understand it's such an interesting experience. Today's word is gormandize, which means to eat ravenously, with gluttony. OMG! I so understand it. How I wish I did not.
Are you one of those people that do not agonize about food, rarely think about what you will eat next, do not worry about when you can go to lunch, or will eat dinner? Well, I don't understand you and others like you. Somehow my brother is like that--is it possible that we're not actually related by blood? We were raised by the same people and I remember clearly a deep concern about food and if there was enough. Which was caused, I'm sure, by the fact that both parents had experienced times when there was insufficient food, or little choice in food. The reason, I think, Mama wouldn't touch black-eyed peas. I think she'd had her fill of 'em in her younger days; while it may have been better than hunger, it wouldn't make you want to go on eating them if you had a choice. That's the impression I always had. Might ask Big Bro about that; someone probably told him.
Funny this word would pop up while I'm struggling with my demons of over consumption and gluttony. The spirits are at work, and frankly, my lazy, self-absorbed and evil twin would rather be left alone. My more rational self understands that attitude can be deadly. And that's what I'd like to avoid, the deadly part. So I will contemplate the effect of gormandizing and compare that to the benefits of moderation.
It would be much simpler to not need to eat. You don't have to smoke or drink to maintain life. If I'd ever experienced real hunger, the nothing to eat and long stretches between meals type of hunger, I would have some valid basis for anxiety over food. Most of us say, "I'm hungry" when we're describing appetite and the desire to eat. I could miss a lot of meals and survive (probably in better condition than I am) although I would grouse and experience discomfort and resentment. It would take a while before I was truly hungry, suffering for lack of food.
The real question is how to establish a reasonable balance. IF I ever figure that out, I could make some money promulgating a grand new theory of weight loss and maintenance. Gee, losing weight and making money . . . that would be grand indeed.
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