iEat Pt1

Posted on | June 30, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Sentiments

Because I know that overeating is normally a reflection of a different, deeper issue, I’ve been trying to give thought to why I eat the way I do.  Especially because, quite often I’m not even truly hungry!

Today it occurred to me that one reason why I eat so much is …

wait for it…

wait for it…

CONTROL
Yes ~ control!  Sounds weird, but follow me.

With most things in my life, I don’t feel as if I have any control over it.  I know I do ultimately, but there is always some type of caveat that goes along with most decisions I have to make from day to day.  If my girlfriends decided they wanted to take a weekend trip to Vegas, I’d need to ask my dad… er, husband before I could even think about packing up and going.  If I wanted to buy a two seater car, that would be completely out of the question with my family of five.  I feel as if all day everyday I am yielding to the control of others.  At work.  At home.  With clients. In business. Period.

But with food.  *I* determine when I want to eat (which unfortunately is all the darn time);  where I want to eat (sushi please… no wait italian.  uhm soul food… yea!);  why I eat (a girls night out… the sun is shining… i’m black… any reason will due);  and how much I want to eat (and dear Lord, when I’m cooking I just pick and pick and pick).

So it is possible that while many are believed to eat because of a lack of control, it could be due to a desire to control.  Gonna have some oreo’s and milk and think about it… hey ~ it’s 1%

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