Eating tasty food is one of the most satisfying parts of any day. Some days I can’t wait to eat and I eagerly await my stomach to growl at me so I can fill it with delicious food. However when I’m busy working on something, sometimes it’s easy to forget to eat. If I’m in the middle of a project and really focused on it, then somehow eating becomes an afterthought—almost an annoyance. I don’t want to eat because then I have to stop what I’m doing and take a ten minute break to wolf down sustenance so I can continue on (and it seems like such a hassle). [Sigh.]
On the flip side, I may want to eat if I’m bored. I want to
nibble, nosh, munch and taste something tasty. I know I’m not actually hungry, but I feel like eating something. I think this
wanting to eat for the sake of eating is most apparent when watching TV
(because who doesn’t want a little snack while watching TV?). Somehow popcorn
seems to make just about any TV show a bit more palatable to watch.
Sometimes I’ll catch myself and realize that my hands just
want to be busy, so instead of eating I ought to do something with my hands (e.g. knitting, drawing, crafting,
etc.), which is infinitely better for my already full stomach. It’s excessively
easy to mindlessly snack, so I just need to distract my hands so I don’t end up
eating something I don’t really need.
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