12/11/2015
steps
11748
water
5
weight
197
Think
about it, not just what you like to eat, but why.
What
is it about that food that makes you want to eat it?
Is
it the taste, temperature, texture?
Does
it crunch? Is it soft, hard, etc?
Although
taste and smell are the dominating motivators, people like or don't
like food for many reasons.
I've
never cared for fresh fruits and vegetables because they always seem
cold to me and except for summer and ice cream, I've never had a
fondness for cold food.
I
drink hot liquids like coffee, lukewarm, and I like water, soda, and
the like at room temperature.
I
like crunchy things like chips and pretzels, but only bite-size. I
like to just pop them in my mouth. While driving long distances I
often munch on pretzel nubs, as it gives my brain unconscious work to
do and keeps me awake.
I
don't like a lot of the spices like mustard, curry or ginger. I like
jalapenos, not for their temperature, but for a subtle sweetness they
have.
For
most average Americans nowadays, taste comes in 2 main groups, salt
and sugar.
If
you walk through the supermarket, you'll find there are not too many
processed foods that don't rely on one or both of these flavors.
But
If you pay attention you may notice some more subtle attractions.
For
example, several years ago I developed a mild craving for green
peppers, eating them like you might eat an Apple. Now and then a food
you normally don't care for, for some odd reason, tastes good. I
believe it's simply that your system is looking for a specific
chemical that happens to be in that food.
Beyond
cravings, addictions and the a simple need to sustain your body, you
also have to deal with habits plus social and emotional reasons for
eating. All of these often involve specific foods.
You
wouldn't spaghetti at a barbecue and Thanksgiving is the biggest time
of year for Turkey.
People
every day get together for coffee, breakfast, lunch or dinner at
restaurants, diners and coffeehouses as a social thing.
Even
getting together with the guys at the local pub after work, though
social, also includes the intake of many unneeded calories, usually
in a form of beer and pretzels.
They
all entail taking in specific foods, many of which are not on a
healthy diet checklist.
Beer
n pretzels, coffee n doughnuts, lox and bagels.
What
are lox anyway?
When
you think about it, diet wise, they make green eggs and ham looked
pretty good.
Point
is that if you plan on cutting foods out of your diet, you will need
to look at ALL
the reasons why they are there!
We'll
be coming back to this one a lot in the coming months.
KRASH
PlaceMarkBooks.com
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