To think you can't be 'greedy' if you're not overweight

[LaurieFairyCake]

Seems simple to me

If you're not overweight then no matter what you consume you can't be 'greedy'

As you are a healthy weight and BMI and you're just eating to maintain that

"Gluttonous implies that one 'simply' eats too much. Greedy implies you are depriving others to have for yourself. "

That's not how I've understood the words. Gluttony is greed, but specifically for food. Both mean eating a lot / too much.

I live alone so I don't really get what 'my fair share' means. Am I taking the fair share away from people in very poor countries? Probably yes, but that's our economic system.

Most people eat or drink things they don't strictly need, whatever their body shape. It could be sweet treats, wine, gin, coffee/tea, unnecessarily imported food, takeaway or restaurants, popcorn, 'finest' ranges or all kinds of things. We are all 'greedy' in that respect.

@Bluesername

Most people eat or drink things they don't strictly need, whatever their body shape. It could be sweet treats, wine, gin, coffee/tea, unnecessarily imported food, takeaway or restaurants, popcorn, 'finest' ranges or all kinds of things. We are all 'greedy' in that respect.

Yes, but if you eat normally the rest of the time, is that really greed?

I can be greedy if chocolate is involved. I am a healthy weight, I eat when I am hungry , I binge on crap when I am due on which I feel is me being greedy but I also need it!

Oh great, another fat-shaming/body shaming thread.

I think you are assuming that overweight people are by definition greedy.

Ha ha my husband doesn’t gain weight easily but he’s a greedy bastard. He ate 8 bags of crisps and 8 crunchies last weekend plus a chocolate orange, box of maltesers, 2 massive slabs of dairy milk....pisses me off as I moderate my eating.

I'd say I'm greedy when it comes to chocolate/biscuits in the house as I regularly eat more than my fair share compared to my husband, but he does the same with crisps and other savoury snacks. We are both normal BMI.

@RabbityMcRabbit

Oh great, another fat-shaming/body shaming thread.

oh great, another NAFALT

oh great, another NAFALT

What's one of those? (Sorry!)

Not All Fat Are Like That

because on MN excess weight can only ever happen for medical reasons and is NEVER due to excess calorie intake

I have a BMI of 19 and I'm greedy with chocolate, cakes and biscuits. Never with broccoli.

Ah ok, thanks!

@Eckhart

But they might eat really small portions when they're at home.

So they're greedy on someone else's dime? That's even worse.

I've just had a bagel for breakfast and feel quite full but will now have a slice of toast with Nutella because I know we have some nice bread in. Therefore I am greedy as I definitely don't need the toast (or Nutella...)

Do you struggle with your weight OP?

At 5 feet 2, I weighed < 7 stone on my 21st birthday. I was a greedy, overeating wee piglet and I was definitely not eating to "maintain my body weight". I had an extremely sedentary lifestyle. Also appeared to have a very well functioning metabolism.

God, I miss those days. Being built like a fat straw squeezed didn't buy me happiness, but it certainly gave me a better standard of misery.

@dayswithaY

I have a BMI of 19 and I'm greedy with chocolate, cakes and biscuits. Never with broccoli.

I just worked out my BMI and it’s the same. I am greedy with broccoli too and always serve myself more than the other members of my family despite us all liking it! I’m greedy with almost everything though. Once something is opened I just eat it all.

What??

Greed is consuming more than you need. It isn't measured by BMI.

I don't half read some shite on here, and this is definitely up there.

Bizarre thread, and from a known poster too.

Are you muddling greed up with gluttony @LaurieFairyCake ? Greed is not a concept that solely, or even chiefly, applies to food.

@Gwenhwyfar

"Are you sure? I'm a size 6. Yesterday i had a miserable day, i went to Tesco and bought a HUGE chocolate birthday cake and ate 3/4 of it by myself. Like, 12 people's worth. Does that not make me greedy?"

Sounds like you undereat, or at least eat a normal amount, the rest of the time so, no.

Ridiculous. Of course greed/gluttony can happen for a day or an hour and doesn’t have to be continuous every day of your life.

Individual acts can be greedy, and they don’t necessarily involve food.

Bizarre thread, and from a known poster too. confused

I have to admit, that thought crossed my mind as well.

But what happens in Lockdown, stays in Lockdown...

Probably fair comment @Butchyrestingface

@Iknowwhatudidlastsummer

Not All Fat Are Like That

because on MN excess weight can only ever happen for medical reasons and is NEVER due to excess calorie intake

Would you view anorexia or bulimia as “medical reasons”? Orthorexia? Where exactly is the line you draw where you deem disordered eating not to be disordered eating?

what are you trying to say RickiTarr

that being overweight can only be due to a medical reason, or medical disorder?

Spectacularly proving my point here