Why do you eat?! (other than for hunger/survival)

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  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    I love food. You might as well ask why humans have sex.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I am a foodie.
  • LindaLou1397
    LindaLou1397 Posts: 69 Member
    I eat because of cravings and once I start it's hard to stop. I crave sweet and salty foods, particularly candy and chips. I hardly ever eat because of hunger, boredom, etc. Most times I'm not sure what hunger feels like.
  • FoodFitnessTravel
    FoodFitnessTravel Posts: 294 Member
    I love food. You might as well ask why humans have sex.

    lol good one. "i eat to survive" is the same to me as "i have sex to reproduce". Not judging or anything. My life would be easier if that was the case though
  • luadams2
    luadams2 Posts: 122
    Like some of the posters above, I also love to cook. It's really hard not to overeat when you love food and cooking!

    I grew up where preparing food was an expression of love. My mom's 86 years old and when I go visit the first thing out of her mouth is still "Are you hungry?" She feeds anyone who walks in the door. When I get together with my sisters, what do we do? We eat!

    I eat pretty healthy overall, but every now and then I binge. I read what people post here on MFP and I'm learning my food triggers. Stress and depression are definitely triggers for me!
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    social events

    bored

    depressed

    favorite tv show
  • knitandrun
    knitandrun Posts: 1
    I am a runner and triathlete; I’m not incredibly fast, but I often place in my age group in 5Ks (running around 22 min.) and in local sprint distance triathlons. I went through an awful bout of IBS in 2009, and over about three months, I had a handful of several-day-periods of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. I didn’t eat much at all then. I lost down to my freshman in high school weight of 107 (I had been around 120). Once I got everything settled down with the IBS through medication and eating healthier foods (i.e. very little fast food), I found that I loved food. With foods that were known to not irritate my IBS, I indulged more often, gained the weight back and then some. I got up to 133, which isn’t overweight for my height of 5’3,” but my clothes weren’t fitting well, and the added few pounds made me slower in running. The final straw was when I couldn’t fit in my triathlon shorts in May of 2012. That’s when I started logging my calories on My Fitness Pal, to get rid of those extra pounds for better performance in races, and to get rid of the little roll that was forming around my waist. I still come back to My Fitness Pal for a month or so each spring, to get rid of the 3-4 pounds that I gained over winter with yummy holiday meals and less training due to cold weather.

    Why I ate over-ate after my IBS-issues: eating made me feel normal again. I loved the taste of food. I ate past the point I was full because food tasted so good and I was so thankful to not be feeling nauseated and sick anymore.

    Why I eat now: to fuel my body for daily life and athletic training. I still love the taste of food, particularly chocolate. Sometimes I eat mindlessly while surfing the web on the computer or while watching TV. Oftentimes I eat because I think, “I have earned this treat. I trained/ran/swam/biked hard today.” Usually, however, my estimate is too high regarding how many calories I burned in my training, and I let myself eat four cookies when two would have been plenty. Like someone else on the forum said, I don’t think about the consequence of my eating until afterward.
  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    For fuel (especially after exercise)
    To be social - celebrations etc
    For the taste
    Enjoyment of cooking

    I'm not a stress eater. If I get stressed I tend to lose weight quite rapidly. Fortunately I'm very laid back! :glasses: :smile:

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