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This only happened to me during the pandemic. What made it worse was I couldn't go to the gym. I put on 15 pounds before things started returning to the new normal.
Self-restraint. Nowadays lots of people have problem exercising it. Some don't even understand the meaning.
I think a whole bunch of people would be happier if they knew how to self discipline. The trend: I want, I deserve it, is is many instances way out of control.
Self-restraint. Nowadays lots of people have problem exercising it. Some don't even understand the meaning.
I think a whole bunch of people would be happier if they knew how to self discipline. The trend: I want, I deserve it, is is many instances way out of control...Funny, most animals would walk out of a pile of food when they feel full, but not humans - many just keep eating...
I exhibit AMAZING self-restraint and self-discipline when it comes to other things -- spending, for instance. But even my iron will is no match for midlife, menopausal ghrelin!
And again, "most animals" are not eating "a pile" of sugar, fat, and salt, which are all extremely addictive.
But I agree with you in general that we've now raised generations of instant gratification addicts, as well...
Not anymore. But I did at one time in my life. Probably ate more often without thinking than anything as boredom is seldom a problem.
What I find absurd is people who look at the clock and if it says a certain time then they eat. I get it for people who are working or people with medical reasons. But for the rest of us it just shows how mindless and conditioned our eating habits can become.
And you know what? Acting from habit or conditioning is one of the causes of dissatisfaction with life. Turns us into robots. Causes us to overlook the pleasures that can come from using our senses with awareness.
The solution is mindfulness. Am I actually hungry? What is it that I want to eat or what does my body need right now?
Thinking about what you want, anticipating it and then deliberately enjoying every moment of it and maybe even remembering how good it was is a way to prolong satisfaction.
What makes you think this is an assumption? OP is autistic.
But he didn't say anything about that in THIS thread (until people were puzzled as to why OTHERS were making that connection, so he responded), so those of us who are/were not familiar with the OP's other posts were naturally very confused when suddenly there were comments about autism.
If you (or others mentioning autism) would have just added something like, "I know from other posts that OP is autistic," THAT would have made it all make sense.
What I was most surprised about was that he didn't realize how common eating out of boredom, depression, etc. IS. There have been about a million articles written about that already. OP, just google and you'll see how common it is! (NOT that that's a good thing!)
Oh ok now I see why. Maybe and EDIT in the original post saying you have aspergers/autism might help people to know, just a suggestion hope you don't mind.
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