Food is fuel.
Some things definitely taste better than other things.

I have to remind myself that I need to vary my menus.
Not liking many vegetables, and being allergic to certain foods, sometimes makes making healthy choices difficult.

I've never met a carb I didn't like.

I like to relish everything I put in my mouth.

Eating is the greatest sensual pleasure available to me. Besides the immediate pleasure, it's also calming. Sorry, but that's my reality.

I love eating, the different combinations and things that complement each other.
For hiking I like to make my own trail mix with my favourite things in, usually including some dark chocolate.
When I was going to a nutritionist, after being severely reprimanded by my doctor for low iron, she said I wasn’t eating enough protein with my meals and to try and eat 100gs per meal, be it nuts or other.
I cook at least 3 times a week

I'm an intermittent faster. I wake up early - mostly because I love to - and, I have chickens that want to get to their free ranging !
I do a fruit/veggie/vegan protein powder smoothie around 10:30, after work-out/hike/whatever. Then whatever foods I consume is done by 6. The only thing I allow after that sometimes, is air-popped popcorn. I mostly eat healthy, plant based - except for eggs, because I know they come from very happy birds that will always be pets. I don't eat critters - well, because I love them !

I'm a good cook, but don't do it every day. I've been known to eat out of a container, while standing up, or walking around outside. Who cares ? Living alone does has great perks !

Sometimes I eat total sugary crap. And I know it is. And I enjoy every damn bite !

With some fluctuations over the years - I've settled into the same size I was in my 20's, and still have a few of the same clothes ! I feel pretty good ! Regular blood donor since I was 19.
And my mantra, in this time of Covid is : " I am a resistant organism ! "

I used to eat chocolate when I was stressed, or happy, or lonely, or whatever. It was my drug of choice. In the past few years I have gone mostly vegetarian, and this year I have had to give up chocolate, sugar, and caffeine because it causes anxiety. I can see changes in my resting heart rate and stress levels on my fitness watch when I consume those items. I usually sit in front of the computer when I eat, but this week I have chosen to read while I eat lunch. I keep only healthy and real foods in the house. I need to lose some weight before I retire. I discovered recently that Medicare Supplements can cost more if you are overweight, if they don't deny you the coverage. Plus my knees are bothering me. And my back. I turn 63 in January, so I've got two years to get to 'normal' weight. I don't know if I've ever been 'normal' weight since I was 4.

I make sure I eat protein , cheese is good or cottage cheese without protein with exercise you can lose muscle

Eating is a pleasure for me (like for many Portuguese). These days it's hard to know what is really healthy so I eat a bit of every poison.

When Hiking...I make my own Granola...so I have Granola with Boiled water for breakfast, and of course Coffee...for Lunch, Salami n Swiss(don't need to refrigerate either of them) on Portuguese Bread(or NY Rye or Italian if I can't find the Portuguese)...maybe some Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup...snack on Apple's and Oranges and Granola unless I make Granola Bars. Dinner is 2 Knorrs Noodle packages with Summer Sausage or dried beef for some Protein and dried Veggies...and if course Hot Tea...I usually carry a.book to read before I fall asleep. Been doing the same formula my whole life ... It works for me...At home...I love to cook so the sky is the limit...Lasagne, homemade pasta...Ministrone, Scallopped Potatoes...Tons of Chicken Recipes...Pork Roast...Beef Roast...lots of Potato and Veggie dishes...most people eat to live...I live to eat.

I have the opposite issue with depression, which isn't seasonal- when I'm depressed, I want to eat everything that isn't good for me. All the comfort food ever. I eat my emotions. I'm doing well now, controlling my eating and calories and losing weight. Here's hoping I can keep it up.

I saw Ed McMahon one time on Carson. Some diet guru or other was on and Carson made a quip about he didn't understand why anyone gained weight. Ed interrupted him, the only time I ever remember that happening. He asked Johnny WHY he ate. Johnny replied to stay alive. McMahon pointed out in an aha moment that THAT was the difference because Ed ate because it was enjoyment. Johnny didn't speak much the rest of that segment. Ed had a lot of questions to the guest and did most of the talking. It explained much to me.

I am a foodie. I love everything about it. I love going shopping and picking the best possible ingredients down to the fact that peppers are different between male peppers and female peppers. I can taste the difference in picking my own and buying it. I love gardening for that reason.

I had a restaurant for a short time but the recession in 2008 took that away. I could have left it open and lost money but I'm too much the accountant for that. While open, we did very well. But the town is far from St Louis and there was no way to make money in a recession that way. I've won state fairs for pie before. I am a restaurant grade chef but choose to not live that lifestyle.

We all have our likes and dislikes. If your attitude to food is not a love relationship, then I suggest comparing it to your love of hiking. Different strokes for different folks! I mean I walk a lot, but I only walk so that I don't weigh 300 lbs-I tend to plan menus or think of new flavor combinations while walking. Sound familiar?

Too often a self-medication against boredom.

1800 calories or less a day. High protein very low carbs.

Eating to me is usually a pleasure. Two years ago I started very low carb ( not strict keto) and intermittent fasting. I’m now much more conscious of nutrition, the quality of foods and act of eating. It’s interesting to wake up, sip on coffee, and contemplate breakfast after a 36 to 40 hour fast.

I enjoy cooking I also enjoy eating I also know when to say I've had enough to eat and sometimes making my own food is a pain in the ass but I do it anyhow.

I eat a lot of veg, tend to avoid fast food and carbs. No cake, bread, sweets for months. Because I am outside and take a lot of exercise, I can however suffer from low salt, get limb aches, and headaches. So my only use of fast food tends to be potato crisps, which I take for the high salt content when needed.

I like to eat, but I have to watch what I eat or will gain weight. I am at 155 LBs and want to stay there. I usually eat fruit and nuts when hiking along with a Clif bar. I could not eat bare naked noodles when hiking.

Your eating habits are interesting and I understand them. Four or five small meals daily are a great way to burn calories and keep energy up. I did that when I was bodybuilding and got the idea from Jack LaLanne circuit training. Unfortunate for me these days that I'm not following this and also cannot tell when I am full. It means I constantly over eat.

My attitude to eating is much like as the very old saying, " If you don't eat, you don't shit and if you don't shit you'll die, end of story."
But, I do allow myself the odd, somewhat unhealthy treat from time to time such as my Sunday hamburger MADE fresh at the nearby Fish and Chips Shop.
My regular meat supply mostly comes by way of my doing a bit of work for a good friend who owns and runs a Sheep Property where instead of cash in the hand I get paid with freshly killed Lamb or the occasionally killed Yearling Beef.
My vegies are ALWAYS steamed rather than boiled since steaming keeps the vitamins, etc, in them rather than them disappearing down the drain.

I have heard it said that some people live to eat and some people eat to live. Every morning I have a basic workout routine for 30 minutes and then a light breakfast which mainly consists of protein. I am not a vegetarian but seldom eat red meat as I seem to have just simply lost interest in it .I usually eat four or five different vegetables every day and some fruit. I reduced my carbohydrate intake by about 80 to 90% for four months and walked an average 10 miles a day that was when the weather was warm. Currently, I ride a 220 KG motorcycle throughout the day and that probably burns a few calories. I still enjoy an occasional pain au chocolat with coffee..

I like it.

Sometimes I forget to do it.

I eat what occurs to me to eat when I remember about eating. I don't usually plan ahead more than...

Maybe chicken tonight. That sounds good.

I have been trying to eat healthily for decades, now. Veggies, raw, always accompany lunch, which frequently does include Virginia, or other processed ham, nonetheless. Tuna, and sardines, the latter on WW bread , each twice a week round out lunch. Whole wheat bread has mostly given way to whole wheat tortillas, which get cut in half. Breakfast is steel cut oatmeal served with blueberries and low-fat yogurt, to cut those carbs, 5 days a week. Two eggs and 1 slice of WW bread do fr the other 2 days.
Dinner is most often chicken, no skin, an occasional pork item, or fish, w/veggies. Portion control is a focus, as I've worked my way down towards 6 lbs. over my thin H.S. weight. I'm almost 18 lbs below my heaviest ever weight, which was 25 lbs. over the H.S.one. I have no chronic medical conditions, and am approaching an "almost" 80th year.