That Chen book sounds interesting... Especially in regards European v. American concepts on sweet things. I mean, one of my favorite things to do in Finland was to go to a coffee shop that had AWESOME cakes that were really cheap, and "yum yum!" over it with a good coffee and a good friend. And I do have my share of food guilt because I do eat too much sweets, and eat too much on the whole compared to how much energy I spend, and I do feel bad about it. But if I would be given a pic of a cake, I'd go, even in my too-tight jeans "YUM!".
When I used to go running more, I absolutely hated it when, upon returning back home, my inlaws (only the women!) would gush "Wow, you've been such a good girl, now you can eat a cake all by yourself!/You can have all the sweets you want!" I was just miffed about it because I interpreted it as them thinking that I was trying hard to lose weight and that no sane person would torture them by running for any other reason... Now I get it: they were probably thinking that eating sweets is a guilty pleasure, and you can only take part in it if you have "tortured" yourself in some manner beforehand.
This might sound totally childish, but I've started to do this to combat any appearances of guilt: when I go to a coffee shop and order a latte, and if the barista asks me what kind of milk I want, I say whole milk. I'm thinking that hell, if I'm getting some kind of a crazy-assed coffee drink to indulge in, why not go all the way? :D
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Date: 2008-10-19 07:07 pm (UTC)When I used to go running more, I absolutely hated it when, upon returning back home, my inlaws (only the women!) would gush "Wow, you've been such a good girl, now you can eat a cake all by yourself!/You can have all the sweets you want!" I was just miffed about it because I interpreted it as them thinking that I was trying hard to lose weight and that no sane person would torture them by running for any other reason... Now I get it: they were probably thinking that eating sweets is a guilty pleasure, and you can only take part in it if you have "tortured" yourself in some manner beforehand.
This might sound totally childish, but I've started to do this to combat any appearances of guilt: when I go to a coffee shop and order a latte, and if the barista asks me what kind of milk I want, I say whole milk. I'm thinking that hell, if I'm getting some kind of a crazy-assed coffee drink to indulge in, why not go all the way? :D