But that's the whole point - you eat all the delicious forbidden foods out of your kitchen before you begin your Lenten fast properly shriven.
I need to stop coming to this forum. My doctor is after me to lose a few pounds, and every time I click on a thread like this, I am overcome with hunger. And now I desperately want pancakes for breakfast.
Look, ease up on yourself. It's not over eating. It's an American history research experiment.
And if you've lost your sense of smell, as many people do, food isn't that appealing.
I have no sense of smell and never had one due to a congenital developmental disorder but my sense of taste is more or less functional. I am not a foodie, but I quite enjoy well-prepared meals. I suppose if you primarily associate good food through smell, losing that sense could dampen your enthusiasm for eating.
I think this falls under the "don't know what you are missing" category. My aunt had a stroke about age 60 which removed her sense of smell. She had always ben a good cook and enjoyed trying different cuisines etc. After the stroke she struggled to eat enough calories because food had so little flavor to her. She said the only upside was that her child care duties were easier because she couldn't smell the stinky diapers.
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