When it comes to food, do you view gluttony as being greedy?

Question

Many people perceive of me to be gluttonous, & they call me greedy. I take psych meds, & 1 of the side effects is increased appetite.

I don't consider it gluttony because I REALLY feel weak & hungry @ the time. I usually feel dizzy like I'm going to faint, & the doctors usually say it's because my blood sugar is low.

It really bothers me by the fact that people think it's THEIR place to publicly humiliate me about my weight & eating habits, & more than 1/2 of those people are more overweight than I am. Sometimes, I get into arguments, verbally defending myself against these people. It REALLY hurts my feelings for someone to call me GREEDY. It makes me feel LITERALLY like a dog or pig.

I can't help this.

& why is it OK for people to be gluttonous with s*x, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. No one tells them anything. Why are people always telling ME stuff. They tell me they don't care about me, & they wish I was dead. They just want to be meddlesome & controlling.

Answer 1

aww its ok hun. Im in love with food. Thats why i became a chef. dont let anyone say mean things to you. if they do simply ignore them. Tell them to read up on your disorder and stop being so ignorant.

Answer 2

well, explain to them then !

its your medical condition that you keep eating.

but why care actually ?

i love my foods.

and people always perceive me as a fat thing.

but i cant be bothered.

because ultimately,

i live my life for myself and no one else. :)

dont care about them, anyone else.

:).

they just want to get involve. :)

Answer 3

Well its not ok for people to be gluttonous with those things, you just can't tell they are from the outside so they don't catch as much flack.

Now i wouldent say your greedy.... id say your fat

I know, im an A hole but at least i tell it like it is. You know why people judge you... because there people, its what they do.

Theres no excuse for being fat.... i dont care if your always hungry... eat all you want but make it healthy and gets lots of exercise to make up for it.

Fat people get the bad end of most deals, yeah it's not nice but it's how things are.... at least there is something you can do about it.

Answer 4

I wish people would think before they ever say such an ignorant thing!!! When I was younger I had to take some pill for seizures, one of the side affects was the exact same as yours. I gained alot of weight and had horrible name calling like fat @$$...its very hurtful. I never really ate a ton, but could definatly scarf down more than an average person, and was told so directly to my face.

I would not take it too hard because they don't know your problem, and by the way I HATE when fatter people tell someone they are fat, that is horrible, and they should look in the d**n mirror.....

Please don't listen to them, I would be horrible if you were dead, I dont know you, but if you would like to connect through Yahoo answers and just email back and forth like pen pals, that would be really really cool!

It is NOT greed, if you need that food you eat it. It really sucks that you have to choose one thing over the other, but the medicine is for a reason, and if you have those kind of side affects then its the price you have to pay...I always said I would rather be on the medicine and fat, then be dead. Good news is I did grow out of my seizures and dont take medicine anymore, but the weight is still on.

I hope you take this to heart and dont worry about idiots that say that kind of c**p to you.....if its your friends tell them how you feel, if they dont care they are not your friends.

good luck!!!

Answer 5

It sounds like the problem is the people you hang out with, not you...You're friends should like you for the kind and loving person im sure you are...not for you're food choices...sounds like you're friends are stuck up...a good caring friend would realize you're situation and never make you feel bad about this!  Even if you just genuinely enjoyed you're meal and that was the only reason for how you choose to eat its none of their business.    You deserve a higher quality of friends!  I would point out one of their flaws every time they they say something, that way they will either shut up or it will send them packing...either way, better off for you!  Dont defend, take just as sharp of a stab back at them If somoene says "do you really think you should have soup AND salad?"  Say something that relates to them like "Do YOU really think you should have as much promisucous s*x as you do without getting paied for it?" Or "you are going to have ANOTHER cigarette?!  I hope you dont have high blood preassure!"  or "You are having another cosmopolitan?  Be careful, you know what a s**t you become when you drink like that!"  Let them see how it feels!

Answer 6

You don't have to be gluttony to feed your need for low blood sugar.  It's better to eat smaller amounts more often and keep you blood sugar at a steady level.  Start a more controlled eating pattern where you eat one thing every couple hours instead of a lot every 5 hours.  

Eating more often in small amounts may help you with your weight problem too.  Oh, I know it's hard to do, especially when there are all those delishious things out there to eat.  Keep meats, fruits and vegetables handy, not cookies, sweets and carbs.

And I am one that is always on my kid's about smoking, they cannot smoke in my house or car.  And I tell them when they get old and can't breath and have all kinds of health problems I will be dead and gone and not here to help them.