Foodie or Food Addiction???

(Oh my gosh, I wrote such a good post and I was just about finished then I accidently hit a button and lost it all!!! Uuuhhhh!!!!)

Food??? Food??? Did somebody say food???!!! When I first heard the term foodie I laughed to myself because I said that's been me since I was in diapers. Since I was a little girl I remembered I always loved to eat. With my father being a professional cook and my mother being italian I didn't have a wing and a prayer when it came to food. Food has always been the focal point with my family and it still is today. When I was a little girl, my father was stationed overseas in alaska for 4 years. He used to send my brother and I these boxes filled with all kinds of goodies, cookies, candies, crackers and all kinds of stuff. Although we looked forward to getting these packages we would have rather had our father at home. So today you can see why I equate food with love, those care packages with food filled the void of my father not being there. So now anytime I'm bored, lonely, happy or sad, I turn to food.

A few months ago I discovered porn for foodies. It's called yelp!!! Yes, I joined yelp so I could rate restaurants and businesses too. It's great, you browse the restaurants, read their menu online, pick out what you want to eat, go there in person, then rate your experience. I swear I stare at the pictures of food like it was porn. I love pictures of burgers, one of my favorite foods. Call it foodie or food addiction, I don't care. It is what it is. The big question is starting on monday when I start dieting and exercising, is it healthy to be ooogaling pictures of burgers or should I be looking at pictures of salads??? I don't know how I'm going to handle that one.