I've been reading a few posts lately about people binging. I don't really have this problem. I have planned days that I knew there were going to be rough days with a lot of food and temptations. I have tried to plan for these days to avoid binging. Typically those days involve a lot of booze more than anything.
I think there is one big reason that I don't binge after a bad day or stressful day; my true laziness. I am very focused and scheduled in my days, but I don't really do a whole lot outside of that.
Every now and then I will have a really bad day and think about stuffing my face with all my favorite foods. I will then think about how I have none of that food at my house. Then I realize I will have to make an extra trip to the store (which I hate) or go through a drive-thru (which I also hate). Then I realize I would just rather go home and not hassle with it. It seems like too much work for me to do. Don't get me wrong, I'm still thinking about stuffing my face, but I'm literally too lazy to make an extra trip after a long day.
Sometimes I'll be watching tv and food commercials come on and I realize how delicious the food looks, even if it's food I wouldn't ordinarily eat. I will really, really want that food. Then I realize I'll have to make a phone call to order the food or drive to the store to get it, and then my laziness kicks in. I realize I'm going to have to put in extra effort that I hadn't planned on for the day.
Just the other day, while watching football, I was wanting everything I saw on tv; pizza, Arby's, ice cream, and I even think there was a Long John Silver's commercial and I would never eat that, but it just looked soooooo good. Then I realized that I would have to drive to get all of these things and my laziness took over. I just sat back and watched the rest of the game.
I've never been super proud of my excessive laziness, but it's really working for me in the binging catagory. I'm going to have to spread the word to everyone around me. I'll tell them all to tap into their inner laziness to help them get over their issues with binging.
I had to laugh as I read this post. I just blogged about the same thing a few days ago. I love to eat crap but I am too lazy to go get it myself. However my problem is I have enablers that I run to way to often. Hence the weightloss blog I have now..lol..But never really thought about how laziness has probably saved my waist at least a few inches!
ReplyDeleteThat's totally one way to look at it! Good for you.
ReplyDeletebhahaha, love this. gah, if i could just stay away from the frozen yogurt place that is literally right next door life would be a lot better:)
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME. Truly the best use of lazy I have ever heard...hey, it is all about playing to your strengths!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI kind of think like that now too....things can sound so amazing or look so good in the commercials but I don't want to get up to go to the store or the drive thru because it would take too long, and most of the time what I end up doing is thinking of the nutrition count in that stuff, I will literally get on the places website and look up the nutrition count and that stops me dead in my tracks LOL
ReplyDeleteI would LOVe to be too lazy to binge :) It's a good problem to have if you have to have a problem... lol
ReplyDeleteThis really made me laugh! Unfortunately this doesn't work for me, while I may not be bothered to go to the shops that's sometimes worse for me, as then I start concocting all manner of things. The only approach for me is to consciously go and do something different, even if it's an afternoon nap, anything's better than a binge.
ReplyDeleteLaziness and not wanting to interact with people has definitely saved me several times. Somehow even ordering pizza is way too much hassle. Now if they'd get rid of the self-checkout at the grocery store and I had to deal with a checker I'd probably go there less often too!
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