OT: Onion article

In article <[email hidden]>,

Kevin Stevens said:

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4124

🙂

KeS

From the header, I thought this was going to be an article about onions.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Kevin Stevens said:

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4124

From the header, I thought this was going to be an article about onions.

Nah, that wouldn't have been OT!

If you want a (somewhat) more relevant onion comment, I noticed about
ten years ago that I had suddenly become much more sensitive to the
smell/taste of onion. Not that I found it more or less distasteful
(onions are ok, in their place), but it just takes MUCH less onion to be
overpowering to me. I don't notice the same effect from anything else;
garlic, for example, is exactly the same potency as it ever was.

Not associated with any particular age, ailment, or any other obvious
correlation. A bit disconcerting at the time, because sudden changes
like that can by symptoms of fairly serious medical conditions (like,
say, brain tumors) - but I'm still here a decade later and scooping
onions out of my pho industriously. (shrug)

KeS

So how do people continue to stuff themselves after they're no longer
hungry? I'm genuinely curious since I've never been overweight. I hate
that overstuffed feeling and can't imagine continuing to eat without making
myself sick.

Kevin Stevens said:

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4124

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Bev

Bev-Ann said:

So how do people continue to stuff themselves after they're no longer
hungry? I'm genuinely curious since I've never been overweight. I hate
that overstuffed feeling and can't imagine continuing to eat without making
myself sick.

Some people don't seem to have an 'I'm full' switch at all. I know a
lot of people here comment that until they dumped the refined carbs
and founded their eating on proteins and healthy low-carb veggies they
never did feel satiated. They might have pain in their bellies from
the sheer amount of food there, but they don't feel 'full'. Not
satisfied at all on carbs.

In my case, I have been on strict diets since I was 10 years old and
became obese while on a course of powerful corticosteroid drugs
prescribed as a last resort for an autoimmune condition. By the time
I discovered LC in my mid-thirties I'd been restricting my eating and
ignoring my body signals for more (better quality) food for so long
I'd forgotten what 'satisfied' felt like.

Aramanth

"Aramanth Dawe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some people don't seem to have an 'I'm full' switch at all. I know a
lot of people here comment that until they dumped the refined carbs
and founded their eating on proteins and healthy low-carb veggies they
never did feel satiated. They might have pain in their bellies from
the sheer amount of food there, but they don't feel 'full'. Not
satisfied at all on carbs.

This is an excellent description of the first 47 years of my life...

--
Sherry
360/?/195
low carb since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry
"Shrinkage" Photos: www.owly.net/Shrinking.html - - UPDATED 6/14!

So if you know that the pain in the belly is from overeating, wouldn't that
tell you to stop? I mean, do you continue to have rumbling hunger pangs?
Again, I'm just trying to understand this since I've never experienced it.

on Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:19:10 +0930, Aramanth Dawe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Some people don't seem to have an 'I'm full' switch at all. I know a
lot of people here comment that until they dumped the refined carbs
and founded their eating on proteins and healthy low-carb veggies they
never did feel satiated. They might have pain in their bellies from
the sheer amount of food there, but they don't feel 'full'. Not
satisfied at all on carbs.

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Bev

Bev-Ann said:

So how do people continue to stuff themselves after they're no longer
hungry? I'm genuinely curious since I've never been overweight. I hate
that overstuffed feeling and can't imagine continuing to eat without making
myself sick.

Speaking for myself, I used to eat fast - no more
than 5-10 minutes for an entire meal. The brain
didn't get the message before the stomach was
stuffed. Also, when we were growing up, we didn't
have the luxury of much food, so when we did get
it, it was eat while you can. It was mostly
starches, too, because they were cheap.

Marsha/Ohio

I've never met anyone who eats slower than I do, so maybe there's something
to that.
I grew up with a lot of food, but like you, it was mostly starches since we
were a large family with only one parent bringing in an income. Mom stayed
home to look after 6 kids. And Dad was raised on a farm so he insisted on
almost every meal being meat and potatoes with a small side of veggies and
bread. :-)

Marsha said:

Speaking for myself, I used to eat fast - no more
than 5-10 minutes for an entire meal. The brain
didn't get the message before the stomach was
stuffed. Also, when we were growing up, we didn't
have the luxury of much food, so when we did get
it, it was eat while you can. It was mostly
starches, too, because they were cheap.

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Bev

Oh, and I forgot that we ALWAYS had something sweet like pudding for
dessert after dinner.

Bev-Ann said:

I grew up with a lot of food, but like you, it was mostly starches since we
were a large family with only one parent bringing in an income. Mom stayed
home to look after 6 kids. And Dad was raised on a farm so he insisted on
almost every meal being meat and potatoes with a small side of veggies and
bread. :-)

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Bev

"Bev-Ann" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

So if you know that the pain in the belly is from overeating, wouldn't
that
tell you to stop? I mean, do you continue to have rumbling hunger pangs?
Again, I'm just trying to understand this since I've never experienced it.

The pain in the belly happens after you have way over eaten.. for instance
Thankgiving i would eat so much I could not move but I did not feel that way
til after the meal was over and pie was eaten.. by the time I was 16 or so I
realized I could get by on NOT eating like that at thanksgiving 😉 I dont
always feel full.. I find the trick to be to stop eating when I am no longer
hungry..

Tori

--
Xavier 10/04 "Hey mommy I can reach the middle of the coffee table if I
stand right here"
Bonnie 3/02 "No Xayur thats my blankie"
349.5/321/135

Quoted message said:

"Bev-Ann" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

So if you know that the pain in the belly is from overeating, wouldn't
that
tell you to stop? I mean, do you continue to have rumbling hunger pangs?

What pain? And yes, your belly still rumbles - probably from gas, but it
feels the same as a hunger rumble! I NEVER felt full until I got my thyroid
sorted. Now it amazes me when I feel full - but it doesn't often happen. The
eating until satiated bit doesn't work for me either, because I can eat too
little and be hungry half an hour later (and then get problems from a liver
dump because of diabetes). Monitoring calories and carbs and mechanically
working out what I should be eating seems to be the only way to go for me.

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 T2 DX 05/2004
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
95/77/72Kg

Bev-Ann said:

So how do people continue to stuff themselves after they're no longer
hungry? I'm genuinely curious since I've never been overweight. I hate
that overstuffed feeling and can't imagine continuing to eat without making
myself sick.

Kevin Stevens said:

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4124

Bev

In case people aren't aware, THE ONION deals in satire, not news. If
you don't believe that, go from the referenced page to the Front page
and see the other stories, such as "Enchanted By Own Innocence,
Michael Jackson Molests Self" or "Secret Service Not Sure If That Suit
Of Armor Was In Oval Office Yesterday."

Basically, yes. You still feel growling-belly-hungry EVEN though
you're also feeling painfully stuffed.

Aramanth

Bev-Ann said:

So if you know that the pain in the belly is from overeating, wouldn't that
tell you to stop? I mean, do you continue to have rumbling hunger pangs?
Again, I'm just trying to understand this since I've never experienced it.

on Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:19:10 +0930, Aramanth Dawe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Some people don't seem to have an 'I'm full' switch at all. I know a
lot of people here comment that until they dumped the refined carbs
and founded their eating on proteins and healthy low-carb veggies they
never did feel satiated. They might have pain in their bellies from
the sheer amount of food there, but they don't feel 'full'. Not
satisfied at all on carbs.

-----
Bev

Bev-Ann said:

So how do people continue to stuff themselves after they're no longer
hungry? I'm genuinely curious since I've never been overweight.

No longer hungry and stuffed are not the same thing by a
large stretch. If I eat X food to stop being hungry it
probably takes 3X food to become stuffed.

Quoted message said:

I hate
that overstuffed feeling and can't imagine continuing to eat without making
myself sick.

One more reason people continue to eat - Addictive
reactions. People do have addictive reactions to certain
foods, including some folks who claim that they do not
but who have binge problems.