Re: Timing of meal preparation / don't want to cook anyway (another long rant)

[Guest guest]

Kip, I have this problem too (especially in summer). I've never much

enjoyed cooking and food preparation, which leads me to have more

take-away meals than I'd prefer because I JUST. CAN'T. BE. BOTHERED.

making my own. Or else I " resist " buying something and then randomly

nibble stuff from the fridge all evening long ... sometimes feeling

guilty enough to stick to the so-called " healthy " stuff (a carrot,

some tomatoes, yogurt, etc) ... sometimes a packet of biscuits

(sorry, cookies) is dinner! All the time telling myself I really

should take better care of myself, intuition or not.

I still often find myself sort of forcing myself to have vegies or

vegie juice at times when I really just tolerate them rather than

truly enjoy them, because I feel as though I *should* at least make

some effort to get them into my consumption.

And yet, when I do rouse myself to make a colourful and varied salad

or stir-fried vegie meal (or, more likely, someone makes it for me),

I do really enjoy it. I just usually can't get motivated to prepare

food myself. Weird. (Weirder - I actually don't mind baking. Maybe

it's the fact that the results get more attention and accolades, so

my subconscious seems to feel it's worth the effort. A psychiatrist

could probably write a whole essay on that alone...)

In winter (which it is where I am now), I do a little better. On

weekends, I can occasonally get up the energy to make up batches of

my favourite homemade soups and meals and freeze them in dinner-sized

portions. Then when I come home from work tired and hungry and

wanting something nice NOW, it only takes a few minutes to nuke

myself a quick, vegie-filled and yummy dinner. But I don't want

soups all year around, so when the hot weather comes I'll probably be

back to the " blerg ... time to make another salad ... ah, maybe I'll

have dips and crackers for dinner again " .

Oh, for a live-in chef! I'd cheerfully do all the clean-up if

someone would come and cook for me.

I can see how the meals-delivered-to-your-door diet food companies

make their money, though. I've seriously thought about joining up,

not so much for the dieting aspect (though I suspect that mentality

would kick in if I tried it, which is why I've stayed away), but

because of the sheer convenience of having a variety of meals

prepared and delivered for you. But then, of course, you're limiting

the extent to which you can exercise your intuitive eating. Viscious

circle. <sigh>

Okay, I'll stop ranting and go away now.

Cheers

SiGiGee

> My problem is I don't want to cook anything!  Especially in this

heat.. it was 40 C (104 F) with the humidex yesterday!  But really

that's just an excuse!  I don't like cooking.  I eat way too many

quick processed things (Kraft Dinner, pizza pockets, etc.) and I like

these foods but I would so much love something homemade better but

I'm too lazy to do it!  I've really been finding lately that I'm not

satisfied with my food and I'm just eating the same things over and

over again.  And I've really been craving vegetables lately but I

haven't gone and gotten any.  I just need to get motivated! 

>

[Guest guest]

And there's another 'time honored' cliche that is overdue for an

update - all women do not love to cook! In my brother's home the rule

is whoever cooks doesn't do the clean up. And both my dear brothers

seem to to the cooking most of the time as they are just better at it.

Hopefully a chef is in your future too

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> Oh, for a live-in chef! I'd cheerfully do all the clean-up if

> someone would come and cook for me.

> Cheers

> SiGiGee