Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food. Fay > > As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food. Fay > > As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food. Fay > > As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Fay that sounds wonderful My mom loves pears and I love apples she also loves plumbs she has tried to plant thoise trees buut they have never grown anyway I think you are so right for those who have the talent to grow things it must be a good feeling to know that you can feed your family from what you grow. Eva Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food.Fay >> As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007>------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Fay that sounds wonderful My mom loves pears and I love apples she also loves plumbs she has tried to plant thoise trees buut they have never grown anyway I think you are so right for those who have the talent to grow things it must be a good feeling to know that you can feed your family from what you grow. Eva Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food.Fay >> As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007>------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Fay that sounds wonderful My mom loves pears and I love apples she also loves plumbs she has tried to plant thoise trees buut they have never grown anyway I think you are so right for those who have the talent to grow things it must be a good feeling to know that you can feed your family from what you grow. Eva Hi Katcha, i too live in a rural area we grow a garden and have pear,apple and plumb trees. I enjoy canning but this year i was unable to do much canning due to a hurt finger that the doctor said i could not use for six months. I like going into the pantry and seeing all of the canned good in jars and knowing that you are feeding your family healthy food.Fay >> As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > USing since March 2007>------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Wow, Katcha. Going from food=shiny to food=food is such a change! I hope it feels like a little victory I don't know if I can explain it very well, but the shift you described made me think of how children and adults respond differently to gifts. Say it is your birthday and a parcel comes through the mail. As kids, we would grab the box from the mat and tear it open immediately: it seems like a once in a lifetime, unbelievably exciting, never to be repeated event and it's YOUR stuff and you want it NOW - as if we are not in control of ourselves. I see the kid's reaction as being all about the HAVE. As adults, we might pick up the parcel and set it on the table for a while. We feel no urgency to open it because we know that the gift won't magically disappear if we don't open it straight away. We've also become used to the idea that there have been past birthday gifts and there will be future ones, and we know when to expect them. All this takes away the excitement-anxiety about opening our parcel. So we might go and have a sit down or a coffee until we feel in the right frame of mind to open it, because we want to be able to enjoy the 'ceremony' of the opening. We recognise that that is part of the pleasure. It's now about the EXPERIENCE rather than the simple act of possession/consumption. It must be so pleasing to have times where you can be an 'adult' about food just as you are now. And your jars - what a lovely treat to have for later in the winter, when you are ready to enjoy them. I didn't mean to waffle on... Guimauve > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Wow, Katcha. Going from food=shiny to food=food is such a change! I hope it feels like a little victory I don't know if I can explain it very well, but the shift you described made me think of how children and adults respond differently to gifts. Say it is your birthday and a parcel comes through the mail. As kids, we would grab the box from the mat and tear it open immediately: it seems like a once in a lifetime, unbelievably exciting, never to be repeated event and it's YOUR stuff and you want it NOW - as if we are not in control of ourselves. I see the kid's reaction as being all about the HAVE. As adults, we might pick up the parcel and set it on the table for a while. We feel no urgency to open it because we know that the gift won't magically disappear if we don't open it straight away. We've also become used to the idea that there have been past birthday gifts and there will be future ones, and we know when to expect them. All this takes away the excitement-anxiety about opening our parcel. So we might go and have a sit down or a coffee until we feel in the right frame of mind to open it, because we want to be able to enjoy the 'ceremony' of the opening. We recognise that that is part of the pleasure. It's now about the EXPERIENCE rather than the simple act of possession/consumption. It must be so pleasing to have times where you can be an 'adult' about food just as you are now. And your jars - what a lovely treat to have for later in the winter, when you are ready to enjoy them. I didn't mean to waffle on... Guimauve > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Wow, Katcha. Going from food=shiny to food=food is such a change! I hope it feels like a little victory I don't know if I can explain it very well, but the shift you described made me think of how children and adults respond differently to gifts. Say it is your birthday and a parcel comes through the mail. As kids, we would grab the box from the mat and tear it open immediately: it seems like a once in a lifetime, unbelievably exciting, never to be repeated event and it's YOUR stuff and you want it NOW - as if we are not in control of ourselves. I see the kid's reaction as being all about the HAVE. As adults, we might pick up the parcel and set it on the table for a while. We feel no urgency to open it because we know that the gift won't magically disappear if we don't open it straight away. We've also become used to the idea that there have been past birthday gifts and there will be future ones, and we know when to expect them. All this takes away the excitement-anxiety about opening our parcel. So we might go and have a sit down or a coffee until we feel in the right frame of mind to open it, because we want to be able to enjoy the 'ceremony' of the opening. We recognise that that is part of the pleasure. It's now about the EXPERIENCE rather than the simple act of possession/consumption. It must be so pleasing to have times where you can be an 'adult' about food just as you are now. And your jars - what a lovely treat to have for later in the winter, when you are ready to enjoy them. I didn't mean to waffle on... Guimauve > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I imagine that even though the process seems a little mechanical at the moment, that on that winter day when you open that jar of plums, it's going to be DELICIOUS. Yes, food is just food, but there are so many pleasures to be had from it, and if it's a chore putting up all that fruit at the moment, then you treat it like any other chore--and enjoy the aromas and the sights, and the companionship is you're doing it with anyone else, and those gleaming jars.... I love eating good meals, but I also love cooking, and chopping vegetables, and growing a garden, and even digging. The world is full of pleasures.... Tilley > > As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I imagine that even though the process seems a little mechanical at the moment, that on that winter day when you open that jar of plums, it's going to be DELICIOUS. Yes, food is just food, but there are so many pleasures to be had from it, and if it's a chore putting up all that fruit at the moment, then you treat it like any other chore--and enjoy the aromas and the sights, and the companionship is you're doing it with anyone else, and those gleaming jars.... I love eating good meals, but I also love cooking, and chopping vegetables, and growing a garden, and even digging. The world is full of pleasures.... Tilley > > As someone who loves to cook plus eat what I make, I am finding it interesting to note how I have reacted to working in my kitchen the last few days. > > First I have to say that processing several batches of home canned fruit (applesauce, pears, plums) is great so in winter we can enjoy these tastes instead of the import 'faux' fruit that is available in stores. And it also hurts me to see wonderful home grown fruit rotting on trees because people don't want to bother with it. (I live in a rural area with many fruit trees in gardens) > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 This nearly made me cry. I'm so thrilled for you - and for your whole family who will also enjoy the freedom and new energy you are going to have because you're no longer having to follow those 9000 rules. Have fun. > > > > I realize that when you are obsessed with restricting food, your world shrinks so much..... > > > I am also finding this to be true. Grocery shopping had become an absolute nightmare for me because almost everything in the store was off-limits one way or the other, and i have five kids and a husband so what to do what to do? That feeling of looking at something on the shelf and realizing why this food too was unacceptable to buy was a very constricting feeling. > > After I found this group this week and read all the articles and decided it made all kinds of sense, i had to go grocery shopping. No food in the store was now criminal to me. I could buy anything i wanted to. I still didn't buy foods with artificial sweeteners as I do not like the taste of those and there is absolutely no benefit to me to buy them. But I did try some new things that I have previously had to pass up because of my 9000 rules about food. > > I had my 5yo with me, which often can be stressful. He has Down syndrome and doesn't speak clearly and doesn't always mind me, so unless I have him trapped in a grocery cart, I find myself getting irritated and frustrated. However, this time, I let him walk through the entire store, and I think since I wasn't so obsessed with restricting myself, I could give him the attention he needed, and just experiment with grocery shopping with joy. > > I knew my world had been shrinking almost to nothing, but I didn't know what to do about it. > > Love this. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 thanks so much for sharing this with the group it is wonderful to hear that Grocery shopping is fun for you again. Eva This nearly made me cry. I'm so thrilled for you - and for your whole family who will also enjoy the freedom and new energy you are going to have because you're no longer having to follow those 9000 rules. Have fun.>> > > I realize that when you are obsessed with restricting food, your world shrinks so much.....> > > I am also finding this to be true. Grocery shopping had become an absolute nightmare for me because almost everything in the store was off-limits one way or the other, and i have five kids and a husband so what to do what to do? That feeling of looking at something on the shelf and realizing why this food too was unacceptable to buy was a very constricting feeling.> > After I found this group this week and read all the articles and decided it made all kinds of sense, i had to go grocery shopping. No food in the store was now criminal to me. I could buy anything i wanted to. I still didn't buy foods with artificial sweeteners as I do not like the taste of those and there is absolutely no benefit to me to buy them. But I did try some new things that I have previously had to pass up because of my 9000 rules about food. > > I had my 5yo with me, which often can be stressful. He has Down syndrome and doesn't speak clearly and doesn't always mind me, so unless I have him trapped in a grocery cart, I find myself getting irritated and frustrated. However, this time, I let him walk through the entire store, and I think since I wasn't so obsessed with restricting myself, I could give him the attention he needed, and just experiment with grocery shopping with joy.> > I knew my world had been shrinking almost to nothing, but I didn't know what to do about it. > > Love this.> >------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 thanks so much for sharing this with the group it is wonderful to hear that Grocery shopping is fun for you again. Eva This nearly made me cry. I'm so thrilled for you - and for your whole family who will also enjoy the freedom and new energy you are going to have because you're no longer having to follow those 9000 rules. Have fun.>> > > I realize that when you are obsessed with restricting food, your world shrinks so much.....> > > I am also finding this to be true. Grocery shopping had become an absolute nightmare for me because almost everything in the store was off-limits one way or the other, and i have five kids and a husband so what to do what to do? That feeling of looking at something on the shelf and realizing why this food too was unacceptable to buy was a very constricting feeling.> > After I found this group this week and read all the articles and decided it made all kinds of sense, i had to go grocery shopping. No food in the store was now criminal to me. I could buy anything i wanted to. I still didn't buy foods with artificial sweeteners as I do not like the taste of those and there is absolutely no benefit to me to buy them. But I did try some new things that I have previously had to pass up because of my 9000 rules about food. > > I had my 5yo with me, which often can be stressful. He has Down syndrome and doesn't speak clearly and doesn't always mind me, so unless I have him trapped in a grocery cart, I find myself getting irritated and frustrated. However, this time, I let him walk through the entire store, and I think since I wasn't so obsessed with restricting myself, I could give him the attention he needed, and just experiment with grocery shopping with joy.> > I knew my world had been shrinking almost to nothing, but I didn't know what to do about it. > > Love this.> >------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Guimauve you are so right! As I was reading this message I could hear paper tearing behind me - it was my 4yo opening my mail which I had left from yesterday - her delight at finding a picture of , ph and Jesus on a magazine was like my anticipation has been of food! > > > > > But instead of wanting to eat and eat these luscious tastes NOW, I am finding that I have a more mechanical reaction to seeing the food in jars than teasing my taste buds. Food really has become just food for me. I think back to when I began IE and this is certainly a change that I doubted would ever happen for me. > > > > Katcha > > IEing since March 2007 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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