Yeah, I was like, "Please don't read this if you're hungry." It was about my experience with chocolate foods I have tried/want to try. I should've shared it with the regular readers of my gigantic walls of text.
I don't know. I look at the pictures and I can taste the food. I say things to myself like, "Ah, that looks so GOOD; I want it; I wish I could HAVE that; YUM." I probably look like I'm dying from cravings. I might look through pictures off and on for hours. When I'm done, I'm not thinking about wanting to eat anymore. It's fallen off my mind.
I guess the high-definition pictures making me imagine taste is enough of an experience to tie me over. When I finally eat the foods I was looking at, they taste even better and I'm even more satisfied. I do the same thing less dramatically if I talk about food with other people.
A friend who has been struggling for years with being severely overweight tried watching Food Network while trying to lose weight, and they, too, had their cravings go poof. I don't know if they experienced exactly the same thing I do, but at the end of the day, we both lost our cravings by looking at food we couldn't have.
That's an interesting way of thinking. It seems like an overloading your brain on food to the point of no longer being interested in it. Although I fear it could lead to further damage to anyone with existing eating disorders/control issues, particular because it seems so harmless.
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My frand who can explain things in way fewer words than I said we're pretty much tricking ourselves into believing we're eating a thing.
SInce I want to eat for the taste, if the pictures are so good I can taste them, there's no need to actually eat. I've gotten the experience I wanted. Of course, experiencing it for real is easier and way more awesome, but thank goodness seeing the yummies and thinking about the taste is enough.
See, I have the opposite problem. It feels… so GOOD… to eat. When I meet people who are like, "eh, I'm not much for food," THE GRASS IS AGGRESSIVELY SO MUCH GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. Instead of spending all day going in and out of the kitchen, I've taken to looking at pictures of baked yummies. Being an extremely picky eater has made me immune to almost all food teases from others.
I also don't do the thing where my stomach growls because of food talk. My stomach growls when I'm chillin' and not thinking about eating. And then I'm like, oh yeah, food. Food's really good. *continues chilling or looks at food pictures*
I'm trying to get a point across, but jsyk, I totally wanted to make this post look like this instead:
SPOILERX
See, I have the opposite problem. Eating feels so good I'm like… ALL I DO IS EAT EAT EAT NO MATTER WHAT. GOT FOOD ON MY MIND I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH.
WALK INTO THE KITCHEN AND ALL THE CABINETS OPEN UP…
…
… AND THEY STAY THERE!
Watching food get made gives me cravings... which is good cause I don't eat enough.
See I've never had that issue. I definitely eat way too much. While I like watching the food network, I know I will never make the things they will make, so it doesn't usually make me hungry.
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Originally Posted by Amane
See, I have the opposite problem. It feels… so GOOD… to eat. When I meet people who are like, "eh, I'm not much for food," THE GRASS IS AGGRESSIVELY SO MUCH GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. Instead of spending all day going in and out of the kitchen, I've taken to looking at pictures of baked yummies. Being an extremely picky eater has made me immune to almost all food teases from others.
I also don't do the thing where my stomach growls because of food talk. My stomach growls when I'm chillin' and not thinking about eating. And then I'm like, oh yeah, food. Food's really good. *continues chilling or looks at food pictures*
I'm trying to get a point across, but jsyk, I totally wanted to make this post look like this instead:
SPOILERX
See, I have the opposite problem. Eating feels so good I'm like… ALL I DO IS EAT EAT EAT NO MATTER WHAT. GOT FOOD ON MY MIND I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH.
WALK INTO THE KITCHEN AND ALL THE CABINETS OPEN UP…
…
… AND THEY STAY THERE!
So a lot of recipes I run into are claimed to be the "BEST." Okay? Best chocolate chip cookies. best fudge brownies. Best gluten-free cake. The list goes on. So I just sent this to a friend off-site…
"It is alarming how many of these recipes are claimed to be the 'BEST.' Like… these bakers need to all gather in an alley and the last one standing makes the best desserts. 'What did you say about how much flour I use? You wanna GO?' 'This was my grandma's best whisk. FIGHT ME.' 'I'm gonna cut you into pieces like your cookies when I try to pick them up.'"