Hey! Your thread really struck me because food used to be my everything!
It was simply all I ever thought of!!! Every waking moment! Do you have a fast food strip in your town? You know, that one road that starts with Taco Bell, and drives you right along Mcd's, Wendy's, Burger King, Arby's, Taco Time, Papa Murphys' & finally all the mom & pop greasy food joints in town? Well everytime I got in my car (to go anywhere) I auto-piloted to that strip & found myself going through one of the drive thrus!
Hungry?... What's that? Hunger didn't matter; boredome, emotions & a severe case of the munchies ran my life!
Well I've finally turned my life around! YEAH!!! But of course, I still have to think about food all the time. I often wonder if that will ever go away! Luckily, when you don't eat fast food as often, the cravings die down somewhat... at least they have for me. But my first reaction to cure boredom is still to reach for a munchie... I usually stop myself, but I have some pretty close calls!
I guess my point is that if we're stuck thinking about food all the time... at least we're lucky to have healthy attitudes towards it! I feel much better constantly telling myself to pass up that soda & cheeseburger, than I did constantly eating cheesburgers & drinking soda! I gotta go... I'll check back in here again!
~Kalypso