There are really no coincidences in life, God has everything planned, I’ve been told, and sometimes it seems true, like today.

This morning I was reading Janice Taylor’s contribution to our online conversation and there was an ad on her blog page that read “End Hunger Now!”  I think it was for a charity.  It was too perfect, and highly synchronous for our first theme of “What Are You Hungry For?”

That’s what I want to do, too.  End Hunger Now.  There are too many starving people in the world.  In some countries there is a vast overabundance of food, and we’re concerned with overeating – while others cannot get enough to eat.  It’s just not right.  It’s not fair.

I am going to remember every time I am about to eat from boredom, habit, or go off my Food Plan that while I am struggling with overeating, there are those who have the opposite problem, under-eating.  I have for a long time made contributions to charities to help end hunger and poverty.  Now, from now on, I am going to make the connection between what I’m truly hungry for and not overeat – and to keep doing my best to feed others who are truly starving.

To also respond to what Janice wrote about her Grandmother:  that’s such a vivid illustration of eating from boredom, habit, or emotional and life needs rather than food.  Thanks for sharing those scenes about your Grandmother and Mother’s struggles.  I am impressed that you use those memorable scenes in your own conscious reminders to not overeat.

I too have childhood scenes of overeating, trillions of them.  My mother was extremely overweight, and she was constantly eating.  Everything in life was centered on food in our family.  She was always cooking, and always eating.  There was no one questioning her about it, though.  My Grandmother was skinny.  My Mom’s compulsive overeating was a mystery, that I patterned-after, absorbing her habits into my life until I weighed 400 pounds.  It took me years to solve the mystery of what I was hungry for.  It wasn’t for food, which I wrote about yesterday, and will no doubt will write about a lot more.

***Dear Reader, please post below and join in Janice’s and my conversation.  What are YOU hungry for?***