Oh, I hear you!!! The problem with food addiction, of course, unlike other addictions, is that we can't simply STOP eating. Alcoholics can stop drinking, drug addicts can stop using drugs. But we have to learn to live with food every day.
I think the key to the fat and sugar thing is to realize that people in these companies WANT you to overeat. They want you to supersize your fries, reach for the pack of 4 Reese's bars instead of 2, and order the pasta plate that is overflowing. It's all in the name of profit. And it gets you addicted to sugar or fat -- not unlike the way tobacco companies knew people would get addicted to tobacco -- and after that, we eat compulsively.
I don't think it's a question of willpower, RacerWife7. I think it's a question of taking back our control. And we can only do that one step at a time.
What are you most "addicted" to? What do you find it hardest to resist?
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Oh, I hear you!!! The problem with food addiction, of course, unlike other addictions, is that we can't simply STOP eating. Alcoholics can stop drinking, drug addicts can stop using drugs. But we have to learn to live with food every day.
I think the key to the fat and sugar thing is to realize that people in these companies WANT you to overeat. They want you to supersize your fries, reach for the pack of 4 Reese's bars instead of 2, and order the pasta plate that is overflowing. It's all in the name of profit. And it gets you addicted to sugar or fat -- not unlike the way tobacco companies knew people would get addicted to tobacco -- and after that, we eat compulsively.
I don't think it's a question of willpower, RacerWife7. I think it's a question of taking back our control. And we can only do that one step at a time.
What are you most "addicted" to? What do you find it hardest to resist?
April 1, 2010 - 9:27amThis Comment
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