Crisis: I really don't like eating this way

[Saphire]

Food bingeing, the climax of any food addiction, is a solitary affair.
In Italy and France, my two home countries, conviviality is an important part of life, and people tend to be on the lean side.

Have to disagree based on my personal experience. My BMI used to be over 35. I was definitely what most people would call obese. While I ate some meals alone if no one was home, most of the time when I broke my various diets it was because of a party, gathering, restaurant meal or a take out meal that I ate with my husband and children. While I might have snacked at night, most of my damage was usually done at dinner. If I was in someone’s house and there was dessert, I had no problem going back for seconds or thirds. Now it is different, I am the one enjoying the conversation and company sipping water while everyone else has dessert. Last month I was on vacation with family. At least two of the nights I did not want to eat again and sat with my family and their friends talking while they ate and I had water. There were keto things I could have eaten, in fact I insisted that we go back to both restaurants on other nights because there were menu items I wanted to try but did not have the appetite to eat on the previous night

[margot17]

Fair enough, then it depends on the person. When there are people around I get too absorbed by the conversation to care too much about food. I think of it the day after, oh the good things I completely missed!