Feasting or Fasting: Rethinking Our Food-Obsessed Lives

Break free from this cycle!

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Ever notice how our lives revolve around food? Morning bagels, coffee catch-ups, lunch dates, dinner plans. Our days, weeks, social interactions, even celebrations – it’s all stitched together with a culinary thread.

Imagine describing yourself as a “foodie” as your personality type.

Is it a primal instinct we can’t shake off, or is it because food, once a scarce resource, still triggers our gather-and-hoard instincts?

Choosing what to eat is a daily drama.

And let’s not even start on the food-based social divides – the vegans, meat-lovers, and every dietary tribe in between. Why do some folks balk at renting homes to those who cook ‘differently’? When did food become a moral battleground, a line in the sand defining ‘us’ versus ‘them’?

Think about it. What if food was just fuel, no frills attached? No politics, no overthinking, no marketing gimmicks. Just eat, satisfy, move on.

My one-meal-a-day (OMAD) routine’s been an eye-opener. It taught me scarcity, patience, toughness, and discipline – qualities I find missing in many who seem to live and breathe just for their next meal.

I’m relieved to break free from the food-centric life. Imagine the possibilities when we unshackle ourselves from our obsession with what’s on our plate.