Not in to food at all. Don't cook, don't experiment, don't talk about it, don't go food shopping - just not interested at all!

I am as far away as you can get from some of the early posts in this thread - I use food as fuel to do more interesting things. Granted, I like the taste of some things more than others, and I have a sweet tooth but that is as far as my interest extends!

I don't understand how peoples' days can revolve around their evening meal or how anyone can be interested in what other people are cooking/eating (as in the food forum)

And I can't stand Jamie Oliver!

I adore food. I look forward to my dinner every evening, and i would hate to exist on diet food. I dont feel i eat excessive amounts, but what i do eat I thoroughly enjoy.

My husband is the exact opposite. He eats to exist, and has said he would gladly swallow a pill daily like astronauts do rather than eat a meal.

Food is fuel and nutrients, that's all. I won't waste time on empty food, I just eat what a body needs, protein and fat.

I love food and will try most things at least once. It's got to be well seasoned and full of flavour though - I can't stand bland food.

I am obsessed with food! I love thinking about what I'm going to eat next, looking at cookery blogs, restaurant review blogs, watching cookery programmes.... I would say food is on my mind about 50% of the time!
I don't cook much as I hate sharing kitchen with flatmates, I like to cook with space around me!
Suprisingly I was always very underweight until I hit 25, now I'm average, so I have to be a little more careful with my eating habits!
All my family are the complete opposite, eat very little. Maybe thats were it stems from, I always felt hungry when I lived at home!

This is the way I want to go . No carbs No cravings also reduce my chances of cancer /diabetes and I'm sure lots of other diseases.

I think if is wasn't for the fact I live with someone, I'd probably live off snacks or Pot Noodles. I find eating boring and a waste of money. Seeing as I'm very busy and don't have enough hours in the day I find it easier to grab something to tide me over so I can get on with other things, like work or going out to the pub. Having to stop for half an hour to eat it just a waste of time when I could be doing something more important.

Dinner time in our house lasts 1½ hours from cooking to finish eating. I think if I lived on my own the cooker would never get used. I just don't think I could be bothered. It's time I could spend doing something else. Not only that but the cost of gas and electric just lately, it would be alot cheaper for me (as a single bloke) to grab something on the go than to buy something, bring it home, then pay to cook it.

I am always thinking about food - I love it!!! There is nothing quite like a good meal, nice wine and good company

I always have a rough plan of what is for dinner in the evening, always know roughly when I am going to eat and I never, ever get so busy / tied up that I "forget" to eat My boss does this and I just cannot understand it.

I eat pretty healthily but LOVE most things that are bad for me

I would say that food is mega, mega important to me! I like to eat things I enjoy, things I have spent time preparing - as I say mostly healthy stuff but also the odd treats too...

If I could live without food, I would. I rarely eat breakfast, hardly have what anyone would call a 'lunch' and only eat a meal come dinner time.

I really hate food, I hate having to prepare it, wasting the time doing it, and then I hate having to eat it.

When I was a teenager and very ill, I was unable to eat properly (whether that be because I could not physically feed myself, or I couldn't keep the food down) for a long time, and since then I have not liked eating, and haven't liked food.

If I wasn't married, I wouldn't eat at all, and would most likely have died years ago.

Food is amazing. Especially desserts and chocolate

I wish i could just eat what i wanted without putting on weight. Cos of my sweet tooth and complete lack of will-power i exercise 6 days a week to burn off the chocolate calories!

I am exactly the same! I never forget to eat, I even get a bit grumpy if I get too hungry, te he!

I think food is a huge part of my life. I love choosing and preparing meals, I love going out and enjoying good meals with people too.

I go on the 80% to 20% ratio, I try to eat healthy most of the time, but I happily allow myself treats when I want them too.

Snap indeed!!! I am a misery if I am hungry!!!

I also tend to eat well most of the time and indulge occasionally when I feel like it.

I've already got this evening's dinner plans running through my head - and have done since this morning

Will it involve garlic bread perchance?

Possibly

Wow, my reply was quite quick! I am not stalking honestly !!!

I am off to the dentist in a bit so depending on what they do to me, it could be soup for dinner (although I'll be thinking of garlic bread of course)

And that's why food quality is generally so poor in this country. You aren't allowed to love food because if you do you are blatently a fattie

That made me laugh . I love food, but am not a fatty - in fact I love my food so much I am careful not to obscure it's taste with too much sugar/salt/fat.

REALLY ? Show me the research evidence for this please !
Agreed we should stay away from processed carbs, but complex carbs are actually good for you, and help to regulate blood sugar levels. A diet too high in protein on the other hand, can lead to kidney stones and other related problems.... happy to supply the research evidence for this too.

I can image you've had a fair few fat lips in your time?

I love food - i find cooking relaxing - i love walking round supermarkets, planning meals.

I do quite like food - I like good quality food, eating out,watching cookery programmes on the odd occasion, and sometimes cooking though I'm not brilliant. I don't really have the time to regularly plan and cook proper meals though. There are times, like when I have something better to do, that it's more of a necessity than pleasure. Although most of the time I enjoy eating, I do have times when I can't really bring myself to.

Yeah, I'm the same kizzie. If I do manage to get a bit of a breakfast, I'll find my mind a lot more focused on eating through the day, but if I don't eat at the beginning of the day I'll just go on and on until late in the day, not thinking about it.

Oh and thanks for the welcome, good to be here.

food is massive to me. i am always thinking about it

i love to eat out in restaurants, i love to talk about food. i am also very "italian" in the way i view food, to me it's a family thing, it brings people together.

I love food - a LOT! Its important to me at the moment because I need particular foods in order to get bigger/muscles/the body I want (lots of protein & carbs) - but other than that, I love chocolate & sugary tasty junky stuff too! If I went food shopping, the trolly would be FULL of it... which is why I'm looking forward to putting on a few pounds this Christmas

Does anyone else hate it when you're coming towards the end of your breakfast/lunch/dinner/treat? It's like... nooooo... I never want it to end! Next thing, you've finished & you're craving more!

This is how I spend most of my life. I was quite skinny growing up and could get away with eating anything, and developed a ferocious appetite! Unfortunately it's all started to catch up with me a bit, but I still have the appetite so just have to exercise a lot to stop myself from ballooning! I love food though, and love cooking nine times out of ten, except when I am tired, and cannot be bothered. Hate washing up though.