Are you a drive-thru eater?

Is your car your second dining room, kitchen table, or cafeteria?

America

is the land of fast food, drive thrus, and all night access to food. With the Internet here, you literally don’t even have to get out of bed to get your next meal. Our great-great grandparents had to go out and kill or farm their food. They never had a problem with obesity like we do. Today, you just need to drive up to a window or call 1-800-mypizza.
Sharing one of my dirty little secrets, I know that one of the contributing factors to my extra poundage is the fact that I eat in my car, A LOT. Sometimes, I can’t help it. There is a joy in eating in my car, and one reason is that no one else is around to see what I’m eating. I can avoid the judgments and stares, although really, I know no one around me cares. My ego does, however. And, I’m not alone. You’ve seen it before where you are either parked at a park, beach, or even the parking lot at work, and you’ll glance over to see other people sitting in their cars munching. Many of us will eat in the car simply because we are in a rush during the work day. We shimmy through the drive thru, grab a quick burger and fries, and then eat and drive to our next engagement.

In most cases the type of food that you are eating in the car is fast food or junk food, not only because it’s easier to get and eat, but because, again, the car lets you eat in private. No one sees you chowing down on that triple patty burger melt when you are supposed to be on the South Beach Diet. The car is the closet, when it comes to food, away from home, and drive-thrus make it WAY easy for us to be car-closet eaters.

Truth be told, take an inventory and see just how often you eat in your car. Eating in your car is a lifestyle choice that does contribute to excess weight. Next time you drive to the park to eat lunch, get out of the car and eat on the grass or better yet at a picnic table with other people. You’ll never know who you might meet.