Photographs: Bad for your diet?
By pinkytabor
@pinkytabor (818)
Philippines
September 4, 2008 8:24am CST
Have you ever looked at a photo of a certain food/drink and began to crave? It happens to me all the time. I have just seen the pictures of cheesecake, coffee, and pizza here, and my mouth began to water. I swallowed water, went to the kitchen, open the fridge. And there they are, believe it or not, a chocolate cheesecake, and 3 pizza slices - leftovers from last night's party. What a delight!
But it ruined my diet. All because i saw, and looked, and lingered for a while at these photos of food.
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5 responses
@tiff1984 (385)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I get emails from Martha Stewart Living the Everyday food section of her site and yeah when I see those pictures I always get hungry. But one good thing is all that stuff is homemade so I have to get in my kitchen and make it if I really want to eat it. Which BTW I did make some homemade cheese and jalapeno cornbread from one of those emails the other day and it was AWESOME!
@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Now those words are another form of temptation to eat (lol). Can you share with me the recipe? Thanks!
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@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Will take note of that. Bookmark. Thanks for the tip.
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@rup011 (725)
• Germany
4 Sep 08
Oh yes it happens with me most of the time. When I watch a certain dish on the tv, I feel like eating it at that very moment. But usually I do not have that in my home at that time and I have to change the channel or ignore it. I then plan of preparing that dish and mostly forget about it after few hours. I like watching a cooking channel. But I watch it only when my stomach is full.
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@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
That would be a good idea. Fill the tummy first before looking. But then, when the eyes are filled, it is the mouth and taste buds that reacts so bad and gives a problem. :)
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@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Yes its true, a picture can paint a thousand words! Seeing pictures of food can entice one to overeat. It happens to me. Sometimes, I have no plans of eating anything extravagant but then when I see posters of restaurants, everything I said goes right down the drain.LOL!
Most of the time it's pasta and dessert that gets my undivided attention. 
Most of the time it's pasta and dessert that gets my undivided attention. 1 person likes this
@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
So it just doesn't ruin a diet, but a budget as well. And pasta and desserts in restaurants can be so expensive nowadays, right?
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@Zelmarq (12607)
• Cebu City, Philippines
5 Sep 08
Yes, everyday, when I open my blog, i see there yummy food and start to crave but somehow I am able to divert it to other not so expensive ones. What I really like eating are the sour like,: mangoes with chillies and salt for example with alamang ( wow), and when i thik of pizza I just pizza flavored junk food, but sometimes when the craving is too strong and the food is there, I cant think of anything but eat all what I see.
Yumyum!!!
Yumyum!!!
@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Oh i do that too! When i begin to crave for something salty, it would be chips or anything fried. When i crave for Pizza, i just make a good old fashioned cheese sandwich (no mayonnaise!)put a little Ketchup or tomato sauce (it's better) and dried thyme leaves. You should try that Haze (there's McCormick thyme, the one sold in the bottle.)
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@Zelmarq (12607)
• Cebu City, Philippines
8 Sep 08
Wow pinks that sounds yummy to me. Thyme reminds me of gary, he is a fan of those spicy things, rose mary, thyme, oregano, basil and stuff like that. I love spaghetti with basil leaves, its very mouth watering already by just the smell of it. I also love when he cooks chicken stoganoff with the basil leaves its totally outstanding. You know he really is a pasta person, he loves cooking those fancy recipes.
Take care!
Hugs and kises for the cute babies!!!
@cmathias12 (1025)
• Armed Forces Canada, Europe, Middle East
5 Sep 08
I crave foods like this specifically when I am on a diet. If I can have it I do not care. If I can't then I only think of the junk food! YUMMY! 
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