Re: cookie dough struggles

[Guest guest]

Hey,

I'd like to hear the responses for this as well. Lately, I've been having

problems with eating too much sugar.

Thanks!

>

> I've been listening to IOWL for a couple weeks now and it really resonates

with me. I'm trying to let go of my limiting beliefs and start each day with a

relaxed positive intention, however I've really been struggling the last couple

days with SUGAR! Specifically in the form of cookies and cookie dough.

>

> I'm a teacher so I'm off for the summer, and part of this is the problem - I'm

bored and have too much time on my hands. I have prep that I can (and should -

ok, I " desire " ) to do, but I keep on thinking I'm bored and since I love to bake

(and eat it!) I've been baking and eating up a storm I'm really trying not to

feel guilty about it, and instead do a redo, but it seems like I can't even redo

it in my head at this point.

>

> I know I'm addicted to sugar and I while I should want to completely eliminate

cookies from my life, I know that I really do desire to just eat them in

moderation and to be relaxed around them, and while baking, so that I don't end

up overdoing it and feeling so shaky and " sugar sick " .

>

> What are others experiences with baking? With sugar troubles? Any IOWL

suggestions?

>

[Guest guest]

I have some questions for you. Um, OK, a lot of questions. And just so you know,

when I come up with a lot of questions, it usually means I've had to answer them

myself at one point or another!

First of all, you start by saying you're starting with a relaxed positive

intention, then you say you've been struggling with sugar. What is the intention

you're setting? Is it at all related to the sugar? Sometimes tweaking the

intention a bit gives better results. (There was a recent podcast about that.)

Next, who are you baking for? Before I started on this weight loss journey, I

used to bake a batch of cookies " for the girls " , but then I'd eat most of them

overnight. Got to the point where one of my girls actually asked me not to eat

them all, since she wanted one the next day. Ouch.

I realized that I was baking them for me, with the excuse of being a " proper "

mom, even though I also worked long hours outside the home. When I stopped, they

didn't even notice....

So, again, who are you baking these for? Do you have enough people in your

family to sustain your baking habit? If not, are you freezing? Giving them away?

Because if you don't have some other solution, you know you are baking them for

*you*.

Is that what you want? Think about it. As a serious question, not a smart-alec

remark. Do you want them? Do you enjoy them? Do they make you feel good? Do they

make you feel good later? Is there something else that could make you feel even

better later? How would it feel to make one batch, but freeze lots of dough, so

you can bake more often, but you know it would be a manageable amount?

Now, as a former teacher and procrastinator more or less in recovery, tell me

more about that prep work. I think it's very telling that you first say you

" should " do it, then you rephrase to make it more positive.

Sounds like you don't want to do it. Assuming you like your job and it's not

that you really just can't face doing the prep because you don't like to think

about going back to school.... what about it makes you not want to start? Are

you unsure about how to tackle certain tasks? Do they seem boring? Do you just

want to stay in vacation mode a little longer?

My guess is that if you start by asking yourself these questions about your prep

work and start getting honest answers, you'll start seeing solutions. As you

start seeing solutions, you'll find that somehow, you don't feel like baking as

often (even if you don't get through my barrage of cookie questions).

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>To: insideoutweightloss

>Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 1:59 AM

>Subject: cookie dough struggles

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>I've been listening to IOWL for a couple weeks now and it really resonates with

me. I'm trying to let go of my limiting beliefs and start each day with a

relaxed positive intention, however I've really been struggling the last couple

days with SUGAR! Specifically in the form of cookies and cookie dough.

>

>I'm a teacher so I'm off for the summer, and part of this is the problem - I'm

bored and have too much time on my hands. I have prep that I can (and should -

ok, I " desire " ) to do, but I keep on thinking I'm bored and since I love to bake

(and eat it!) I've been baking and eating up a storm I'm really trying not to

feel guilty about it, and instead do a redo, but it seems like I can't even redo

it in my head at this point.

>

>I know I'm addicted to sugar and I while I should want to completely eliminate

cookies from my life, I know that I really do desire to just eat them in

moderation and to be relaxed around them, and while baking, so that I don't end

up overdoing it and feeling so shaky and " sugar sick " .

>

>What are others experiences with baking? With sugar troubles? Any IOWL

suggestions?

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

To be honest, I do best when I don't eat sugar. It causes way too many

cravings..

[Guest guest]

Here's what I posted on August 11 on the Yahoo group, for those of you who may

not be on that site as well:

Thanks for asking the hard questions and making me face them. Even as I posted

this on both sites I knew at lot of these things, but just wasn't ready to

tackle them and overcome them.

First, the intention I've been setting is to easily lose weight and be relaxed

around food, and be calm even when bored or hungry. So no, it isn't specifically

about sugar, but I agree that setting a positive specific intent about sugar

will be helpful as well.

As for who I'm baking for, just like you, I tell myself (and others) that it's

for my husband, and because I like it, but unlike you my husband notices right

away when I stop baking (however, he's 170lbs and ripped to the bone without

doing cardio, but does a lot of weight lifting, however he is naturally slender

and doesn't struggle with the food issues that I have developed over the last 5

years).

And yes, I do want the cookies and I enjoy the cookies. They do make me feel

good in the moment, but I normally overeat them so they don't make me feel good

later on, but I seem to be stuck in that cycle of overeating them anyways. I

know in my head that I hate that feeling from overeating the cookies, but in the

moment I just don't care! It's awful, but I somehow like the instant

gratification. I'm trying to use the redo method that talks about to redo

my last bout of overeating them but even them.

As for the school work, I loved my job until last year when I was stressed to

the hills and felt out of control and that I wasn't being an effective teacher.

I'm sure this is contributing to me being scared to go back at it. I feel a

million times better since finding the podcasts in the beginning of July and I

believe that the inner changes that I've made will make me a much better teacher

and make me able to avoid a lot of the stress that I put on myself last year. So

yes, there's some uncertainty as to how to change some of my teaching methods

(especially for high school basic French!), as well as wanting to relax a bit

longer.

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> To be honest, I do best when I don't eat sugar. It causes way too many

> cravings..

>

>

[Guest guest]

Here's my update, as of August 27, I made 2 batches of cookies yesterday when I

was bored, and before, during and after I didn't WANT to eat them, I really just

enjoyed the process of making them and bringing them to my husband's work! I am

so happy about this transformation and wanted to share my success. I know this

change in desires is from the IOWL podcasts and it's so exciting to not have to

struggle with it.

My 2nd success of the weekend was when I ended up having a mini binge and not

enjoying it at all. I really questioned why I was doing it and found that I

wasn't enjoying it during the binge and I knew I wouldn't after, so here's one

time when I truly appreciated my binge as it showed me that I didn't want to

keep on doing it

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

>

> I've been listening to IOWL for a couple weeks now and it really resonates

with me. I'm trying to let go of my limiting beliefs and start each day with a

relaxed positive intention, however I've really been struggling the last couple

days with SUGAR! Specifically in the form of cookies and cookie dough.

>

> I'm a teacher so I'm off for the summer, and part of this is the problem - I'm

bored and have too much time on my hands. I have prep that I can (and should -

ok, I " desire " ) to do, but I keep on thinking I'm bored and since I love to bake

(and eat it!) I've been baking and eating up a storm I'm really trying not to

feel guilty about it, and instead do a redo, but it seems like I can't even redo

it in my head at this point.

>

> I know I'm addicted to sugar and I while I should want to completely eliminate

cookies from my life, I know that I really do desire to just eat them in

moderation and to be relaxed around them, and while baking, so that I don't end

up overdoing it and feeling so shaky and " sugar sick " .

>

> What are others experiences with baking? With sugar troubles? Any IOWL

suggestions?

>

[Guest guest]

Fantastic!!! Thanks for the update!

> Here's my update, as of August 27, I made 2 batches of cookies yesterday when

I was bored, and before, during and after I didn't WANT to eat them, I really

just enjoyed the process of making them and bringing them to my husband's work!

I am so happy about this transformation and wanted to share my success. I know

this change in desires is from the IOWL podcasts and it's so exciting to not

have to struggle with it.

>

> My 2nd success of the weekend was when I ended up having a mini binge and not

enjoying it at all. I really questioned why I was doing it and found that I

wasn't enjoying it during the binge and I knew I wouldn't after, so here's one

time when I truly appreciated my binge as it showed me that I didn't want to

keep on doing it

>

> Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

>

>

> >

> > I've been listening to IOWL for a couple weeks now and it really resonates

with me. I'm trying to let go of my limiting beliefs and start each day with a

relaxed positive intention, however I've really been struggling the last couple

days with SUGAR! Specifically in the form of cookies and cookie dough.

> >

> > I'm a teacher so I'm off for the summer, and part of this is the problem -

I'm bored and have too much time on my hands. I have prep that I can (and should

- ok, I " desire " ) to do, but I keep on thinking I'm bored and since I love to

bake (and eat it!) I've been baking and eating up a storm I'm really trying

not to feel guilty about it, and instead do a redo, but it seems like I can't

even redo it in my head at this point.

> >

> > I know I'm addicted to sugar and I while I should want to completely

eliminate cookies from my life, I know that I really do desire to just eat them

in moderation and to be relaxed around them, and while baking, so that I don't

end up overdoing it and feeling so shaky and " sugar sick " .

> >

> > What are others experiences with baking? With sugar troubles? Any IOWL

suggestions?

> >

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