Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed!

Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners' date=' Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed![/quote']

I wonder how common this actual is, because I do the same exact thing! Started the week after my surgery and I am glued! Any cooking show, shows about baking... My fav is Diners, Drive ins and Dives! Idk... That and Eat Street (the show about the Food Trucks)... I don't even want any of the food I see on these shows, I'm just obsessed with watching them and watching them make these wonderful looking creations! An seeing the people's faces as they enjoy them.

Soooo weird.

Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners' date=' Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed![/quote']

As you already know I am the same although my mouth waters just seeing all that delicious food. :-)

I wonder how common this actual is' date=' because I do the same exact thing! Started the week after my surgery and I am glued! Any cooking show, shows about baking... My fav is Diners, Drive ins and Dives! Idk... That and Eat Street (the show about the food Trucks)... I don't even want any of the food I see on these shows, I'm just obsessed with watching them and watching them make these wonderful looking creations! An seeing the people's faces as they enjoy them.

Soooo weird.[/quote']

Yes it's the weirdest thing! My boyfriend is like OMG stop watching this stuff its making me hungry and I'm over here having no urge whatsoever to even eat the stuff. But then when people are in front of me with food I want to eat it. The battle between my brain and stomach is crazy right now! Lol

Yea, I'm on that bandwagon too.. I watch tons of food network and cooking channel shows.. My wife always asks how I can watch that and not want to eat.. I just like it.. I used to watch a couple back in the day, but now it's just seriously nuts how many I watch.. lol

I never knew how many shows there actually were either, like I don't necessarily watch the "cooking" shows but I like those mystery diner shows and the shows with the hidden cameras!

Same here! And I like barefoot Contessa....lol

OMG. I thought it was just me I'm 9 days post op and the minute I came home that's all I've been watching and the freaky thing is I'm not even hungry. Still I'm my liquid diet and you think that watching these cooking shows would make me hungry. The brain is a very strange thing.

I never knew how many shows there actually were either, like I don't necessarily watch the "cooking" shows but I like those mystery diner shows and the shows with the hidden cameras!

Same here.. Chopped, eat street, mystery diners, giving you the buisiness, I don't watch the strait up cooking shows with the exception of not my momma's meals.

Same here! And I like barefoot Contessa....lol

I've made some of her recipes - they're amazing!

I do the same thing haha

Ever since my surgery I have started watching food shows. I never had any interest in it before but now I watch stuff like Diners' date=' Drive-ins, and Dives all the time. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but let me just say...I can't believe I've spent my time getting fat from McDonald's and nasty fast food places! There's so many things I've never tried or even thought of and all this time I've been eating ****. Maybe if I would have been eating higher quality food I wouldn't even be in this position (just kidding)! But wow, I'm amazed![/quote']

It's food porn. It feeds our addictive personalities ????