Is it okay to find pleasure in eating?

Absolutely!  In fact it is not okay to not have pleasure eating.  Some people eat to live and others live to eat.  The key is eating healthy food in reasonable amounts.  I relish the times when I dip fresh fruit into melted 70% dark chocolate, but I make sure I don’t gorge myself.  I also love trying new whole grains like freekeh.  In fact, if you get excited about what you’re eating, we bet, you’ll be more likely to try new things and create tasty combinations that will become your new staples.  And maybe you’ll even get your friends hooked too!

Paul, a leading singer with the New York Metropolitan Opera who followed my Eat More, Weigh Less program says, “A lot of people eat just to survive. They have no idea what they’re eating, and there’s no real pleasure in it for them. They just eat, and it doesn’t matter what they eat. But a lot of people find a great deal of pleasure in eating, and I do, too. However, if you eat something that’s terrible, you have to eat ten more of those things to be satisfied, and even then you’re not really happy. So, I would go to the best Korean markets in New York, and I would buy the best produce - the best peaches, nectarines, grapefruit, and so on. I’d eat any kind of fruits and vegetables and grains and tabouli I could get my hands on.”