Saturday, December 11, 2010

Mood Food

This is my first blog ever and I know I really missed the bus by doing these on time. I just got back from eating Applebee's with a friend and she just had one of those days where she "had to leave" her apartment. When we got to Applebee's she informed me she was going to absolutley pig out and I instantly agreed to follow along. She ordered a drink- "Anything with Vodka." Yeah, that kind of day. Laughing it off that I still can't drink yet I ordered water. We got BBQ wings as an appetizer and steak and potatoes for dinner. My friend ate her food like it was going out of style and it kind of made me uncomfortable. She was literally scarfing it down without giving herself time to realize how much she was actually eating. She was done with her meal by the time I had only finished my steak. I'm probably one of the worst eaters I know of... I enjoy steak too much and even after watching Food Inc I still eat at McDonald's. I still think about the facts that they brought up and how all this bad eating will soon catch up to me, but I don't know, I enjoy the foods that I eat and haven't quite come to reality about what it will do in the end to my body. So, ultimately I wanted this blog to be about how people turn to food and how they eat differently in different situations. For her she said that she just needed some carbs, but I think the things that she had been dealing with in life had just made her break, and this was the one thing she could actually have full control over. Have any of you felt like this?

1 comment:

  1. I know exactly what you mean as far as mood food goes. I find myself almost never getting exactly what I really want when I go out to eat. Instead, and this is really more subconscious than anything, I find myself eating what is appropriate. For example, on a date I find myself eating lighter and non-messy food, when I eat with other males I tend to lean toward classic man food like wings or steak. When I stop to consider this, I am not sure anything is wrong with this. While I may not get exactly what I want, some food isn't always appropriate, like wings.

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