贪吃的七个标志

 　　Some people eat to live, while others live to eat. What is your category? Are you addicted¹ to food? Is food on your mind 24/7? Listed below are some signs which will help you to identify whether you are addicted to food or not.

　　1. If you connect emotions with food

　　If you connect your feelings with the food you eat, then it is time you think over it. It so happens that, when you are addicted to food, you feel good and satisfied on having your favorite food.

　　2. If you cannot stop eating

　　If you feel a strong urge of eating something all day, even when you are not hungry, then you are definitely addicted to food. You feel the desire of continuously eating out of control and hog² mindlessly in this situation. It is important to keep a tab on this sign.

　　3. If you eat secretly

　　How often do you eat something secretly from your kitchen? If you do that frequently, then maybe you are addicted to food. If you are controlling yourself from unnecessary hogging³, and find it difficult to limit your cravings for food, there are chances you will secretly hide and consume food.

　　4. If you think about food all day

　　If you think about food, new recipes, how to cook those recipes, the taste etc. all day long, then you are for sure addicted to food.

　　5. If you over eat

　　If you binge or eat beyond fullness, then this is a sign of addiction⁴. Normally, a person tends to overeat at a party or any other social gathering⁵. But, if you overeat daily, then you are probably obsessed⁶ with food.

　　6. If you cannot control looking at food

　　There might be a problem with you, if you cannot control yourself from looking at food. Many times, just by looking at food it becomes difficult to control the urge towards consuming it. If you cannot control yourself from looking at it, then you are highly addicted to food.

　　7. If you eat when stressed

　　There are many ways to deal with stress. But, if you eat too much when in stress and depression, then it is a food addiction.

　　Evaluate the above signs and know about your addiction. Deal with it in a tactful way. Slowly find ways to stop your addiction.

1 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

2 hog   

n.猪；馋嘴贪吃的人；vt.把…占为己有，独占

参考例句：

• He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
• Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。

3 hogging   

n.弯[翘]曲，挠度，扭曲；拱曲

参考例句：

• At first glance, the spotlight-hogging boss seems the villain. 乍一看，好抢镜头的上司似乎是个反面人物。 来自辞典例句
• This guy has been 5 hogging the bathroom for 25 minutes! 那家伙霸占着洗手间25分钟了！ 来自互联网

4 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

5 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。