generation x is the fattest of them all

Is this natural body rejection or just awareness?

Natural rejection means you could eat certain things when younger, but when older, the body says "don't eat that".

Awareness is what I just talked about a moment ago. Thinking ahead to what will happen after eating things you shouldn't eat.

I think the answer is awareness due to life experience.

In my younger years, sure, I'd pile away all the sodas, pizzas, fast food, cakes, pies, whatever. But when I really think about it, I always felt discomfort after eating any of that. Being I was young, I didn't know any better. If I got indigestion, trapped air or anything like that after eating trash, my thought was I guess this is normal and just left it at that.

No, not normal, and never was.

Later on as I got older, I learned to stop and think first. If I think about eating trash now, my thought is different. If I eat X, Y will happen. If Y is something I know will make me sick, nope, I don't eat it.

What I battle more than anything else is fat guy thinking as I said earlier, even as a skinny man. I know to stay away from the trash foods, but if presented with something not trash that I really like, it's sometimes difficult to back off.

For example, I have a thing for macaroni salad. Loved it ever since I was a kid and still do. If I don't watch myself, I can pile through an entire 16oz container of that in one sitting. Yes, a pound of macaroni salad. And I know that chowing down on that much pasta in one go is a bad idea. A small amount is fine, but a whole pound of it? Yeah, that will make me sick for a few hours.

Or lets take something else, a 6oz box of raspberries. Just like the macaroni salad, if I get a box of those, I'll eat the whole thing quick if I don't watch myself. Will that make me sick? Yes it will. Eating a few raspberries is fine, but downing half-a-pound of them will make my stomach acids go crazy trying to digest all that.

This also counts for other fruits. Seedless red grapes? I'll eat fistfuls of those if I don't watch myself. Oranges? I'll eat one and just one or my gut reacts the same way as if I downed a box of raspberries.

And again, I had these same issues when I was young and they were there the whole time. The difference now is that I've gained knowledge, recognize what will happen when I pile in too much food and know to back off...

Published 2025 Jul 1