Pizza, Chocolate and Oats
I'm feeling fat. I'm not fat, but I've been beggining to feel it. Firstly let me explain that this is most unusual for me. In that past I have been a vocal advocate of every unhealthy foodstuff known to man. I would have buttered my toast with MSG if I could've. There was also my college days where I would consume with great gusto at least three Mc Donalds' a week. So feeling fat is a new one for me.It all comes from having eaten nothing but fruit, and the very occasional bowl of ready break or soup for the entire month of February. It was a really difficult thing to do and the cravings for random stuff was immense, most notable of which were my insatiable desire for pizza, chocolate and oats. Yes, oats, something I have pretty much never eaten before. Upon the dawn of March I immediately went down to Morrisons and bought several large bags of crunchy oats and ate them in truely massive quantities for breakfast for breakfast, dinner and supper. I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here but the results were fairly explosive.
Anyway my point is that since the start of March I have gorged myself on every sugar and saturated fat laden food I could lay my fevered hands on. I have put on 1 1/2 stone in 6 weeks and although i'm still well underwieght for my height, I notice that I can't run as fast, jump as high or be arsed as much. I'm eating for the sake of it and for the first time it feels horrible.
Clearly the human body wasn't really designed for eating so much food; only as much as it really needs, so i guess i'm going to have to try and embark on a more permanant, but not as strict version of the February experience. It's kind of a spritual thing as well (what isn't?). I have serious concerns about the noncholance with which we can destroy ourselves with greed. I don't want to be obese but more than that, I don't want to be spiritually obese, where I can have whatever I want, whenever I want it and you can cram the consequences down my sauce covered lips while you're at it. I'm discovering that food has huge consequences to how I live my life and I'm at the mercy of it's demands. No one makes a slave of me. Death to the gateaux and Ronald can kiss my skinny arse!
posted by Matt Heaton @ 6:50 pm
1 Comments:
I actually believe the theory that we were design to ram as much starchy and fatty foods down our gullets that was available.
It's only certain modern societies where food in vast quantities in readily available, therefore the notion that we are pre-programmed to take on as much is available makes sense to me. Yes, we know where the next meal is coming from, but historically as a species this is a rarity.
I often feel like I'm fighting against the urge for a big mac. All I can say is thank God for AJ.
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