Re: OA/IE (was: I'm so discouraged)... OA story...

[Guest guest]

I went on an OA retreat some years back. It was going pretty well until lunch.

But someone discovered that the caterers had put a huge bowl of pasta salad on

the buffet table. The word spread like wildfire. Members were shocked and

outraged this could happen at an OA gathering - and the buzz about the luncheon

went through the room like lightening. At lunch that huge pasta bowl emptied

before all the others.

Of course many people lost their tender abstinence that day and probably no

doubt complaned about it for years. It struck me as both funny and sad.

Hingeing one's " sobriety " on never hearing a particular food discussed in a

meeting is crazy.

Still - the image of all those women running to the buffet table, complaining

all the way, will never leave me. It's the only thing I remember about the

retreat all these years later. Truly, to restrict is to eat.

Sandarah (who can't help but chuckle, even still)

(Oh, by the way, did I eat that pasta salad? You bet I did. Why? Diet

rebellion all the way.)

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> >I wonder, if you're having computer problems and it has something to do with

" cookies, " would that trigger a binge? But that's neither here nor there.

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[Guest guest]

Wow, that is really familiar. I would probably be "outraged" all the way to the buffet table and all the way through a few helpings of the pasta salad. Being a seasoned low-carb dieter, I know that pasta is cryptonite for some. But then, how do you have a buffet at a OA retreat that does not trigger someone? Fine, no pasta for the low-carbers. How about fat? Or starchy vegetables? Or, or....

Mimi

Subject: Re: OA/IE (was: I'm so discouraged)... OA story...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 7:07 PM

I went on an OA retreat some years back. It was going pretty well until lunch. But someone discovered that the caterers had put a huge bowl of pasta salad on the buffet table. The word spread like wildfire. Members were shocked and outraged this could happen at an OA gathering - and the buzz about the luncheon went through the room like lightening. At lunch that huge pasta bowl emptied before all the others. Of course many people lost their tender abstinence that day and probably no doubt complaned about it for years. It struck me as both funny and sad. Hingeing one's "sobriety" on never hearing a particular food discussed in a meeting is crazy. Still - the image of all those women running to the buffet table, complaining all the way, will never leave me. It's the only thing I remember about the retreat all these years later. Truly, to restrict is to eat. Sandarah (who can't help but chuckle, even still) (Oh, by the

way, did I eat that pasta salad? You bet I did. Why? Diet rebellion all the way.)

[Guest guest]

Wow, that is really familiar. I would probably be "outraged" all the way to the buffet table and all the way through a few helpings of the pasta salad. Being a seasoned low-carb dieter, I know that pasta is cryptonite for some. But then, how do you have a buffet at a OA retreat that does not trigger someone? Fine, no pasta for the low-carbers. How about fat? Or starchy vegetables? Or, or....

Mimi

Subject: Re: OA/IE (was: I'm so discouraged)... OA story...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 7:07 PM

I went on an OA retreat some years back. It was going pretty well until lunch. But someone discovered that the caterers had put a huge bowl of pasta salad on the buffet table. The word spread like wildfire. Members were shocked and outraged this could happen at an OA gathering - and the buzz about the luncheon went through the room like lightening. At lunch that huge pasta bowl emptied before all the others. Of course many people lost their tender abstinence that day and probably no doubt complaned about it for years. It struck me as both funny and sad. Hingeing one's "sobriety" on never hearing a particular food discussed in a meeting is crazy. Still - the image of all those women running to the buffet table, complaining all the way, will never leave me. It's the only thing I remember about the retreat all these years later. Truly, to restrict is to eat. Sandarah (who can't help but chuckle, even still) (Oh, by the

way, did I eat that pasta salad? You bet I did. Why? Diet rebellion all the way.)

[Guest guest]

Wow, that is really familiar. I would probably be "outraged" all the way to the buffet table and all the way through a few helpings of the pasta salad. Being a seasoned low-carb dieter, I know that pasta is cryptonite for some. But then, how do you have a buffet at a OA retreat that does not trigger someone? Fine, no pasta for the low-carbers. How about fat? Or starchy vegetables? Or, or....

Mimi

Subject: Re: OA/IE (was: I'm so discouraged)... OA story...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 7:07 PM

I went on an OA retreat some years back. It was going pretty well until lunch. But someone discovered that the caterers had put a huge bowl of pasta salad on the buffet table. The word spread like wildfire. Members were shocked and outraged this could happen at an OA gathering - and the buzz about the luncheon went through the room like lightening. At lunch that huge pasta bowl emptied before all the others. Of course many people lost their tender abstinence that day and probably no doubt complaned about it for years. It struck me as both funny and sad. Hingeing one's "sobriety" on never hearing a particular food discussed in a meeting is crazy. Still - the image of all those women running to the buffet table, complaining all the way, will never leave me. It's the only thing I remember about the retreat all these years later. Truly, to restrict is to eat. Sandarah (who can't help but chuckle, even still) (Oh, by the

way, did I eat that pasta salad? You bet I did. Why? Diet rebellion all the way.)