or, have you come to a place where maintaining comes somewhat easily?

[Noel Clark]

I just came back to say that pregnancy doesn't count. :lol3:
:ban: It wasn't easy to drop that weight loser!

My mind tells me that I can get and stay lean, but my body doesn't listen. :lol:

do this :zipit: :funny: :jk: :lub:

[Blondell]

:ban: It wasn't easy to drop that weight loser!I don't want to sound like it's easy to drop post-preggers weight. I think that it's different when you've pretty much been overweight all your life like I have...for the most part, that is.



do this :zipit: :funny: :jk: :lub:

I'm learning to. Then I see myself. :faint:


I CAN. It's just such a friggin' struggle at times.

[Noel Clark]

I'm learning to. Then I see myself.


I CAN. It's just such a friggin' struggle at times.

I was teasing doll....Like ppl always say, if it was easy...everyone would be ript! You will...you will.

[Blondell]

:lub:

[Ana]

I think it's increasingly difficult to get far past your set point. My body seems to fight to get back to it's "comfortable" zone. When I gained my weight back it came back all at once. I didn't gain 2 lbs then 4 etc. I got back from a one week vacation and ws up 12lbs and stayed there.

I realize now that I have to fight harder to stay lean and by that I mean being far more disciplined and much less complacent. I can't get too comfortable I have to keep working at it and strive for constant improvements. Comfort for me means just getting fat again.

[Blondell]

I think it's increasingly difficult to get far past your set point. My body seems to fight to get back to it's "comfortable" zone. When I gained my weight back it came back all at once. I didn't gain 2 lbs then 4 etc. I got back from a one week vacation and ws up 12lbs and stayed there.

I realize now that I have to fight harder to stay lean and by that I mean being far more disciplined and much less complacent. I can't get too comfortable I have to keep working at it and strive for constant improvements. Comfort for me means just getting fat again.

I can SO relate to ya! I'm the same way. :dope:

I have no idea how it just packs on so fast, and then stays. :blink:

[Noel Clark]

I can SO relate to ya! I'm the same way. :dope:

I have no idea how it just packs on so fast, and then stays. :blink:

Cuz FAT is the Debil! :funny:

[Blondell]

Cuz FAT is the Debil! :funny:

I'm learning this. And, now, I can understand why you guys shy away from putting on too much. I think my body has changed. I may be getting a teeny bit older....maybe. :lol:

[Ana]

I'm learning this. And, now, I can understand why you guys shy away from putting on too much. I think my body has changed. I may be getting a teeny bit older....maybe. :lol:

So yeah anyway granny B it does get harder you know with that metabolic slow down and such :lol3:

[Blondell]

So yeah anyway granny B it does get harder you know with that metabolic slow down and such :lol3:

granny B :funny:


:lub:

[smuggie]

Do you find it challenging to stay lean. Or, have you come to a place where maintaining comes somewhat easily?

I find it easy at this point. :D

[smuggie]

I'm learning this. And, now, I can understand why you guys shy away from putting on too much. I think my body has changed. I may be getting a teeny bit older....maybe. :lol:

Bullshit to that age excuse. :hamster:

[Erik]

I think it's increasingly difficult to get far past your set point. My body seems to fight to get back to it's "comfortable" zone. When I gained my weight back it came back all at once. I didn't gain 2 lbs then 4 etc. I got back from a one week vacation and ws up 12lbs and stayed there.

But regardless of the fact, you didn't gain 12lbs of fat in one week. That's an EXCESS of 42000 calories stored. Not gonna happen in a week.

[Erik]

1. It is much easier to maintain leanness than it is to achieve it in the first place in my opinion.

2. Moderation is a concept to always remember.

[SusanF]

I think it's increasingly difficult to get far past your set point. My body seems to fight to get back to it's "comfortable" zone. When I gained my weight back it came back all at once. I didn't gain 2 lbs then 4 etc. I got back from a one week vacation and ws up 12lbs and stayed there.

I realize now that I have to fight harder to stay lean and by that I mean being far more disciplined and much less complacent. I can't get too comfortable I have to keep working at it and strive for constant improvements. Comfort for me means just getting fat again.

OMG I think we're twins separated at birth (other than the slight height difference :lol: ) I was just saying this to Erik in my last biweekly. I came home from Maui 9 pounds heavier, so I was back to where my body seems to want to sit. so now, the bulking weight has come on very slowly (1/2 pound per week) since, but man those first pounds just RACED back onto my butt. And I know that I didn't eat an extra 31,500 calories on vacation.


I can SO relate to ya! I'm the same way. :dope:

I have no idea how it just packs on so fast, and then stays. :blink:

Glad to know I'm not the only one that this happens to. :buddies:

[Blondell]

Bullshit to that age excuse. :hamster:

:ban:

We don't all have a maintenance of 17xbw. :piss:

[Blondell]

1. It is much easier to maintain leanness than it is to achieve it in the first place in my opinion.

2. Moderation is a concept to always remember.

This doesn't answer my question. :scratch:

[smuggie]

:ban:

We don't all have a maintenance of 17xbw. :piss:

You can :piss: on me all you want. It won't change a thing. :attitude:

And it's 17.5. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/montagnu/smiles%20and%20laughter%20smilies/woot.gif
























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[Blondell]

You can :piss: on me all you want. It won't change a thing. :attitude:

And it's 17.5. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/montagnu/smiles%20and%20laughter%20smilies/woot.gif
























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:bitch:

[LynnP]

1. It is much easier to maintain leanness than it is to achieve it in the first place in my opinion.

2. Moderation is a concept to always remember.

I was just thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if it will always be the same struggle or once I get lean it will be easier to maintain. :huh:

I hope your opinion about it being easier to maintain hold true for me :)

[Blondell]

It seems that (for the most part) those who've responded, that stay lean, have been that way all their lives pretty much.

[Ana]

I was just thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if it will always be the same struggle or once I get lean it will be easier to maintain. :huh:

I hope your opinion about it being easier to maintain hold true for me :)

Maintenance is tricky for ppl with eating issues IMO. One can get trapped into a false sense of security, thinking that one can eat a little more of this or that, before you know it WHAM! all this weight has crept up on you. Maintenance for me anyway has to be much like dieting, I have to stick to a plan of clean eating, albeit more of it and one cheat a week if that.

[smuggie]

:bitch:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/montagnu/smiles%20and%20laughter%20smilies/spytongue2.gif

[Erik]

I was just thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if it will always be the same struggle or once I get lean it will be easier to maintain. :huh:

I hope your opinion about it being easier to maintain hold true for me :)

It will be.

[smuggie]

I was just thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if it will always be the same struggle or once I get lean it will be easier to maintain. :huh:

I hope your opinion about it being easier to maintain hold true for me :)


Maintenance is tricky for ppl with eating issues IMO. One can get trapped into a false sense of security, thinking that one can eat a little more of this or that, before you know it WHAM! all this weight has crept up on you. Maintenance for me anyway has to be much like dieting, I have to stick to a plan of clean eating, albeit more of it and one cheat a week if that.

Maintaining leanness isn't difficult at all. You just have to keep on tracking your food intake, even during those times when you're bulking.

[smuggie]

It seems that (for the most part) those who've responded, that stay lean, have been that way all their lives pretty much.

I haven't been.

[Ana]

Maintaining leanness isn't difficult at all. You just have to keep on tracking your food intake, even during those times when you're bulking.

I understand what you are saying, but for many it is. Especially those with eating issues. I see many ppl lose weight and then gain it back, (me included) all the time.

[smuggie]

I understand what you are saying, but for many it is. Especially those with eating issues. I see many ppl lose weight and then gain it back, (me included) all the time.

Were you tracking your intake when you gained back those 12 lbs?

[Blondell]

I haven't been.

Did you read the qualifier in my post? :p


Have you ever had food issues, Mo? I mean, other than simply overeating--in the past?

[Ana]

Were you tracking your intake when you gained back those 12 lbs?

No I wasn't, I'm not talking about maintenance being hard from a caloric stand point, I am basing it on psychological issues and the love of food, purely kwim?
That's why I was talking about a false sense of security. I knew what I ws doing but at the time I couldn't stop. I just wanted to eat junk all the time. I know a few ppl around me that this has happened to. That's why I said for ME it has to be just as strict as dieting or I'll just yo yo all the time

[smuggie]

Did you read the qualifier in my post? :p
Yes. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/montagnu/smiles%20and%20laughter%20smilies/penguintongue2.gif

Have you ever had food issues, Mo? I mean, other than simply overeating--in the past?

I did very briefly in my early 20s. Fortunately, I realized what was happening very quickly and put a stop to it pronto.

[smuggie]

No I wasn't, I'm not talking about maintenance being hard from a caloric stand point, I am basing it on psychological issues and the love of food, purely kwim?
That's why I was talking about a false sense of security. I knew what I ws doing but at the time I couldn't stop. I just wanted to eat junk all the time. I know a few ppl around me that this has happened to. That's why I said for ME it has to be just as strict as dieting or I'll just yo yo all the time
I hear what you're saying, but you were also going through a very rough period when it happened.

Maybe you wouldn't have fallen off the wagon if it hadn't been for that.

[Blondell]

I did very briefly in my early 20s. Fortunately, I realized what was happening very quickly and put a stop to it pronto.

Herein lies the difference. So many of us do not realize that we have an issue until it is so ingrained in us that it has b/c a part of us. Think about it this way....if there is some part of a person's personality that they want to change, they have to work hard at it, sometimes for many years, to overcome that trait that they have. I've found this to be true w/ my food issues.

[Mols]

Maintaining leanness isn't difficult at all. You just have to keep on tracking your food intake, even during those times when you're bulking.

so THATS what I gotta work on...dayyumm

[wannabelean]

I have noticed that eating clean and on schedule does make a huge difference. It has to be a lifestyle.

[smuggie]

Herein lies the difference. So many of us do not realize that we have an issue until it is so ingrained in us that it has b/c a part of us. Think about it this way....if there is some part of a person's personality that they want to change, they have to work hard at it, sometimes for many years, to overcome that trait that they have. I've found this to be true w/ my food issues.

I've found it to be true with my thinking habits, but that's another story. :wink:

[Blondell]

I've found it to be true with my thinking habits, but that's another story. :wink:


I was hoping that I explained it in a way that you'd understand and could relate to. :flirty:

[Ana]

I hear what you're saying, but you were also going through a very rough period when it happened.

Maybe you wouldn't have fallen off the wagon if it hadn't been for that.

True, but on the other hand I can't turn to food every time life throws me a curve. I came to Canada as a teenager and I didn't know anyone so food became my friend on the weekends. I rented movies and ate junk and that made me happy. Food still fills some sort of need for me, I don't know why. I'm also not the only one, and in this sense maintenance is not that easy. It's a daily battle for me not to snack and eat crap in the evenings with my family. I just take one day at a time.
I get that not everyone understands this, I don't get why some ppl feel the need to drink themselves into a bolivian, and get sick and do it all over again, but some do. That's mainly because I don't have any issues with alcohol. So unless you experience it's hard to understand it I guess

[Blondell]

food became my friend
This was the case w/ me too Ana. I was the youngest in my family and everyone was so occupied w/ everything else that food b/c my friend and 'comforter'.

[LynnP]

Maintenance is tricky for ppl with eating issues IMO. One can get trapped into a false sense of security, thinking that one can eat a little more of this or that, before you know it WHAM! all this weight has crept up on you. Maintenance for me anyway has to be much like dieting, I have to stick to a plan of clean eating, albeit more of it and one cheat a week if that.

I think that as long as I am eating enough and the right foods I'll be ok, I hope. My problem comes from not eating enough then binging. But so far, and it's only going to be the start of week 3 I have not cheated and I've been satisfied so that I don't feel the need to binge. AND with knowing what I am supposed to eat, I won't just grab anything, I tell myself that I know what I am eating next so there is not need to panic and grab at crap food. But like I said it's only week 3

[Blondell]

I like the direction that this thread had taken. :)

[Erik]

I have noticed that eating clean and on schedule does make a huge difference. It has to be a lifestyle.

Indeed.

Emphasis on lifestyle.

If a person 're-adopts' the strategies that got them fat in the first place, logic would say that said person will get fat again.

[Ana]

This was the case w/ me too Ana. I was the youngest in my family and everyone was so occupied w/ everything else that food b/c my friend and 'comforter'.

Yeah I ws also abused and not having my dad here to protect me forced me to hide out in my room a lot, so tv and food comforted me. I don't like to post really private information about myself sometimes because I don't want it to seem like i'm having a pitty party. I'm just trying to explain why it's soooooooo hard for me to stick to a clean eating plan. I am proud of the person I am today and I have become so through my struggles. I'm very strong in many ways but food is definitely one of my biggest weaknesses.

[wannabelean]

I so understand food for comfort, for relieve, to celebrate, to mourn and because I am bored.. Food is a catch all. It is not just for fuel. I feel like I better eat it because it might not be there later or maybe I will be depriving myself later so I better eat it now why I can. I have never been a binge eater but I have struggled with aneroxia and bulimia add that to my body dysmorphic and I have been real messed up with food and body image. I feel more in control now that I have a goal and I am able to maintain some perspective.

[Erik]

I feel like I better eat it because it might not be there later

Do you really feel that?

[Blondell]

Do you really feel that?

I've felt this way more times than I can count.

[smuggie]

I was hoping that I explained it in a way that you'd understand and could relate to. :flirty:

You did. :flirty:

[wannabelean]

Do you really feel that?

Yes, When I am having a cheat meal! or anytime I am eating off plan. I know that it is not rational so I will talk myself out of it but I will get really full too.

[Erik]

I've felt this way more times than I can count.

That said food will never be there again? I can understand a lot of the eating issues that people face, one due to research and two due to working with it over the years, but THIS thought to me makes no sense.

I see this as a completely illogical feeling that if one were to stop and just REMIND themselves that the thought of a food never being available again, makes little sense.

What about buying it tomorrow?

[Blondell]

What about buying it tomorrow?

Honestly, that's not always a possibility. Sometimes it's being offered by someone else at a time when I don't have 2 dimes to rub together. Other times, like Fri night (for me), it's something that you cannot have all the time.

[smuggie]

True, but on the other hand I can't turn to food every time life throws me a curve. I came to Canada as a teenager and I didn't know anyone so food became my friend on the weekends. I rented movies and ate junk and that made me happy. Food still fills some sort of need for me, I don't know why. I'm also not the only one, and in this sense maintenance is not that easy. It's a daily battle for me not to snack and eat crap in the evenings with my family. I just take one day at a time.
I get that not everyone understands this, I don't get why some ppl feel the need to drink themselves into a bolivian, and get sick and do it all over again, but some do. That's mainly because I don't have any issues with alcohol. So unless you experience it's hard to understand it I guess

This is very true. If I had turned to food to comfort me over the past three years, I'd weigh 300 lbs. by now.

[smuggie]

I like the direction that this thread had taken. :)

So do I.

[wannabelean]

How about buying it tomorrow?
That is how you know it is not a rational thought. You know it is not true but you want to eat like it is. Is it a mind over matter problem YES. There is something that snaps in the brain and then this becomes the prevailing thought.

[Ana]

This is very true. If I had turned to food to comfort me over the past three years, I'd weigh 300 lbs. by now.

This is really something I've decided to work on this yr. I didn't even know I had eating issues till this past yr. You know how much I want to compete but first and foremost getting my eating under control will be my biggest feat.

[smuggie]

This is really something I've decided to work on this yr. I didn't even know I had eating issues till this past yr. You know how much I want to compete but first and foremost getting my eating under control will be my biggest feat.

I think you need to do that before you compete or else you're going to rebound like crazy.

[Blondell]

I think you need to do that before you compete or else you're going to rebound like crazy.

I'm living proof of that. :sad:

[smuggie]

I'm living proof of that. :sad:

:console:

[smuggie]

I should be working right now, but this thread has sucked me in--in a good way.

Great discussion.

[sunseeker]

I was overweight for most of my adult life. It took me many many years to finally lose the weight and in total I’ve lost 95 pounds. Today I can say that it’s been a little over 2 years that I’ve been lean. What changed for me was how I started thinking about food. Most people eat based on their mood or feelings of hunger. We don’t really tend to eat what our bodies need. We cave and eat junk because it’s there. We eat for convenience. We eat for pleasure. We eat for boredom. If we start thinking about food for what it really was meant to be…fuel for our bodies, it is then that we have that pivotal change in thinking. Sure there are instances where I’ve failed and ate out for comfort, but I immediately recourse and ask myself what the heck I’m doing. I really believe it’s behavioural for me and for many others.

[smuggie]

I was overweight for most of my adult life. It took me many many years to finally lose the weight and in total I’ve lost 95 pounds. Today I can say that it’s been a little over 2 years that I’ve been lean. What changed for me was how I started thinking about food. Most people eat based on their mood or feelings of hunger. We don’t really tend to eat what our bodies need. We cave and eat junk because it’s there. We eat for convenience. We eat for pleasure. We eat for boredom. If we start thinking about food for what it really was meant to be…fuel for our bodies, it is then that we have that pivotal change in thinking. Sure there are instances where I’ve failed and ate out for comfort, but I immediately recourse and ask myself what the heck I’m doing. I really believe it’s behavioural for me and for many others.
This is the crux of it. Until you make that switch in thinking food will mean more than it should.

[Ana]

I think you need to do that before you compete or else you're going to rebound like crazy.

I agree.

[Erik]

Honestly, that's not always a possibility. Sometimes it's being offered by someone else at a time when I don't have 2 dimes to rub together. Other times, like Fri night (for me), it's something that you cannot have all the time.

I never said 'all the time'. Ever again is different from all the time.

And this sounds like a rationalization.

[Ana]

I was overweight for most of my adult life. It took me many many years to finally lose the weight and in total I’ve lost 95 pounds. Today I can say that it’s been a little over 2 years that I’ve been lean. What changed for me was how I started thinking about food. Most people eat based on their mood or feelings of hunger. We don’t really tend to eat what our bodies need. We cave and eat junk because it’s there. We eat for convenience. We eat for pleasure. We eat for boredom. If we start thinking about food for what it really was meant to be…fuel for our bodies, it is then that we have that pivotal change in thinking. Sure there are instances where I’ve failed and ate out for comfort, but I immediately recourse and ask myself what the heck I’m doing. I really believe it’s behavioural for me and for many others.

Now you're also talking about strength of character. For those who face it as an addiction or whatever you want to call it, and struggle on a daily basis also are battling that part of it. I can go months and feel strong and not touch a thing, and other times I feel weak and give into my temptations. At those times I become completely irrational

[smuggie]

Now you're also talking about strength of character. For those who face it as an addiction or whatever you want to call it, and struggle on a daily basis also are battling that part of it. I can go months and feel strong and not touch a thing, and other times I feel weak and give into my temptations. At those times I become completely irrational

This is part of all-or-nothing syndrome, which presents a major obstacle to getting your eating under control, along with viewing food as more than fuel.

[Ana]

This is part of all-or-nothing syndrome, which presents a major obstacle to getting your eating under control, along with viewing food as more than fuel.

This yr I have been able to do extremely controlled cheats, which i'm very happy with. I have cut them out temporarily because my body just isn't responding to the diet like I would like it too. It's just temporary though. I"ve also been around tons of snacking and even though I've felt really strong as I have before I have not felt that usual struggle that I have in my head. Normally I do all this internal rationalizing.

[smuggie]

That's all good. You're headed in the right direction. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/montagnu/general%20smilies/easterbunnycool.gif

[soontobefit]

I have never been very lean. I have been overweight though. I am the sort of person who always likes to be in a state of change. I think that as soon as I get as lean as I would like, I am sure I'll start bulking to add more muscle. Though, you never know. Since I have never been "super lean" i.e. where I can really see abs, its hard to really say how I will be.

[donnajo]

This is weird and maybe it may be a female thing. But this weekend I cheated and ate and drank like hell. Friday and saturday I was bloated as hell. But today , Sunday , I woke up lean and fit in my jeans fine.Now I don't have planned cheat days. I stay on plan and cheat only for special occasions. Was this like a refeed reaction but my question is that I had fats in my diet. It was not just carbs. But I woke up lighter today after being visually and physically bloated for two days. My clothes were tight but today they fit perfect. What happened?

[RpH]

That said food will never be there again? I can understand a lot of the eating issues that people face, one due to research and two due to working with it over the years, but THIS thought to me makes no sense.

I see this as a completely illogical feeling that if one were to stop and just REMIND themselves that the thought of a food never being available again, makes little sense.

What about buying it tomorrow?

I can only speak from personal experience, but growing up with an older brother and sister, there were more times than not that I went to bed hungry. We would eat a good supper, but I never ate until I was full. As a growing athletic boy, I needed more food. To this day, I don't want to waste food. Not because I don't think I'll have food tomorrow, but maybe because I didn't have enough food in the past. Second helpings were not an option in my house.

Hard to put logic in a learned response.

[wannabelean]

I can only speak from personal experience, but growing up with an older brother and sister, there were more times than not that I went to bed hungry. We would eat a good supper, but I never ate until I was full. As a growing athletic boy, I needed more food. To this day, I don't want to waste food. Not because I don't think I'll have food tomorrow, but maybe because I didn't have enough food in the past. Second helpings were not an option in my house.

Hard to put logic in a learned response.

My husband feels this way too. He was the oldest of 5 and there were many times there was not enough and there where no 2nd helpings. When I was young, we went through a period where we did not have much money or food and I would hide food so I could have it. I do believe many of these behaviors are learned from out environments. Not that that makes it right or a good excuse. It is what it is!

[Blondell]

I can only speak from personal experience, but growing up with an older brother and sister, there were more times than not that I went to bed hungry. We would eat a good supper, but I never ate until I was full. As a growing athletic boy, I needed more food. To this day, I don't want to waste food. Not because I don't think I'll have food tomorrow, but maybe because I didn't have enough food in the past. Second helpings were not an option in my house.

Hard to put logic in a learned response.

This is so hard to break away from for me. David wastes so much food and I hate to see him do so. My plate always gets cleaned for this very reason.

[Ana]

I have seen extreme poverty growing up, even though I've been blessed to never experience it myself. I don't waste food but my husband wastes tons. It drives me batty. I prep my food and the stuff I don't get that often like rice I still eat if it's starting to go off. Unless it's green, walking on its own or smells so bad I can't stand it, I eat it.

I'm pretty creative at making leftover dishes for the familiy, but I can honestly say this has nothing to do with why I over eat. The more I study and think about this for me it's social. This weekend I saved three of my meals for as late in the day as I could. While my dh ws snacking while watching movies I too ws eating my on plan meals. There ws no reason for me to want to snack, but it's just not the same. I can't even explain it and it really makes no sense to me. It's just food. I know if I didn't have a goal i'd make poor choices, I always go for junk.

[Meechel]

seems to me Ana you are taking good steps to help prevent binging which I admire that for sure.

I can't comment on the rest of the thread because I am not lean yet and I haven't had an eating disorder (I have been poor before and not sure if there was enough food but we usually had neighbor friends come help us ...after my dad died the money was just not there)

[Ana]

seems to me Ana you are taking good steps to help prevent binging which I admire that for sure.

I can't comment on the rest of the thread because I am not lean yet and I haven't had an eating disorder (I have been poor before and not sure if there was enough food but we usually had neighbor friends come help us ...after my dad died the money was just not there)

I didn't have an eating disorder either till I started dieting. I just made poor food choices. Dieting for an extended period triggered it I guess. I made poor food choices in the past because I like "feel good" foods, once dieting when I only got those foods once in a while I went hog wild because I knew it would be a while before I got them again. I obviously have compulsive tendencies, but then again I clean my house with a tooth brush :funny:

[smuggie]

This is so hard to break away from for me. David wastes so much food and I hate to see him do so. My plate always gets cleaned for this very reason.

Why does he waste food?

[smuggie]

I didn't have an eating disorder either till I started dieting. I just made poor food choices. Dieting for an extended period triggered it I guess. I made poor food choices in the past because I like "feel good" foods, once dieting when I only got those foods once in a while I went hog wild because I knew it would be a while before I got them again. I obviously have compulsive tendencies, but then again I clean my house with a tooth brush :funny:
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[Blondell]

Why does he waste food?

:shrug:

He puts more on his plate than he can eat. Then it's wasted. This doesn't happen all the time, but it bothers me that it happens at all.

[smuggie]

That would bother me too. I hate wasting food and it's rare I have to throw it out.