Nothing Tastes Good Enough To Make Feeling Too Full Feel Good
November 27, 2009
Post-Dinner Recap-How do you all feel today? Remember last week when Kate Moss was quoted as saying that her life’s motto was “Nothing Tastes As Good As Skinny Feels”? She came under a ton (!!) of scrutiny. This wafer–thin model, being a (former?) anorexic, inflamed the media who expressed concern that she was either condoning anorexia and/or unduly influencing young girls to restrict their eating. I kept my big mouth shut last week, but every Facebook status update I’ve read today has been the written equivalent of holding their belly, proclaiming “I’ll never be hungry again!” or “I can’t believe I ate so much food!” etc. Everyone I’ve encountered today is overfull and bloated. So I thought it might be good timing to say that, I also, was too full last night. I’m here to proclaim first-hand that nothing feels worse than being too full. Within five minutes after arriving home last night after a wonderful 17 course meal at our friends’ house, I simultaneously climbed the stairs while surreptitiously whipping my pantyhose off so fast it made my dog’s head spin. I slipped into my drawstring sweats with such a gratifying sigh that my husband peeked his head into the bedroom to be see who was in there with me (it was just me and the confused dog, who is always hopeful that inexplicable, sudden movements might mean a walk for him.) By 8:30pm me and my also-too-full husband settled into bed like sedated grizzlies, ready to hibernate until our digestion was complete or spring thaw, whichever came first. It was a classic Thanksgiving and very similar to the past 25 Thanksgivings we’ve spent together. Did we enjoy every minute of it? Definitely. Should we do it more than once a year? Probably not. And the million-dollar question-Does thin feel better than food tastes? I say YES that thin USUALLY feels better than MOST foods taste. Anyone who has struggled with obesity and then been thin WILL tell you that thin feels better and that most decadent foods are not worth the effort it takes to burn off the caloire equivalent. Maybe Kate Moss is not the one to deliver this message since she may look or actually be too thin. But since the majority of Americans are struggling with the opposite of anorexia and much of the latest scientific research DOES in fact support restricted calorie programs, not just for weight control but because it is proving to be associated with longevity, we all might accept that feeling less full feels better than most food tastes. As well a possibly help us live longer AND healthier lives.At least until we get hungry again, maybe sometime tomorrow.
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