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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:42 PM
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Poll question: Do you live to eat or eat to live?
My husband is obsessed with food. He will ask me days in advance what I want for dinner on Friday night. He has to have regularly scheduled meals that consist of a proper proportion of food groups.

I, on the other hand, eat to stay alive. If it weren't for him, I would simply eat when I was hungry and what I ate would depend on what I had on hand. I've lived for months eating nothing but oatmeal and tortillas.

So what's your style?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:00 PM
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1. Depends on my mood
Sometimes I forget to eat, sometimes I can't wait to eat. I'd prefer to graze when I feel like it.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:49 PM
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2. Is there no grey area?
I grew up with a family of culinary professionals. I enjoy the pleasures of the table. I eat a balanced, nutritious diet. I don't have an emotional attachment to food and drink; it's less than an obsession and more than mere subsistance.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:12 PM
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8. I guess that's what option number 2 was meant to convey
But I get your point. Since food to me is just something necessary to maintain my body (I could happily exist on the little cubes things the Jetsons ate :P ), it's hard for me to see all the nuances.
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:51 PM
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3. Both
I eat, therefore I am
I am, therefore I eat

Good food.

Good.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:55 PM
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4. Me hungry. nt
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:57 PM
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5. 5 meals a day. Eat to live.
Like clockwork.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:09 PM
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6. Live to eat, and sadly it shows.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:10 PM
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7. i eat everything i kill
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:20 PM
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10. Is it true that kittens taste like chicken?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:21 PM
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11. most non-cow animals taste like chicken
except humans, they taste like pork.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:19 PM
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9. I enjoy eating, but I'm not ruled by it.
I think I've got a pretty good balance between wants and needs in my diet.
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 02:24 PM
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12. I love food, and I like it done correctly.
I will never be anorexic because I love food too much. I also would probably weigh a lot less if I had to eat food made by a crummy cook or had to eat crap like Raman noodles and TV dinners.

:puke:



Laura
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