I confess that I did not get a good enough nap in before my night shift because I kept thinking about food. And not even in the sense of being hungry: I kept thinking about recipes I wanted to try with all the bizarre food pairings I have.
Speaking of, I confess that I pour egg whites on my pre-workout breakfast cereal, and none of you can stop me. Hey: eggs are breakfast, right?
In that regard, I confess I may be completely giving up on having milk in my post workout shake until the holidays are over. Why? Because they make a āLight an Fitā fat free greek yogurt that is pumpkin spiced and I found out I can just shake that with some egg whites and make a pumpkin eggshake post workout. Which means Iām also confessing that Iām absolutely one of those āpumpkin spiceā people.
I confess I am plotting out my dinner strategy for a meal Iām having at a steakhouse a week from now. Iāve also changed venues for my birthday dinner twice so far, and itās still over a month away.
He has written some of it down, I havenāt watched these new videos (thatās not how I consume knowledge usually) but The Brutality of Mountain Dog Training and its content remains very consistent with recent programs of his so it applies enough for me to mention it to you.
Is there anything wrong with it though?
Iām lucky in that the rest of my family loves foods that Iām not remotely tempted by so oftentimes when I make choices to set myself up for success (ie specific restaurant choices, meal planning), it ends up increasing their utility as well or at least doesnāt decrease it.
No- I donāt.
When I make plans or strategize for myself, Iām maximizing my utility in terms of meal enjoyment and minimizing the physical and psychological costs of potential grossly overeating (an 90%+ probability)
When my plans affect others (ie restaurant choices or ordering dishes for a shared meal), my choices- limiting the quantities of foods I tend to overindulge on and ordering primarily stuff they enjoy but Iām not tempted by- results in a meal that they enjoy more or would at least be indifferent to when compared to a meal in which they chose the restaurant or dishes.
Any additional utility they would derive from increasing the temptation level on my part comes at a psychological cost to me. They do not incur such psychological costs and if anything, the more variety of ādelicious foodsā, the better. Also, the decision making seems to impose a psychological cost on them, which is probably why they often outsource the task to me in the first place
This is a large part of why Iām the āfamily foodieā
Given that everyoneās utility is maximized, I donāt see anything wrong with it.
Sorry for the long post- and wow, I think Iāve spent way too much time reading Econ,
@anna_5588 this is unequivocally the best answer to your question,
In orthorexia quizzes a question that youāll often see pertains to excessive foresight with regards to meal planning
I do too, and in some aspects of life itās a net benefit but in others itās not. Having this as a default thought pattern definitely muddies up what is pathological and what isnāt but with you I have absolutely zero doubt what is what when it pertains to food.
Itād behove you to expose yourself to more people outside of T-nation because a lot of behaviour exhibited by some of us here certainly isnāt normal and sadly feeds into your constellation of problems.
Confession: I wish I was this dedicated to the cause.
Anyway - I put on a on old training top last night. Caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Iām doing okay. Iām having to temper this feeling of success with a bit of realism. I might have the muscle I want. But the i definitely have fat I dont want.
If Ive learnt anything in the past month its that I can lose weight if needed.
Confession: Iām taking the remains of my kids birthday cake to rugby tonight. So I can have some āintra work out carbsā!
I would love to start playing rugby again. There is one group locally, but their schedule is unfortunately not coinciding correctly with mine.
Met a local guy last year who is now a firefighter but used to play for the Harlequins and a couple other teams.
57 right now! Had a rain cooled 80 this afternoon, but up until last week we broke records for consecutive 100+ degree days this summer. We have had the a/c running so long the silence is deafening tonight.
My electric bill went from 80 average most months of the year to 369 last month for running 4 ACās 24/7. Gas bill is low in the winter but summer fucking sucks in that house. With all that AC we were lucky to get 74 in the middle of the day. Some days it was cooler outside than in. Stupid windows.
