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Why Is it That.....

Anonymous032819 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:11:26 GMT

......I can go grocery shopping, buy $100 - $150 worth of food, but when I get hungry, nothing that I bought appeals to me?

Also, why is it that when I go out to a restaurant, I order whatever it is that I want, but yet when I see someone eating something else, I think that I should have ordered whatever it is that they're eating.

Weird.

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Grouchomarx — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:19:56 GMT

I can relate. I get my groceries every Sunday and then sometimes I'm like, why did I get that, I don't want that. I do try to make myself eat it but sometimes it just goes in the freezer for another time. Food moods change quickly IMO. I get food envy at restaurants when I see big plates of super fattening (and delicious) foods that I don't eat go by me. I want to grab it off the serving tray!

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GenXmuse — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:26:18 GMT

FOMO

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Kachina624 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:27:41 GMT

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?

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SunValley — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:31:48 GMT

@GenXmuse wrote:
FOMO

@GenXmuse I agree. Same reason the bracelet, purse, beauty item, shoes that we obsessed over now sits at the back of the closet/drawer. Retail sales are driven by FOMO.

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kaydee50 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:32:57 GMT

Doesn't happen to me. Always go food shopping with a list and pretty much buy the same items each time. And in restaurants I usually know what I like/want because I've checked the menu online.

I give up. What's FOMO???

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Anonymous032819 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:39:44 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
Doesn't happen to me. Always go food shopping with a list and pretty much buy the same items each time. And in restaurants I usually know what I like/want because I've checked the menu online.

I give up. What's FOMO???

@kaydee50

FOMO

Fear

Missing

Out

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:41:40 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I can so relate! When my almost 50 year old son was a teen, his dad & I would get groceries, bring them in and he'd ask "Is there anything good to eat there?" We still laugh about that! That boy had a hollow leg!

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:57:55 GMT

I go once a month for my big grocery shopping trip so I have a ton of groceries to choose from when I get home but it never fails, I'll get take out for dinner that evening.

I do the same as you in restaurants. I know what I want (or what I usually order) but I always see something I don't recognize (after I've ordered) and try to figure out what it is and remember it for the next time I'm there. Oh, and the next time I'm there, I order the "Usual". LOL!

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:00:26 GMT

No disrespect, but are you paying attention to your likes versus habit when grocery shopping?

Are you indecisive at the restaurant?

Have you truly figured out what you enjoy or want to eat?

Tastes in all thing of life change over time and maybe your tastes are evolving.

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cactusgal — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:03:07 GMT

@Anonymous032819 That's why I only buy Ice Cream

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qbetzforreal — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:15:59 GMT

I sometimes have that experience when dining out. Others food looks so good.

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Scooby Doo — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:24:53 GMT

I had a talking to myself just yesterday about this subject. I have a fridge full of food, and a big freezer full of stuff that I can't get one more thing into, not even a package of hot dogs. Yet I just can't find anything that I want to eat. I don't want to cook. I swear that I won't buy anything but fruit until this stuff is reduced to a manageable amount.

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kitcat51 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:32:53 GMT

Oh, I do the same thing @Anonymous032819 but today I went to Aldi, bought all my favorites & spent less than $20.00...now my goal is not to eat it all at once.

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godi — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:33:10 GMT

I spend a lot each week on groceries and there is never anything to eat. Just like cable 100s of channels and nothing to watch.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 20:42:59 GMT

When we were kids, we'd stand in front of an open fridge full of food and just stare until Mom or Dad yelled at us: "Shut the door!" Then my Dad would always make a remark every time and he would say something like: "If you can't pick something out then you must not be truly hungry". That still rings in my head whenever I can't find anything to eat in my kitchen full of food...LOL!

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chiclets — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:20:53 GMT

You are buying almost the same foods each week. You are bored and tired of your own menu. You desire something different. The question is what would be different for you to have and to cook that would interest you.

For the record people usually buy the same or similar items each week out of habit. However, to be honest, those items are always there each week, and the routine continues. It is an eating merry-go-round.

It is the same for take-out food. Will we order pizza, or chicken, or subs, or have Chinese, or a hamburger, or taco et cetera.

As for restaurants, we order what we usually enjoy and feel comfortable with. We are sometimes afraid of ordering something new, paying the price for something we would rather not have had. We want what we think is our sure thing.

The situation is this. You need to have someone invite you to their home for dinner and see what is on the menu and is being served to you.

The strange thing is there really seems to be nothing to just reach in an grab and eat and cook after spending all that money, and sadly, many times, what is there would be appealing if we really desired to make the darn meal.

Let me express my attitude. I have a sign in my kitchen that states:

TODAY'S MENU IS TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

Didn't quite answer your question, now what are you buying that is going to be different?

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Anonymous032819 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:28:58 GMT

Here's the thing, I don't buy the same thing every time I go grocery shopping.

As for restaurants, ever had dried/dehydrated bugs?

I have.

Ever had tongue sandwich?

I have.

Ever eaten fish eyes?

I have.

In other words, I already am an adventurous eater.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:45:31 GMT

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speedy girl — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:52:50 GMT

I know what you mean, I can get home from grocery shopping and the next day I feel like there is nothing to eat!!!