How Much Do You Eat?

I was sick this month with a fever, aches, and more—it was a stomach virus. Let’s just say it wasn’t fun. However, something good did come from it.

During the course of my sickness I drank lots of fluids and ate very little. My stomach didn’t want food but habit wanted me to get up and walk into the kitchen. In other words, the idea of eating would come to my head before the desire for eating came to my body.

For a whole week the thought of swallowing any kind of mass-produced food product grossed me out and, when I did eat, I could only stomach whole and fresh, natural foods. It took a week of twisting belly and weird fever-induced dreams before I began to feel normal again. Imagine my excitement when my stomach growled! That’s where I learned a lesson.

The amount of food I ate that week was minimal compared to the amount I usually ingest. Eating had become a compulsive habit and I was unaware of just how often I “grabbed a snack”. Now that I’m feeling better I’m tempted by all kinds of dishes again but I am doing my best to listen only to the call of my stomach and not the lure of the refrigerator.

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