"You Eat What You Are". I know, I know, but I just think that's a better expression than the usual, "You Are What You Eat". Everybody knows that if you cram cakes, fried egg sandwiches and chocolate down your throat all day long, you're going to get a bit chubby. News, what news? Saying "You Are What You Eat" is just a great steaming pile of patronising twaddle telling us what we already know.Turn it around however, and you get something much more interesting. People cram cakes, fried egg sandwiches and chocolate down their throats all day long for a reason. They need something ... no, not nutrition ... comfort. Frustrated? Stuff ya face. Lonely? Stuff ya face. Hate your body? Stuff ya face.
Fat tastes gooood. Sugar tastes gooood. Slowly curling your tongue (tired from moaning) around vanilla ice cream oozing raspberry sauce feeeels gooood. Salty crisps distract you from the paperwork mountain. Brownies cushion the blow of a bitchy remark. A sneaky spoonful of chocolate spread from the jar is sweet mini revenge for the bitter tedium of grumpy kids kicking off at bedtime.
Forgive me for coming over all evangelical, but I'm trying to shed the extra pounds I don't need before my holiday, and it's taken me 6 months to get round to it. And for my beloved friends hooked on calorie comfort, I wish them the power to dig deep and find enough love for themselves to STOP!
You're not hungry by any chance, are you?!
ReplyDeleteYes I am. Toast with lashings of butter anyone?
ReplyDeleteDo you know, that is the truest thing anybody has said to me all week.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure if you were on a rant or just tummy rumbling...but I'm with you on the toast with butter, lol!
ReplyDeleteSandi
I and potty Mummy are in a joined diet fest, she's lost some already (humph!). I haven't, my glass of water tastes disgusting , would much rather a steaming cup of tea with sugar, but there you go!
ReplyDeleteIt's either that or rename my computer a belly top!
great post!
ReplyDeleteEating is a way of dealing with the unknown - the known is better than the unknown for eaters. Be adventurous and explore the unknown, you'd be surprised at what you will uncover.
Hmmm. I like to eat just about everything. What does that say I am? :)
ReplyDeleteDamn us and our famine-ready, fat hoarding, slowly evolving bodies.
Soooo hungry. What's for lunch? Oh, soup and a boiled egg. (sigh) You're not the only one trying to shed a few pounds. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy advice is to cut portions and drink lots of water .. avoid the wine and the pasta ... trust me ..
ReplyDelete:-Daryl
I too am trying to fight my way out of my baby fat suit (there is thin person in there and she WILL come out!)
ReplyDeleteI am a comfort eater (children playing up? Chocolate finger will solve that. Tough day at work? Reach for a Magnum). But I tell you what, I think I have turned a corner. I turned to hypnotherapy and by gum I think it's working . . .
You need a builder. When we had the builder last the bathroom scales got so dusty that I threw that out and two and a half years later I am still waiting for a full length mirror. My clothes still fit, I think.
ReplyDeleteJust popped by to say thank you very much, I'll take that as a compliment! blogthatmamax
ReplyDeleteI am discovering the joys of cigarette eating which is no good at all, and rather than loosing weight as you are, I am putting it on! When before I would have reached for a cigarette (especially when I am tired) I am now reaching for something nice like biscuits, or sweets - its awful. I am going to have to find another way of doing this!!
ReplyDeleteI have an award for ou at my place.
ReplyDeleteI love your 'handy' post...beautifully written! And as for this one....well, I'm hanging my head in shame as I munch through an extra large chocolate chip cookie. I think I'll go swap it for a carrot now.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes...I agree, it's all so true.
bella x
Now I am really, seriously hungry! Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with ya! Going to STOP. I'm a little serotonin challenged right now, though, and that gives me a voracious appetite for carbs. It's showing. :-P
ReplyDeleteOh I like that.
ReplyDeleteOh Lor I gotta go eat now. Very true words. And toast with lashings of butter is yummy. As is chocolate. And all the other stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's wrong with comfort eating anyway? It's... comfortable! lol