Just not "into" food…

I'm like your friend, I'm just not that into food. ...and it drives my husband NUTS. I could eat the same thing every day. For the past two months I've basically had the same breakfast & lunch every day. If I get busy, I could skip a meal. I mean, if it's 3 o'clock and I haven't had lunch, what am I gonna do? Dinner is at six. At that point, I may as well just wait for dinner. I've come home from a late outing and even though haven't eaten since midday, I would rather go to bed than take any effort to fix food.

As I say, this makes my husband crazy. He is all about eating a different animal practically every night of the week. "Chicken? We had chicken last night. What else is there?" LOL It also means that if we go out to eat, I can suggest three places and he wants to know where else we could eat. Ugh. Sometimes it's just too much to negotiate. Then he gets frustrated with me for not caring about food and I get frustrated with him about not knowing what he wants to eat. It's our own little hamster wheel, I suppose.

Sorry I can't offer you suggestions on how not to make your day about food, but I do see how my food indifference vexes my husband sometimes.

You know that saying "Ride to Live, Live to Ride"? Some of us are on the "Eat to Live" and others (like hubby) are "Live to Eat". Just different strokes, imo.

Sure thing. And great question.

I'm with you, OP - I luuuuuuuuuuuuuurve food!!!

I WISH I wasn't into food. I LOOOOOVVVVE food and like you, often plan my day around it. But, I've lost 45lbs still loving food. I just eat less of it. :bigsmile:

I can say that I've learned to not comfort myselft with it as much....still working on it, not perfect, but better.

I have heard that hypnosis works for this, similar to those that use hypnosis to quit smoking. Not sure if I'd ever try that, but I hear ya and don't really understand how we can all view it so differently. LOL.

I LOVE food.. I love how it tastes, I love how it smells, and I care how it looks. One of my absolute joys is browsing around for something new and exciting to eat. Heck, I even dream about food sometimes. Lucky for me is I'm into food in general, I would equally enjoy a rustic pizza and an interesting grilled vegetable medley.

"Just not that into food"...
That is what I like to call something a skinny b**** would say.
LOL just kidding. No but really I love food omg I have a co-worker who is the same way as your friend. Totally not a foodie. Her idea of a "huge" lunch is eating a bowl of cherry tomatoes. I just don't get it. I made everyone in the office taco soup on Friday, and you should have seen her bowl. She literally just took one of those little round dishes you use for dipping sauce or a small souflee you know? Filled that with soup and was like er mer gerd i'm so full.

She pisses me off.
lol.

It could be that your friend is a super taster! Remember how hard it was to try and enjoy new things when we were kids? Some people have a higher number of taste buds than others, and taste remains super intense and overwhelming all their lives. Often these folks stick to a couple of foods, or just never develop much of an interest. You never know!

Personally, I love food. Oh my GOD do I love food. It is the best thing. I'd sooner be chubby than never really enjoy a meal again. Food is fuel, sure, but it's an art and a joy and one of the best things about a beautiful summer night with friends - fresh pasta, good wine, gorgeous dessert, aah. Food is the best.

I manage to think of food as fuel. Just like putting gas in my car, I need to fuel my body. That said, it does need to have a great taste, texture and be satisfying.

yes to me food is like fuel. I learned only eating when I am hungry so taste becomes secondary. I can eat a bag of baby carrots with no dressing. LOL

I have the (rare?) experience of having experienced both of these phenomenons.

After college I moved home because I had no job -- I graduated a semester early accidentally and had nothing lined up (long story). I got small jobs as an editor, did work around the city, and did an internship...but all of it was self-directed. I didn't have to wake up, go to work, plug in hours, come home. Because I made my own schedule, I found myself naturally eating less. It used to be that my meals were my "breaks" that I looked forward to the whole day, whether at high school or at college...but when I worked for myself and from home, I knew I could eat whatever whenever, and food FINALLY was disassociated from pleasure/relaxation in my mind.

I went from 135lbs to 125lbs in around half a year without even realizing it. The 10lbs I'd struggled with for more than a decade. (UGH. Jealous of myself, right now.) Later I lost another 10lbs, but that was TB drugs and a kidney infection, neither of which I can recommend for weightloss, lol.

BUT.

Now I'm completely the opposite. Mostly it's because I live in a rural location with nothing to do, no one I know, and an unfulfilling job, but I plan my days around my breaks and food. It's totally a mental thing: I'm bored and have a schedule and set times to eat every day, so I never miss a meal (even if I'm not hungry), and I spend time looking forward to it, because food = relaxing.

I was much happier when I didn't think of food as much. It takes up way too much mental power. During my "food is blah" period, I did enjoy food, but only AMAZING food. Quality became a lot more important, for whatever reason.

I'm trying to get back into that more healthy, natural mindset, but it's kind of like "don't think about elephants...."