Am I a glutton?
@sammyy (527)
India
February 5, 2022 8:34am CST
My husband comes from a family where they eat at fixed timings, 3 complete meals a day, with one snack time where sometimes there is snack, sometimes there isn't. In a way, a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
But in my family, there is no fixed timings. We ate junk food, at any time of the day, early morning, late night, half an hour before a meal or half an hour after. No problem.
As I'm used to that, I constantly feel hungry. I would have had a full lunch and yet feel like my stomach is empty. I'm definitely a glutton.
I had even created a slogan back in my college days- Education, food and advice...when it's available, always take it. 
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Feb 22
It is very easy to snack. There are so many yummies
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Feb 22
@sammyy We are spoiled with food.
We are spoiled with food.1 person likes this
@sammyy (527)
• India
5 Feb 22
@RebeccasFarm with so many varieties of cuisines out there, that too...
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@sammyy (527)
• India
6 Feb 22
No no...no athlete here! Just an average built, medium active person.
We all have our eating routines. Love your slogan!
@healerWitch (417)
• Portugal
5 Feb 22
I was raised in an environment like that. Constantly eating. While we were eating, my mother would ask us what we want to eat and we would be like "we can barely finish what we are having now" and she would respond "ok I'll make something".
We ate our health away that's for sure. I had to move out to break from the bad habits. Now I can stay without food for 3 days straight and not feel hungry at all.
We ate our health away that's for sure. I had to move out to break from the bad habits. Now I can stay without food for 3 days straight and not feel hungry at all.2 people like this
@healerWitch (417)
• Portugal
5 Feb 22
@sammyy no, it's an extended fast. After I'm done with one, I feel 10 years younger. Cells are rejuvenated, immune system resets, there's more insulin sensitivity, and you clear your gut microbiome from pathogenic bacteria.
The last 3 years I only eat once a day, so I'm in a fasted state for 20-30 hours (the meal timing fluctuates). But if there's a disease involved (like the Covid I got recently) then I extend my fast for as long as necessary, because autophagy will deal with the pathogens and damaged cells first and that helps with recovery.
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@sammyy (527)
• India
5 Feb 22
@healerWitch okayyy! I like food a little too much to go without for so long! But to each one his own..i suppose..
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
5 Feb 22
This is a very interesting and complex issue.
How much a person needs to eat is very individual - of course there are averages based on criteria such as body mass, metabolism and activity level, but there is a lot of variance.
I know of one young lady, who must eat constantly - many hundreds of calories just to maintain the frail body she has. Her body doesn't metabolize much of what she eats. But no one could call her a glutton.
Gluttony is more of an attitude to food - a greediness.
Just because you are hungry all the time, doesn't make you greedy.
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@sammyy (527)
• India
5 Feb 22
Ohh! I didn't know such a need exists! But yeah, this may differ individual to individual...
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
5 Feb 22
While growing up we had strict meal times and maybe, a snack in the afternoon. As an adult, I eat when I get hungry and whatever I feel like eating. *shrug* When my daughter was young, we had meal times and a snack in the afternoon. Now, she eats when and what she wants to eat.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
6 Feb 22
@sammyy Exactly. Which means that only you can decide if you're being a glutton or not. It's nobody else's business. 
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