Re: Hello, Everyone!

[Guest guest]

So sorry for your loss. And welcome back!

Kipkabob

(Intuitive eating since September 2006)

Subject: Hello, Everyone!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 12:21 PM

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long! I've been reading, but notresponding (in writing. I'm responding A LOT, emotionally, lol!)My dad passed away 4 weeks ago. He'd been sick with melanoma for awhile, but had been feeling good. Then one day he started havingseizures, and had a small stroke. A CT scan showed that the lesionsin his brain were growing too quickly for the treatment they weregiving him, and the only thing they could do was send him to a hospiceand put him on a morphine drip. He went quickly and peacefully. I waslucky to be able to fly out and see him, and I felt that "closure" weall talk about. I went back for his memorial, and there were 500people there. Including a lot of friends I hadn't seen in almost 15years. My mother, brother, SIL, and niece spent the week together,catching up with each other and our friends. It was a good week, happyand sad, and we all felt my dad's

presence. (Especially my niece, whogot up to use the bathroom 5 times in one night, lol!)Since coming home, I've been thinking a lot about life (naturally), myweight, and food. I'm still in the process of IE, of course, but Irealize I want to take care of my health, and that of my family. Iwant to eat GOOD food, 'cause life is too short to eat crappy (read:"diet") food. I'm realizing that good, old-fashioned whole food, thekind our grandparents ate, is TASTY!!!! And it keeps me going, unlikethe diety stuff I ate for so long (then wondered why I was so tiredall the time).I've tried so many different ways of eating in my adult life. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and on and on. And I'm finding that,for me, getting back to the basics is what works best. Eating what Ienjoy. Not eating past that point of enjoyment. And not lettinganyone else tell me what I "should" do, 'cause life is too short

forthat, too.And the funny thing? All of this was reinforced last weekend, when Iwatched "Ratatouille" again with my kids.The things you can learn from a rat, lol!

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[Guest guest]

So sorry to hear about your loss. Reading about being with him and

his memorial service reminded me of when my Dad passed away a few

years ago. I know he watches over me and is proud of me. I often

feel his presence.

I agree with you, returning to what our grand parents knew about

food and eating is so true. I have such great memories eating and

sitting around my grandma's table and hearing great family stories.

I too so love the movie Ratatouille - a great movie!

>

> I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long! I've been reading, but

not

> responding (in writing. I'm responding A LOT, emotionally, lol!)

>

> My dad passed away 4 weeks ago. He'd been sick with melanoma for a

> while, but had been feeling good. Then one day he started having

> seizures, and had a small stroke. A CT scan showed that the

lesions

> in his brain were growing too quickly for the treatment they were

> giving him, and the only thing they could do was send him to a

hospice

> and put him on a morphine drip. He went quickly and peacefully. I

was

> lucky to be able to fly out and see him, and I felt that " closure "

we

> all talk about. I went back for his memorial, and there were 500

> people there. Including a lot of friends I hadn't seen in almost

15

> years. My mother, brother, SIL, and niece spent the week together,

> catching up with each other and our friends. It was a good week,

happy

> and sad, and we all felt my dad's presence. (Especially my niece,

who

> got up to use the bathroom 5 times in one night, lol!)

>

> Since coming home, I've been thinking a lot about life

(naturally), my

> weight, and food. I'm still in the process of IE, of course, but I

> realize I want to take care of my health, and that of my family. I

> want to eat GOOD food, 'cause life is too short to eat crappy

(read:

> " diet " ) food. I'm realizing that good, old-fashioned whole food,

the

> kind our grandparents ate, is TASTY!!!! And it keeps me going,

unlike

> the diety stuff I ate for so long (then wondered why I was so tired

> all the time).

> I've tried so many different ways of eating in my adult life.

> Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and on and on. And I'm finding

that,

> for me, getting back to the basics is what works best. Eating what

I

> enjoy. Not eating past that point of enjoyment. And not letting

> anyone else tell me what I " should " do, 'cause life is too short

for

> that, too.

> And the funny thing? All of this was reinforced last weekend,

when I

> watched " Ratatouille " again with my kids.

> The things you can learn from a rat, lol!

>