Enlight 21

A friend's eating binge

Author: Leo Lin | Category: Lifestyle | Date: 08-24-2020

This is not me, but a friend. Throughout the story I will call him “Bob”, this is not his real name.

Bob went on a very short eating binge, I only noticed it when his lunch size started increasing. At first, I didn’t notice it as the amount was increasing slightly. It wasn't until the 4th day that I finally noticed. When I asked Bob, why he was eating so much, he replied that he was very hungry from playing sports this week. When I questioned Bob further, I found out that this week, the sport team that Bob was playing on had to play multiple games to determine who gets to go to the finals. The coach was have the players practice after school everyday leaving very little time to do homework. It turns out that because Bob spent a lot of time practicing, he wasn;t able to find time to feed himself. The only time where Bob is able to eat a lot was at lunch. After that week, Bob’s lunch diet shrank back to normal. Bob’s team did not make it to the final. For Bob, the eating binge he had at lunch was enjoyable in the fact that he can stuff himself with food to make up for the lost nutrients he did not get. But, Bob was stressed about the big games as it was a big deal for him and he wanted to shine.