I used to be a pasta guy, and I still am for the most part. I used to be able to eat a whole 1 kg package of spaghetti with 2 pounds of hamburger and a jar of sauce. I only ate one meal a day and that was usually it.
Once in a while I was even hungry afterwards and had to eat something else. The energy I had was super heroic in my opinion, and I could do hard physical labor all day and go rollerblading and bar hopping at night. Rinse and repeat for every day for about 20 years.
I have moved past my pasta days and I favorite a nice tenderloin steak, with my custom made cheesy garlic potatoes. I still have pasta once in a while but not even close to the amount or regularity that I once did.
If I ate that much now I would definitely be sick and hopefully throw up. My energy levels have significantly dropped with my aging and I have no where near the metabolism of my youth.
I often wonder if our metabolic change is somehow linked to our taste in food, I used to hate vegetables but now I love them, I would have taken pasta over meat and potatoes any day but now it's the other way around.
I also have way less energy, it doesn't matter how much I eat my body just doesn't burn it up like it used to. If I over eat I get sick or fall into food coma, and I am finding that now if I eat less I actually have more energy, which I find very odd.
What foods do you love now that you used to hate? What gives you more energy and keeps you going?
Scott Goerz
