Why do we overeat?

It was a particularly busy day at work today.

Since I work at a restaurant and I'm always running around, I tend to get a lot of exercise and burn a lot of calories.

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Sometimes when I get home from work I am just absolutely famished.

Today when I got home I wasn't in the mood to cook anything that was going to take a long time, so I picked up a large avocado, a large bag of chips, and several tortillas.

I made some very simple avocado tacos with chips on the side.

I was able to create four decent-sized tacos which were essentially just avocado on a toasted tortilla shell.

I continued to eat from the bag of chips despite the fact that I was already full.

In fact there was more than half a bag left and I continued to eat more and more.

It is true that I burned a lot of calories today, however it probably wasn't a smart idea to continue eating chips.

I ate the entire large bag. This is the type of bag that is supposed to last for like a week. It isn't a single meal type bag of chips.

I couldn't help it though. The truth is that I had already filled up but I continued eating it. They were just so tasty.

I'm sure that I'll be fine because I'm going to burn a lot of calories again tomorrow however I can't help but wonder why we overeat.

Do you find yourself overeating?