HW#18: Health and Illness Feasting

For Thanksgiving, usually my mother and I would go to a friend's dinner party to celebrate it. But, because I wasn't feeling too well I decided not to go this time. I instead went to a dinner party on friday my manager from work invited me to. In this dinner party, (like any Thanksgiving feast), the factor of food-pleasure supplement was the main focus of the event. Everyone simply just wanted to eat as much as they can and enjoy their time. This is one main aspect of being 'anti-body' because I doubt anybody (inclusing myself) were too self-conscious about how much we were eating.

There were also other aspects of 'anti-body' when thinking (though I sat with non-drinkers) many of my older co-workers were drinking a lot. I doubt they thought about the after affect of what would happen the next day because it was simply a day to relax and have a good time. This dinner party was also partially anti-body because we were eating at a restaurant and sat on hard chairs.(Even though this didn't bother me at all). We also didn't move around that much, so that aspect was also 'anti-body.' I didn't even think about the chairs or about my body during that time, because the focus was just on eating the food that was being passed around the table and to have a great time with everyone.

It was already 11PM when we decided to leave the restaurant. Ofcourse, I went home but some members were willing to still drink elsewhere. I thought this after-drinking factor was huge when thinking about the illness and dying unit. I don't think over-drinking or over-eating to celebrate a holiday or on one day would necessarily cause illness or dying, but I thought it was something to think about. I guess celebrations/holidays like Thanksgiving goes hand in hand with negative affects to the body and our health, but I still don't think its that much of a big deal.