Re: How do you plan your meals?

[Guest guest]

Evan..planning meals.  I live along so just having plenty of choices available is what I can do and then when I get hungry I can see what is there.  When I am going out to eat I have in the past gathered many menus and actually look it over really good before leaving the house, often the night before.  When I get to a restaurant, I am often too hungry, so taking along a handful of nuts while we wait or even on the way there helps curb my hunger.  I think part of it is knowing what you truly like/love before even going grocery shopping or making a list. I have written lists of things I (my body) like and those I don't like. It sounds as if you work and your wife stays home? If that is the case, maybe you could have a wide variety of food on hand that wouldn't take too long to get ready.  Well these are just some thoughts, not rules.  Sandy

 

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

Evan..planning meals.  I live along so just having plenty of choices available is what I can do and then when I get hungry I can see what is there.  When I am going out to eat I have in the past gathered many menus and actually look it over really good before leaving the house, often the night before.  When I get to a restaurant, I am often too hungry, so taking along a handful of nuts while we wait or even on the way there helps curb my hunger.  I think part of it is knowing what you truly like/love before even going grocery shopping or making a list. I have written lists of things I (my body) like and those I don't like. It sounds as if you work and your wife stays home? If that is the case, maybe you could have a wide variety of food on hand that wouldn't take too long to get ready.  Well these are just some thoughts, not rules.  Sandy

 

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

Evan..planning meals.  I live along so just having plenty of choices available is what I can do and then when I get hungry I can see what is there.  When I am going out to eat I have in the past gathered many menus and actually look it over really good before leaving the house, often the night before.  When I get to a restaurant, I am often too hungry, so taking along a handful of nuts while we wait or even on the way there helps curb my hunger.  I think part of it is knowing what you truly like/love before even going grocery shopping or making a list. I have written lists of things I (my body) like and those I don't like. It sounds as if you work and your wife stays home? If that is the case, maybe you could have a wide variety of food on hand that wouldn't take too long to get ready.  Well these are just some thoughts, not rules.  Sandy

 

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

Evan,I think there are many different approaches to how to plan for meals. Everyone finds something a little different that works for them. For me, since I am feeding a family of five, I have to plan ahead a bit. That's doesn't mean that I eat things that I don't like, it means this for ALL members of my family: There is food on the table that has been prepared. If you would like to eat that, you are welcome to. If not, there are always other options available in the kitchen. For example: I may prepare grilled chicken and a roasted vegetable casserole, and baked potatoes. That's whats on the table. Other options available are: cereal, oatmeal, PB & J sandwich,

leftovers, frozen meals, fruit, ingredients to make smoothies, soup, ice cream, Popsicles, and cookie dough. The last three look silly in the example, but they are always available in my house. Why you may ask... because sometimes I choose to be an emotional eater and my emotional eating choices are those. Also, based on the weather we have had lately... sometimes a Popsicle is dinner. My point from all of this is that in our house the only "rule" that applies to dinner is that we need to sit together and share non-judgmental, non angry conversation. I don't care what is on someone's plate, as long as I am spending time with them. Sometimes even though I am cooking, I am not eating what I am preparing. I am a vegetarian for the most part, but I will still cook chicken and beef if my family have remarked that they are in the mood for

it. This doesn't mean that I'm not honoring my body. In fact I'm honoring it more in my opinion, because my body has decided that it really doesn't enjoy meat all that much. (I do still eat fish, eggs and some cheese) I know this style can't work for everyone. I used to be the girl who counted out how many grapes I had in a serving and tracked them in my journal. I planned every meal for a week and knew exactly how many calories I would be eating at every meal. I also knew how much I would be exercising and exactly how hard I would be working. I did that for 29 years. And then I realized something. I WAS MISERABLE. So... I stopped.Intuitive eating doesn't happen all at once. It happens a step at a time. It happens a bite at a time sometimes. Bite by bite, and then

you find you've had a whole meal that you enjoyed, nourished you, and you walk away from feeling comfortable. Mind you, not all three happen all the time. I've learned to strive for progress, not perfection. I hope this helps a bit... To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:16 AMSubject: How do you plan your

meals?

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

Evan,I think there are many different approaches to how to plan for meals. Everyone finds something a little different that works for them. For me, since I am feeding a family of five, I have to plan ahead a bit. That's doesn't mean that I eat things that I don't like, it means this for ALL members of my family: There is food on the table that has been prepared. If you would like to eat that, you are welcome to. If not, there are always other options available in the kitchen. For example: I may prepare grilled chicken and a roasted vegetable casserole, and baked potatoes. That's whats on the table. Other options available are: cereal, oatmeal, PB & J sandwich,

leftovers, frozen meals, fruit, ingredients to make smoothies, soup, ice cream, Popsicles, and cookie dough. The last three look silly in the example, but they are always available in my house. Why you may ask... because sometimes I choose to be an emotional eater and my emotional eating choices are those. Also, based on the weather we have had lately... sometimes a Popsicle is dinner. My point from all of this is that in our house the only "rule" that applies to dinner is that we need to sit together and share non-judgmental, non angry conversation. I don't care what is on someone's plate, as long as I am spending time with them. Sometimes even though I am cooking, I am not eating what I am preparing. I am a vegetarian for the most part, but I will still cook chicken and beef if my family have remarked that they are in the mood for

it. This doesn't mean that I'm not honoring my body. In fact I'm honoring it more in my opinion, because my body has decided that it really doesn't enjoy meat all that much. (I do still eat fish, eggs and some cheese) I know this style can't work for everyone. I used to be the girl who counted out how many grapes I had in a serving and tracked them in my journal. I planned every meal for a week and knew exactly how many calories I would be eating at every meal. I also knew how much I would be exercising and exactly how hard I would be working. I did that for 29 years. And then I realized something. I WAS MISERABLE. So... I stopped.Intuitive eating doesn't happen all at once. It happens a step at a time. It happens a bite at a time sometimes. Bite by bite, and then

you find you've had a whole meal that you enjoyed, nourished you, and you walk away from feeling comfortable. Mind you, not all three happen all the time. I've learned to strive for progress, not perfection. I hope this helps a bit... To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:16 AMSubject: How do you plan your

meals?

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

Evan,I think there are many different approaches to how to plan for meals. Everyone finds something a little different that works for them. For me, since I am feeding a family of five, I have to plan ahead a bit. That's doesn't mean that I eat things that I don't like, it means this for ALL members of my family: There is food on the table that has been prepared. If you would like to eat that, you are welcome to. If not, there are always other options available in the kitchen. For example: I may prepare grilled chicken and a roasted vegetable casserole, and baked potatoes. That's whats on the table. Other options available are: cereal, oatmeal, PB & J sandwich,

leftovers, frozen meals, fruit, ingredients to make smoothies, soup, ice cream, Popsicles, and cookie dough. The last three look silly in the example, but they are always available in my house. Why you may ask... because sometimes I choose to be an emotional eater and my emotional eating choices are those. Also, based on the weather we have had lately... sometimes a Popsicle is dinner. My point from all of this is that in our house the only "rule" that applies to dinner is that we need to sit together and share non-judgmental, non angry conversation. I don't care what is on someone's plate, as long as I am spending time with them. Sometimes even though I am cooking, I am not eating what I am preparing. I am a vegetarian for the most part, but I will still cook chicken and beef if my family have remarked that they are in the mood for

it. This doesn't mean that I'm not honoring my body. In fact I'm honoring it more in my opinion, because my body has decided that it really doesn't enjoy meat all that much. (I do still eat fish, eggs and some cheese) I know this style can't work for everyone. I used to be the girl who counted out how many grapes I had in a serving and tracked them in my journal. I planned every meal for a week and knew exactly how many calories I would be eating at every meal. I also knew how much I would be exercising and exactly how hard I would be working. I did that for 29 years. And then I realized something. I WAS MISERABLE. So... I stopped.Intuitive eating doesn't happen all at once. It happens a step at a time. It happens a bite at a time sometimes. Bite by bite, and then

you find you've had a whole meal that you enjoyed, nourished you, and you walk away from feeling comfortable. Mind you, not all three happen all the time. I've learned to strive for progress, not perfection. I hope this helps a bit... To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:16 AMSubject: How do you plan your

meals?

For the life of me I don't understand how you can make plans to go out for Italian food next week or pack your lunch for this afternoon. How do you know what your body is going to be hungry for at another time? How can you plan ahead? How do I tell my wife what I want for dinner later tonight.

The times I've tried IE I've become a little bit of a freak. How do y'all do it?

Evan

[Guest guest]

I suspect that what you're looking at is the difference between reality and perfection. In a perfect world, if you were hungry for pork chops, they would be there on your dinner table, or you would be in a restaurant where you could order pork chops.

In reality, sometimes there is meat loaf. You're the only one who can decide if meat loaf is acceptable tonight, and eat it with your full attention... while maybe mentioning to your wife you have a yen for pork chops so she can have those for another dinner. Or you can plan to have pork chops for lunch the next day at a restaurant. Or you can cook some pork chops for yourself while the rest of your family eats meat loaf. Or if you are in a large enough city, there are services that will pick up meals from restaurants and deliver them to you for a reasonable charge. Or you could call and ask whats for dinner, then choose to stop at a restaurant on the way home and order take out so you can still eat with your family.

Sometimes having just the perfect food is important enough to pursue it, and sometimes just feeding hunger is enough. Judy

[Guest guest]

I suspect that what you're looking at is the difference between reality and perfection. In a perfect world, if you were hungry for pork chops, they would be there on your dinner table, or you would be in a restaurant where you could order pork chops.

In reality, sometimes there is meat loaf. You're the only one who can decide if meat loaf is acceptable tonight, and eat it with your full attention... while maybe mentioning to your wife you have a yen for pork chops so she can have those for another dinner. Or you can plan to have pork chops for lunch the next day at a restaurant. Or you can cook some pork chops for yourself while the rest of your family eats meat loaf. Or if you are in a large enough city, there are services that will pick up meals from restaurants and deliver them to you for a reasonable charge. Or you could call and ask whats for dinner, then choose to stop at a restaurant on the way home and order take out so you can still eat with your family.

Sometimes having just the perfect food is important enough to pursue it, and sometimes just feeding hunger is enough. Judy

[Guest guest]

Beautifully put Judy and so right on too.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> I suspect that what you're looking at is the difference between reality and

perfection. In a perfect world, if you were hungry for pork chops, they would be

there on your dinner table, or you would be in a restaurant where you could

order pork chops.

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> In reality, sometimes there is meat loaf. You're the only one who can decide

if meat loaf is acceptable tonight, and eat it with your full attention... while

maybe mentioning to your wife you have a yen for pork chops so she can have

those for another dinner. Or you can plan to have pork chops for lunch the next

day at a restaurant. Or you can cook some pork chops for yourself while the rest

of your family eats meat loaf. Or if you are in a large enough city, there are

services that will pick up meals from restaurants and deliver them to you for

a reasonable charge. Or you could call and ask whats for dinner, then choose to

stop at a restaurant on the way home and order take out so you can still eat

with your family.

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> Sometimes having just the perfect food is important enough to pursue it, and

sometimes just feeding hunger is enough. Judy

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