I was over at Evangelical Outpost reading about The Forgotten Vice of Gluttony. The first commenter there, Gordon Mullings, mentioned that short phrase that really makes you think.

Eating to Live, Rather than Living to Eat

Why do you eat? Do you eat because you can? Do you eat because it's "mealtime?" Or do you eat because you're hungry and need food to survive? I certainly do, at times, find myself eating just because I can. Why did I order that 22oz Porterhouse? Because I can.

More often, I don't, however. I know people who feel the need to eat at regular intervals -- not me. I almost never actually get hungry. I've gone as many as 3 days without eating, and still never got hungry (we were really lost in a BIG forest) -- even when we found our way out and to food, we weren't hungry, we just wanted to taste food.

Just think about it next time you're out for a bite. Do you really NEED to finish that super-sized portion? Are you eating just to eat, or are you eating to survive?

Posted by: Ogre at 04:06 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 I'm the same way. I don't eat because I'm necessarily hungry, but because my wife is throwing food in front of me, and if I don't eat it, I'll never have the opportunity to eat again. Food is good, but I don't live to eat. To be honest, I live to drink beer.

Posted by: Stevin at March 24, 2006 10:51 PM (LfL8N)

2 Oh sure, you just HAD to bring beer into this, didn't you?

Posted by: Ogre at March 25, 2006 11:45 PM (pKmGZ)

3 I don't eat enough.....when I do eat it is small amounts.....

Posted by: kender at March 26, 2006 12:22 AM (f1CLM)

4 There is a time to feast and a time to fast. My problem is that time to graze.

Posted by: bigwhitehat at March 26, 2006 01:30 AM (bpSFK)

5 Graze? Well, I guess that's what they make buffets for, right?

Posted by: Ogre at March 26, 2006 02:16 PM (pKmGZ)

6 I have blood sugar issues and have to eat every couple hours. My problem is the poor choices I make when my blood sugar drops. If I take the time to prepare for it in advance, I'm cool. I don't eat much in general. I can't. I'm too short. 5 lbs on me makes me look HUGE.

Posted by: Bou at March 27, 2006 02:41 AM (iHxT3)

7 I am so thankful I don't have that kind of issues. No way I could eat that often.

Posted by: Ogre at March 27, 2006 02:43 AM (pKmGZ)

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