Eating only for energy and muscle repair

It has often been said that one should eat to live instead of living to eat. It seems that is sufficiently understandable, but how many really take to heart what it implies?For many, there is nothing more satisfyingly enjoyable than eating.  In some cases it can even be a way of anesthetizing oneself from  against the pain of unpleasantness. Hence the phenomenon in which one eats to ward off boredom or disappointment.Perhaps none of these reasons for eating is harmful unless it results in overdoing it. That is, an occasional snack to compensate for the unhappiness of not faring well in a job interview, or less seriously, to scare away the blahs, may not be all that harmful. But the tendency is for one who eats at times like this is to do so far more than only occasionally and in greater quantities than possibly  one bran muffin with a cup of herbal tea.Those of us who eat for reasons other than fueling of our bodies for daily activities and facilitating muscle repair all too often tend to overdo it. For the most part this is because we live empty lives, devoid not only of short term goals but those suggesting an overarching sense of purpose. As a result, we are continuously discontent and in search of whatever promises to satisfy.Food can fill voids such as these. The trouble is that these types voids are always there, tending to multiply with time. They are easily, but only temporarily, alleviated by the quick snack or fast food as it is called nowadays. Even before we have digested them the sense of emptiness again returns.Many have referred to this state as psychological hunger , suggesting no actual physical discomfort. But there are those who will actually experience a physical growling of the stomach--a state seeming to demand the consumption of food. This can become so severe that one may believe his or her primary sense of well-being to be threatened by it.Intense cravings such as these should be countered initially at least by clinically calibrated diet plans or prescribed appetite suppressants. But they need to be dealt with more thoroughly later on through intense reflection on one's reason for being and sense of ultimate purpose. It is only through such reflection that one will come ultimately eliminate his or her recurrent hunger, that which is mistakenly understood as an actual need of food to maintain one's physical well-being.Order my book, "Think and Grow Fit" today