Yesterday's victories?

[Guest guest]

This is related to the satisfaction principle, which I have been thinking about

a lot since Katcha posted the review of how. If ever single meal were totally

completely satisfying, to our eye, sense of texture and taste, our honor, and

everything else, then why would we want to eat anything else? I remembered how

a couple months ago I had a homemade pecan pie in the freezer, and had almost no

desire for other sweets because that was my gold standard. Why would I want a

store-bought cookie when I had pecan pie?

But yesterday I was contemplating whether I should make another pecan pie, and I

decided that I really didn't want one. I have some cookies in the pantry that I

made about a week ago, and I have been regularly eating several of them after

meals, but I have also been putting one back when I realize that I am no longer

enjoying them as much as I was the first one, and since it's getting down

towards the end, I would rather save that particular cookie for a time when I

would enjoy it more.

Also yesterday, I had made myself a quesadilla, piled high with lettuce from the

garden and a tomato that had been in the fridge who knows how long (as well as

the usual cheese, beans and chicken), but the tomato was mushy. So about a

quarter of the way through I opened it up and took out all the tomato. Why

would I want to eat mushy tomatoes? What dieter would take out the tomato and

eat the chicken and cheese? But it didn't live up to my satisfaction standards.

Thank you everyone for all your wonderful posts.

Tilley