Comfort Eating?

[timoc]

I know that some of our lovely members will infer that I'm a comfort eater, because I consume copious amounts of ice cream.
Well I don't see it that way, ice cream is more like a medicine to me, I don't eat (chew) it, I just shovel it into my gob and it just melts into my belly and it takes away all my strains and stresses.

 

[mrstime]

Guilty.......Comfort eating. My biggest downfall is chocolate. I will admit, i have chocolate everyday. I do compromise a little......my most loved everyday is.. Banana Double Chocolate Bran muffins..have 2 of these a day.....they are somewhat healthy because they include bananas, whole wheat flour and bran. I have no willpower with chips, popcorn - Werthers caramel corn, they are to die for -. As my version of compromise, try to keep whole wheat crackers, cheese, oikos strawberry yogurt, something high protein, but i can certainly over indulge on these...busted. When i came home today with Easter treats for grandkids, of course i came home with chocolate for me. Where's the chocolate security guard when you need them. .

Well really, chocolate is the only food group!

 

[Bella]

No, if I ate for comfort, I'd weigh 500 lbs.

 

[Chet]

I "comforted" myself this afternoon with a bowl of Campbell's tomato soup and saltine crackers. I had it a lot when very young. My mother would have it ready for me for the school lunch break. I lived that close to the school so I could walk home and back quickly.

 

[Remy]

That's my life. And cats.

 

[Alligatorob]

Anyone else finding extra comfort in eating?

All too much... a battle I fight everyday.

 

[Blessed]

I have just been looking at my diet since yearly physical and labs. The good Lord knows I love good food. I grew up having a large garden behind our house. Mom could just walk out back and pick what looked good for supper each day of late spring, summer and early fall. What was extra was canned or frozen.

We did live in the south, so yes, it may have been a vegetable but they can be cooked in many rich, decadent ways. That is how I learned to cook. I still don't think it is wrong but I could do better. My Mom was raised on a farm, meat, dairy, eggs and vegetables right there. She passed at 90. I will say she ate very little meat due to a esophagus problem but she was a sweets maniac.

Yes, I eat for comfort, one, that is how I grew up, eating those things. Two, now that I am alone it brings back memories of cooking for the family, seeing their joy at the table.

 

[MickaC]

I have just been looking at my diet since yearly physical and labs. The good Lord knows I love good food. I grew up having a large garden behind our house. Mom could just walk out back and pick what looked good for supper each day of late spring, summer and early fall. What was extra was canned or frozen.

We did live in the south, so yes, it may have been a vegetable but they can be cooked in many rich, decadent ways. That is how I learned to cook. I still don't think it is wrong but I could do better. My Mom was raised on a farm, meat, dairy, eggs and vegetables right there. She passed at 90. I will say she ate very little meat due to a esophagus problem but she was a sweets maniac.

Yes, I eat for comfort, one, that is how I grew up, eating those things. Two, now that I am alone it brings back memories of cooking for the family, seeing their joy at the table.

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[multimodAL]

2022 turned out to be a year of gastronomic experimentation and i've been profoundly enlightened as to what we may be capable of...

along with the more interesting fermentations to replicate an olmec, maya, and aztec libation of fermented sprouted purple maize, cacao, fruit and flowers, i also explored what would be considered an extreme scavenger diet. the results were eye opening.

it seems to be all about acclimation. like botulism be damned. or salmonella? so what? i could see why people get addicted to "high meat". lots of vids online and you got the natives' stomachs growling.

comfort comes in all forms i guess?

have since stopped gorging on hydrolyzed (predigested) animal protein because it tastes like... shit.

 

[Supernatural]

Wishing I could get a box or two of delicious Nestle Dark Chocolate Turtles (caramel and pecans) box of holiday candies. Not that's a time for comfort eating, now isn't it?