Overeating triggers

MsCzar

Free delicious food at work.
When I was a child, money was tight and frugality was the order of the day. Eons later, I am financially secure but grow much of my own food and continue to watch my pennies. Now, most work days include meals from posh caterers and endless high-end treats; the poor kid in me doesn't want to miss out. That's my biggest food struggle and I am constantly working on it.

AnnPT77

MsCzar wrote: »

Free delicious food at work.
When I was a child, money was tight and frugality was the order of the day. Eons later, I am financially secure but grow much of my own food and continue to watch my pennies. Now, most work days include meals from posh caterers and endless high-end treats; the poor kid in me doesn't want to miss out. That's my biggest food struggle and I am constantly working on it.

I feel that: A side branch of my hedonism is FOMO, which makes things like potlucks and buffets dangerous. I'm lucky (?) not to have anything in my life like your challenging work environment, though. I can see how that would be hard.

avatiach

AnnPT77 wrote: »

internalizing the sense that future Ann is a real person I care about, and that I need to behave now in ways that will let her feel really good, too.

This is a great point!!