Hating Food but Eating it Anyway!

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casandra

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Hi,

Why is it that even though a food might seem disgusting, i still manage to eat it.

Now, when I think of what there is to eat, nothing sounds good. Its like, I am eating for nothing. I don't even enjoy doing it. So, why is it then i can manage to eat soo much??

Don't we say that those who love food, and are kitchen people, spend alot of time in the kitchen and are heavier. (I know its not the case with everyone). I hate the kitchen, and hate food. but i eat more than those who LOVE food.
Thanks.
 
Many people here have a love/hate relationship with food. Many also have a problem with boredom eating and emotional eating. It's not always about the individual foods. It's about the oral fixation and the feeling of fullness. Stuffing yourself so you don't feel empty inside (physically and emotionally). Welcome to the forum, you are among friends.
 
casandra said:
Don't we say that those who love food, and are kitchen people, spend alot of time in the kitchen and are heavier. (I know its not the case with everyone). I hate the kitchen, and hate food. but i eat more than those who LOVE food.
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I'm one of those "not the case" people. I love food, love to cook, yet I weigh the same as when I was 14 and was a running back on the high school football team. I'm 31. I think to truly love food, you have to respect it and learn about it, and when you do that you can make better choices.
 
Hey guys...Thanks for your replies...

I totally agree with respecting food. Its something i have to learn to do. I HATE food. I coudl care less if I ate or didn't. But for some reason, its the first thing on my mind when i wake up and when i am in class, when i am at work, and when i am at home, when i go to sleep. It always on my mind.

Why do i turn to food?? That is what i am trying to figure out!!! It would not be right to say that its the only thing i look forward to, beucae i don't enjoy it.

Could it be that I dont' enjoy it, but my body does?? and so that is why I think I enjoy it, but i really don't?

I do beleive that I am alot of muscle, bucuase I have always been told that I do not look what I weigh. And i hate scales, i go by the way you look. As for now, I am not happy with the way I look or feel. I am about 5 ft 9 inches, and NOW weight 180 pounds. OMG...I cannot beleive I said that number. I look thinner than most people who weigh 160....so I know to me, numbers don't matter. I used to weigh 160 around a month ago, and suddenly i am 20 pounds heavier...I fit into my clothes the same! but I WANT to lose 35 pounds, and I will be happy!!

I am thinking about doing low carb again...but diets never work. But i can't keep killing myself with what i am doing now either.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

casandra
 
Are you working out? Usually once you get fit and drink enough water, bad foods don't agree with your body much, you don't have cravings for stuff that's bad for you.
 
i know what you mean. I'm taking culinary arts as my major in college... so i do love food.. but i eat when i'm not in the mood to. welcome.
 
Corndoggy,

Yes, I work out like crazy. I am all about physical fitness. I run my own aerobics program at my university. I love to dance, do aerobics, and weight lift. I am good on the exercising, but the food part is what i am slacking at.

Feul2win,
No, I do not take any sort of vitamin. That is interesting though. You think my body is always hungry, but not for food, but for the nutritional elements I am not getting through my food??? WAow, that is soo right, becuase the food I eat doesn't provide me with all the nutrition i need. I got ur address, I will add you to my list, and email you to let you know its saved.

bmohearn,

Thank you for posting. I am glad you can relate, but wish you weren't going through what I am going through.

Everyday i wake up , i wonder if i should go back to low carb. I cannot stick to low carb becuase I hate meat. I love nuts, but thats a bad thing, because when i did low carb, i would eat nuts every day, and sometimes in large amounts. I do not want to kill myself, and the way I am going...i can see i will be dead before I even start my life.

Thanks all again. Just corresponding with you all helps me alot...becuase at least i have somthing else other than eat to do.

Casandra
 
hey there, we all have that love hate relationship with food we love to eat it and then hate what it makes us look and feel like. but we are so much stronger than food and i have faith in you. i have faith in me , and i believe we can tell the bad food to kiss off,lol.
 
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