Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Boredom Eating

Boredom. Boredom is a very real and serious issue that I face day in and day out. My job. I'm tickled to have a job in this economy. I'm tickled that my job is so close to home (no small feat in Sharpsburg). I'm tickled that I don't have a job that 'comes home with me' in the evenings. BUT, my job is soooooo very boring. When we have customers it's not all that bad. However, we don't have all that many customers coming in and out at this point. So we sit. For hours we sit! NOOOOOO, it's not that customers don't want to come to me to have them wait on me....none of us have that many customers. So I sit here. I peruse the interent. I play games on the internet. I write in my blog (yup, second entry this morning....in two hours no less). I read other blogs (maybe I should add more to my list of ones that I read). I read books. I clip coupons. I try to do what I can to keep myself busy here. But it never truely masks the fact that I'm bored! And with boredom comes boredom eating. I got to work at 10 this morning and by 10:15 I was already starting to think about when I could eat lunch and what is in my lunch box. I play a game with myself to hold off on eating my lunch as long as possible. Simply because as soon as lunch is eaten and all is put away, I'm back to being bored. And then i start to think about food again. And let me tell you...the afternoons....from noon until we close at 6 is a LONG stretch to be bored and thinkign about food. Boredom eating is a huge issue!

The only thing that saves me is the fact that I pack my lunch. When the food in my lunch box is gone, I'm done eating. The bad thing? I know taht there are chips in the cabinet just over yonder. I will freely admit that there have been times in the not so distant past where after the lobby is closed that I have snuck over to that cabinet (the drive through person is facing the other direction) and tried to ever so quietly open up a bag of chips and get a light snack. (not only do I eat from boredom, but I'm also a closet eater). Sad, I know.

I deal with roughly 40 hours each week of this intense boredom. My will is being constantly tested. Food is in my thoughts for a good portion of that. Why? Because old habits die hard. I'm a food addict plan and simple. It (food) fills my thoughts much of my time. Is this something that I will ever change? I'm actually thinking no. I think that food will occupy most of my thoughts for the rest of my life. I'm ok with that though...because I'm constantly learning and evolving and learning how to deal with this addiction.

8 comments:

VRaz60 said...

Could it be our diminished brain capacity that leads us to boredom? We simply cannot think of enough interesting things to keep us busy? Hmmmmm. I think not. I, too, tend to eat out of boredom, so I can sympathize. It's a tough struggle.

Megzz @ Megzz Wins at Life said...

You can add me to your list! :-) I just started my blog today!! My job is boring too!! I watch the clock tick all day long :-/

Teresa said...

You are not alone. I will graze all day if I don't have something to keep me totally occupied.

Tiffany said...

Wow - that's tough. I also find that I like to eat when I am bored. Fortunately, my job is busy enough that I'm okay at work. My problem is when I am home and bored.

Good for you though for not caving in. That shows some serious will power!

Donna B said...

With you on this one girlfriend! I think one of the reasons I LOVE my new position so much is that I am TOO busy, if there is such a thing. Have to stop myself during the day to go to the bathroom! Luckily we MUST take a lunch hour or that would probably slip by. Wish I had the magic answer to help you out on this one, since you tried so many things to keep busy already. Keep up the good work!

Wishing on a star said...

I hear you on the boring job, I did a total of about 5 minutes of work today, I have another 1 & 45 minutes to go before quiting time. I do this day after day after day. I don't over eat out of boredom, thankful. I bring my lunch and am too poor to buy any snacks. I did find some many great blogs that I started one on my own. My journey to begin another agonizing journey into weight loss has begun again. Hmm....I wonder what for dinner??

Wishing on a star said...

I hear you on the boring job, I did a total of about 5 minutes of work today, I have another 1 & 45 minutes to go before quiting time. I do this day after day after day. I don't over eat out of boredom, thankful. I bring my lunch and am too poor to buy any snacks. I did find many great blogs and I started one on my own. My journey to begin another agonizing journey into weight loss has begun again. Hmm....I wonder what for dinner??

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