Subscribe5 Unhealthy Approaches to Food
What is your approach to food?
- The Meal Stuffer Stuffers eat primarily during mealtimes, but then they eat to excess, cleaning everything on their plate. They often eat so quickly that they're uncomfortably full after they finish. Meal stuffers consider themselves to have "healthy appetites." They often take second helpings at home.
- The Snack Grazer
Grazers reach for whatever food is available, typically about three times a day. Convenience is usually more important to them than taste. They seldom pass up a candy dish. For these people, snacking can be a nervous habit, something that gives them an excuse to get up and walk around, or some thing they can do with their hands while watching TV or reading. They might be hungry when they snack, bu it's almost done more out of habit than hunger. - The Party Binger
Parties buffets, receptions, tailgates, and happy hours - these are high-distraction environments where the food is the backdrop for either business or fun, and it's easy to lose track of how much they've eaten or drunk. Party bingers are often professionals who frequently wine and dine, or single, stay-out-late young people. - The Restaurant Indulger
While many of us eat lunch away from home, the restaurant indulger also eats dinner out at least three days week. Like party bingers, restaurant indulgers are often on an expense account. They may also be affluent gourmets or DINKs (double income, no kids) in their thirty something years. - The Desktop Diner (or Dashboard Diner)
Both speed-eat while multi-tasking at their desk or in their car. Desktop diners eat at their desk partly to save, time, but more often to save the hassle of getting a real lunch. It's not that they're overly busy-they're under motivated. If the right person were to stop by to ask them to lunch, they'd probably go. But more often, they snack out of the vending machine or grab a donut from the mail room.
From Brian Wansink's excellent Mindless Eating.
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I would be 1, 3, and 4. Hellooooo! Although in my defense, we really only go out to eat maybe 3-4 times a month when we're not on vacation.
ReplyThe common denominator in most of the cases you talk about is that people are eating mindlessly. Once you become aware of what you're doing and how much you're eating, you've taken the first step toward losing weight. At least in my opinion.
ReplyI guess you could say that I'm 4, the Restaurant Indulger, but I'm still fully aware of what I'm doing. I wait till after a workout, preferably weight training, and I'm so low on glycogen or energy in general that I'm shaking. Sometimes, it's difficult to even pick up a glass of water. At that point, nothing does better for me than a large dinner. I've found Ethiopian to be especially effective.
Reply#5, guilty as charged. My previous job had daily deadlines and so I felt chained to my desk. Not only did I eat mindlessly, I ate too fast. Good thing the job came to an end because I felt like I was on the way to getting IBS. Lesson learned!
ReplyI guess I am a restaurant indulger. We eat out about 3x a week. However I don't order fattening things - I typically order salads w/ chicken and dressing on the side, or some places have good vegetarian dishes that aren't too fattening.
ReplyI don't think that it's necessarily a bad idea to eat out at restaurants more often - it's just more of a temptation.
If anything, I'm number 2 or 5. My snacks are usually apples though, or another sweet fruit (candy makes my teeth hurt).
I eat almost everything at my desk (not at work I mean, here, free from vending machines), but it's the same stuff I would eat at a dining room table, and it's more awkward to reach for seconds. Eating at my desk slows me down, because I get sidetracked by schoolwork or simply browsing. I forget a full plate of food sitting on my desk, heh.
ReplyIt's why Stress is the reason why we eat at desks.
Another thing: Too much hours in the office...Bad for your health.
ReplyDam, I must admit that i always clean my plate. I need to work on that.
ReplyBefore I lost weight, I was definitely a 1 and a 2. I'd eat man-sized portions at dinner and I'd often eat seconds. And I often would snack on goldfish crackers, pretzels, cheese, chips, cake, cookies, etc. while studying or watching TV. Once I became aware of just how much I was eating, it was pretty easy for me to fix my calorie traps.
ReplyI am #1 as I usually eat about 1500 calories for breakfast and eat very small throughout the day. It has worked so far but I know it is bad for me.
ReplyNone of the above. If you're truly serious about fat-loss you have to be utterly disciplined. No slacking.
ReplyMy personality leans towards #1 on the list. I'll eat every crumb on my plate and look around for seconds, even if I'm stuffed. So my compensation is to make enough food at each meal for my husband and me to have one plateful each -- a little more than half the food for him and a little less than half for me. There ARE no seconds available. Lots of steamed veggies to fill up on, and smaller quantities of the more caloric items. Portion control.
ReplyI'm #5, I have to confess. Sometimes it is a salad or real meal eaten at my desk, but sometimes, "lunch" is a bowl of oatmeal eaten at my desk. It is a very bad habit.
ReplyWhen I'm not being vigilant, I'm 1, 2, 3 AND 4! I guess that's how I ended up being obese. But, when I am vigilant, I am none of the above. I guess that's how I lost over 100#s!
But, again, I gained some back when I wasn't vigilant. I hate to say it, but I agree with fitness_wannabee. You have to be disciplined to get if off AND keep it off! Slacking will cause those old habits to resurface!
ReplyYeah I'd say I am....all of the above. Thanks for pointing this out though maybe I can try and curb myself now.
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