Now, everyone, heed me well....I don't eat because I'm happy. I don't eat because I'm sad. I don't eat just because I'm hungry. I don't eat just because it is time to eat. I EAT BECAUSE I GET A SENSUAL PLEASURE IN THE FLAVOR OF FOODS. Not sweets, nor candies, no.... just FOOD! (Mexican, Italian, a good filet, a great chili dog, potatoes cooked in any form, etc.)
I learned this when I was ill about 15 years ago, and my taste buds died. I had to force myself to eat. It gave me no pleasure because the food had no taste. I lost 50 pounds before my taste buds healed! That is how I know what turns my motor on!!! <grin> It took five years to put the weight back on.
AND right now, enjoying a good meal is one of the few pleasures I have, and I won't give it up until it's over. Then, I'll find the strength and fortitude to eat rabbit food and cut down serving sizes, and all the rest....sigh.....
Dr. Spock (not MR Spock) said there were three types of kids: endomorphs (who live to eat..), ectomorphs (who eat to live) , and mesomorphs (who are big on muscle but apparently balanced as to why they eat).
I've definitely always been an endomorph since I learned to cook and eat good food in restaurants. Maybe since I discovered garlic...
i never knew there was a nonemotional eating. either ate because i was wasnt happy or didnt eat when i was sad. both emotional and for the same reasons:)divvi
I think I, too have nonemotional eating. I just plain like to eat. Not that many sweets until recent years and that was when the weight starting accumilating. I am trying to cut down sweets and cut down portions, and I am but my weight is staying the same. But....I have been doing a small amount of exercise while I have dh at the gym twice a week and I have lost 1" in hips and stomach area, so that is encouraging.