Sentence examples for indulgent eating from inspiring English sources

Dr. Edward Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine who has studied the effect of stress on the body, says the warning signs of stress can include irritability, fatigue, sleep disorders, indulgent eating, loss of enthusiasm and feelings of detachment and angst.

Participants were asked to estimate (in either centimeters or inches) the size of three items: an apple (a means to achieving a healthy eating goal); a chocolate muffin (a means to achieving an indulgent eating goal); and a book (control item) (Bruner, 1957; Veltkamp et al., 2008b).

Arguably a bit elaborate for purists, it is still an amazingly indulgent eat for when you're really hungry or want to treat yourself.

"When people feel their identity is threatened, they compensate by eating indulgent food.

In an era of stagnant wages, dystopian politics and cultural anomie, eating indulgent if unhealthful food has become a last redoubt of enjoyment for Americans who don't feel they have much control in their lives.

Lady Mendl is the type of hedonist who is not physically self-indulgent; she eats lightly one main meal a day, with a simple fish or chop and green vegetables, and frequently ice cream, which she dotes on.

It was delicious but indulgent, and I ate the first half lustily, then stopped myself, feeling suddenly unvirtuous in the setting.

Later they'll bicker when Jane's indulgent decision to eat at "the expensive salad place" imperils their finances yet again.

Impulses to eat indulgent foods occur automatically and overriding them requires self-control.

I grew up being told that nuts were dangerous, that they would make me fat, that nuts were an outrageous self-indulgent luxury to eat in secret or in shame and very seldom -- a status they shared with marshmallows, chimichangas and Mystic Mints.

Do you find yourself eating chocolate (or any delicious, indulgent treat) in any of the following ways?