If you really want more...

Excess is a word that has become far too common in recent years.  We have begun to both overeat and thus over-think what we ingest, and yet the simplest answer was merely to follow intuition.  Whilst reading Michael Pollan's deliciously simple "eater's manual," there were constant tidbits of conversations I have had with my grandmother that would flash into my mind.  As a young child she grew up in the Depression-era, to hard-working parents that both worked and loved their only child - but one of the stories that always stuck out to me was one that illuminated the sacrifices of my great-grandmother.  Meal times were a family event, but unfortunately there was not a surplus of "meal" and my grandmother recalls that her father was given the largest portion because he had to go to work and continue to be the leading provider.  Then my grandmother was given the next largest portion because she needed to be healthy and focus at school, and then my great-grandmother would get what was left, if anything was indeed left.  Growing up, that story always perplexed me.  For I knew factually that food was scarce during the Depression, but how could there not be enough food in my country that my great-grandmother would have to skip meals regularly.  Seven to Eight decades later, the converse is our new dilemma.  Concepts such as needing to eat less, stopping before one is truly full, and many others are things we must think about, consciously.  But we as a generalized society have lost view of natural reality.  The season no longer influences what we eat, how we eat, or how much we eat - it merely affects our schedule.  Perhaps if we were to refocus our eyes on what is in season and which crops were actually plentiful, we would be more mindful of what we consumed.  Being more mindful, that is something that got lost along the way and perhaps has been substituted with over-thinking.  Simplify.  Just think in the first place, not too much, just think!