Imagine having to force yourself to chew and swallow substances because you will die otherwise.
I had a friend who pretty much only eats because he knows if he does not he will die. He is perpetually underweight. He just does not enjoy eating at all. Even foods he enjoys he hates to eat.
Meanwhile, I am over here knowing I am full and standing in the fridge to see what I can make to eat.
Felt. I like the taste of certain foods, but like I do feel like it’s a chore a lotta days
I know someone who has an issue with his sense of taste that most things are bland to him, so he doesn’t really enjoy eating.
My two takes on this:
- food is fuel
I can and do subsist on a basic and bland diet if necessary. Food is a way to preserve my existence, so I have to eat. And when hungry I will eat anything for the sole sake of keep myself functioning. Some exceptions do apply.
- we’re biologically hardwired to seek pleasure from our food
That is why sugary food and more simply fruits and berries appeal so much to us: it’s sweet, it tastes good, it’s nice.
We actively seek enjoyement in eating. When this no longer happens, worry yourself. Even old people enjoy eating.
I’ve met people who claim they don’t enjoy eating and only do it because they have to. Often, they’re the same people who use that Soylent stuff. I can’t comprehend that mindset. I spend most of my day looking forward to my next meal.
Some company actually markets a product under the name “Soylent”?
Scary.
When individuals reach, in my opinion, that point they are starving for more than food.
Food is the first basic impulse we get satisfied and it is intermixed with confort, closeness and bonding. Later it will upgrade into a communal moment and the sharing of time and exchange of experiences.
Again, in my view, to see eating as a chore says how lonely and dehumanized a person is. How little self worth they have.
Which is sad.
Great point. Eating is such a large part of culture. It’s why there are countless cooking/food/travel shows out there (Bourdain being the GOAT). Anyone not participating in this collective ritual is separating themselves from a large part of society.
Bourdain was a genius. Controversial but they all tend to be as such.
I agree with you. But please take a moment to consider this as well: people need time to eat. And by extension, to live. Something we are colectively slowly being drained of, through “work ethics”, “fashion trends”, “healthy life styles”, etc.
We need to live. To eat. To sleep. To be together. To get angry with each other and make amends afterwards. And we are being robbed of our humanity by not having it.
For me eating is just a chore. Yeah I’m under weight
Money or health issue?
Nothing tastes good and never hungry
If you watch the clip of David Lynch explaining why he eats the same thing every day, basically that, I just can’t be bothered
Hit the weed vape more often and you’ll get hungry, I fucking guarantee it. Especially if you make it a daily habit. I gained 50 pounds in 6 months simply by doing dabs every single day. It’s almost unbelievable how hungry you get once the munchies kick in. Makes everything fucking delicious.
One of the strategies for long term weight loss is to swap from an interesting and tasty diet (which are often high calorie density) to one as bland and uninteresting to you as possible diet (often low calorie density). Idea being you will eat less if you are only eating to survive rather eating to enjoy, you will leave more on the plate.
Personally I say fuck that, as life is hard enough as it is.
I tried this with potatoes. It’s miserable and I broke after four days.
just eating potatoes for every meal?
Yep. Only potatoes and salt, plus multivitamins to make up for the massive nutritional defecit, for 5 days. I was already experimenting with an elimination diet due to food allergies and a friend mentioned this week long potato diet to help reduce food cravings. Potatoes were a safe food so I thought I’d give it a try.
It was awful. Day 4’s dinner was an entire pizza.
Yeah that’s not the same thing as a bland food diet, that’s up there with the cabbage diet for how awful it is.
Mine is: Scrambled eggs made with cottage cheese + porridge for breakfast Chicken, salad (no dressing) and rice for lunch Chicken, vegetables and rice/sweet potatoes/lentils for tea
No sauces, just dry herbs/spices as a rub.
Snacks are two protein shakes, naked bar (counts as a one a day of fruit/veg allowance), banana.
Repeat for past two years. Before that it was lentils, avo, boiled egg, before than goats cheese salad for lunch.
Its boring as fuck when you do it for months at a time but it works for me. Controlling
Based on context clues, you’re British… isn’t the food bland enough already? I kid, I had great food over there. But, you know, take the shot when you see it.
Yeah we stole all our good food from our former colonies and improved on them, see curry.
