Confessions of a foodie-aholic

Posted on July 2, 2015

Yes you have read that title correct!! Foodie-aholic!!

What can I say I love food!! I love the smell of it. I love feel of it. I love the sound of it. I love the taste of it!! mmmmm the taste!! grilled chicken, spicy taco, cold watermelon, creamy, icy ice cream. ooooo silky smooth, sinfully rich chocolate!! I dont think there is a food I dont like, well there is but that is mouth feel. I can honestly say I dont like the way liver feels in my mouth or a fatty piece of meat!!

My mom has told me time and again that she could tell when I had something in my mouth that was unpleasent to me. I always made a face!! So this is where my blog will take us. To mouth feel of food!! I believe that if I am going to eat I should be able to enjoy it. As you can see by the picture this is my sinful food of the day, well yesterdays sinful food. Homemade red velvet black forest cake! It was part of my Canada Day celebration and let me tell you, IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!! there was a layer of cherry pie filling with a vanilla pudding top to that with vanilla buttercream frosting, you get the picture!! moist, dense, sweet and smooth, is there a better mouth feel?! mmmm I think not!! unless it is rich, dense, moist, dark chocolate brownie/cake!!

I love anything rich, smooth, silky and sensous!! the richer the better, denser the better. When I eat something like that I am in heaven and only need a couple of bites to satisfy the taste or mouth feel. I have decided that if my food tastes great then I only need a little bit. If I can enjoy those first two to three bites then I am satisfied. That is my approach to dessert. Now the confession, last night the cake did me in!! I had two, pieces that is!!! It was really good and I did enjoy it but it was late in the evening when I ate it and my will power had gone to bed. So there is a timing issue here as well. It doesnt matter how good your food tastes if you are tired or it is late and you are a little weak you will eat!! and it will be more than you need!!

As a food-aholic I know I can stumble easily so I need to be on guard at all times. I also have to remember just because I stumble doesnt mean I have to give up completly so today I am back on track and wont look passed my next meal. There is always a plan in place and there is always a next step.

Things to remember: we must eat to survive but that doesnt mean we cant enjoy what we put into our mouths.

we must honor our bodies with the good, healthy choices which in the right frame of mind can be just as good as the unhealthy choices we make.

we need to eat mindfully, a meal should be a holistic adventure. What does it feel like? what does it taste like? does it bring back memories (good or bad)?

A question to ask yourself is: Am I eating to eat or am I eating to be healthy? If it is to be healthy, enjoy it, feel the texture on your tongue, against the roof of your mouth. Is it sweet? spicy? salty? how does it feel as you swallow? is it warm as it goes down?

Ok that is more than one question but you get the picture. We need to enjoy our food if we are going to fuel our bodies correctly. so now I am curious, What is your "sinful" food? What is that gets you drooling and cant wait to dig in?

Tell me I want to know!!

Have a great day!! fill it with pleasure, happiness and smile, someone may need to see it!!

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Louise

07/02/2015 5:54PM

Don't beat yourself up about 2 pieces of cake. Tomorrow... walkies and salad and all will be fine! ((Cantaloupe is my friend))

BCbabe

I am not beating myself up about the two pieces of cake, I cant because then I would get stuck. I did walk yesterday and stepped on the scale this morning for an "unofficial" weigh in and discovered that I have indeed lost 2 lbs. so this little distraction didn't do damage!! I was pleasantly surprised!! oh I love cantaloupe too!!

GlampingGal

07/02/2015 3:49PM

Happy belated Canada Day Valerie! I celebrated Canada Day while camping in Morrisburg, Ontario. Strangely, there were fireworks on the US side of the St Lawrence on the night of the 1st so I'm not too sure what was going on over there. I'm assuming there are some Americans who just love any reason to bring out the fireworks (I suppose I can't blame them). Anyway, I'm a big fan of food too. Love to cook, love to eat, glued to Food Network and constantly flip through my cookbooks looking for inspiration. What I've been finding is that the whole process leading up to eating is just as fun for me as eating the final product. You know how French Canadians show love with their food, right? Yep, that's me. My mémère made food for an army when we'd go for our Sunday dinner every week. She showed her love by piling food on top of food on that dinner table. And boy, could she cook! But she barely ate. It's only know that I've started to get how that works. The act of offering food is satisfying, but people don't need to eat the entire thing to show their appreciation. And once I've made a dish for guests, I've usually tasted and tested my way through the cooking process and don't have much of an appetite. Strangely, if I'm eating something I didn't prepare myself, like let's say, a take-out pizza, then I actually want to eat the whole thing. How does that work? Not sure, but it's something I've noticed and I need to be keep it under control. So, what is my sinful food? It's definitely

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BCbabe

that's me to a T!! I love to cook, the only problem is I taste test and still eat at dinner. My grandmother was the same way, huge meals every time we gathered. I guess we just have to find the best way for it to work for us. Thanks for sharing this with me.

Travis

07/02/2015 10:54AM

I must say I really liked the line "a meal should be a holistic adventure," I honestly am going to look at meals a bit differently now. As for the Q/A - I am a sucker for ice cream, and prefer Vanilla. The good news is, I have a very bad allergy to milk fat and will break out in hives if it touches me or goes in my mouth, because of that it makes it easier to control the intake to extremely special occasions, otherwise, its not worth an Eczema flare up.

BCbabe

oh Travis, that is an awful allergy but it sounds like it would work. I have discovered that mine is cheesecake, just the creaminess and richness is hard for me to leave alone but I am getting better as I make my own little mini ones now and can watch what goes into it so it is healthier. Have a great day and if you are looking for a game to start, think about mine. Valerie's Smokin' July Days. I am aiming for a holistic approach there too