Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... Tilley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Precisely Ellie ( & all)! The food bag idea comes from the Overcoming Overeating book and seems to be a good idea for many of us as we beginning re-learning eating signals and choices. I think the idea is to include favorite choices and not 'shoulds' since a bag full of 'healthy' options that do NOT appeal doesn't seem to help at all. A thermos with soup can fit in a 'bag' too and can be a welcome choice during the winter. I only used a food bag when I traveled away from home since we are otherwise always there. Worked well for me :-) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a " diet plan " sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > This is something to think about. > > Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Precisely Ellie ( & all)! The food bag idea comes from the Overcoming Overeating book and seems to be a good idea for many of us as we beginning re-learning eating signals and choices. I think the idea is to include favorite choices and not 'shoulds' since a bag full of 'healthy' options that do NOT appeal doesn't seem to help at all. A thermos with soup can fit in a 'bag' too and can be a welcome choice during the winter. I only used a food bag when I traveled away from home since we are otherwise always there. Worked well for me :-) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a " diet plan " sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > This is something to think about. > > Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I really like this development of the idea, Sandarah. Kitchen full of food and nothing ready to eat. I'm picturing being a kid and being hungry and there's no dinner ready, or even in the works. Desperate feeling of not being cared for.Ellie It is something to think about. The only time I've ever prepared food in advance is when I'm on a diet. When I'm off, I just let the chips fall where they may, so to speak. I'm going to think about this too - it makes so much sense. Why prepare ahead only when it means deprivation? The chaos of having cupboards and a fridge full of food with nothing ready to eat is sort of self-defeating, actually. And, when I'm hungry and ready to eat - the first thing I reach for is the quickest and emptiest. Interesting stuff to ponder. Sandarah > > I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a "diet plan" sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > This is something to think about. > > Ellie > > > > > >________________________________ > > > >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > >Subject: Good bags > > > > > >Â > >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > > >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > > >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > > >Tilley > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'm so glad for this discussion about food bags. I'm having to travel a lot to and from the hospital right now, so this is perfect! The other day I waited too long to eat and ended up eating a little too much. Thanks to the first poster who mentioned this. I'm getting my food together now. Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Good bags As one who's hated cooking, I recently began preparing a few meals of my own to improve my nutrition. I cook several meals worth of a dish, and divide the extra into individual-sized servings to freeze. Ate one of these a couple of days ago, chicken and rice. Not only did it taste great, I felt so cared-for by having that home-cooked meal to eat, even if I'd previously cooked it for myself. It also allows me to have several choices that all I have to do is heat and eat. To me, this feels like self-care. Instead of preparing kid's meals or student's snacks, I'm preparing my own instead of nibbling my way through preparing food for everyone else. Actually, the self-care seems to go a very long way toward helping me to moderate my eating, suppose because eating junk food is the only way I've ever "taken care" of myself, and now I'm learning other ways. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a "diet plan" sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > >> > > >> This is something to think about. > > >> > > >> Ellie > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >________________________________ > > >> > From: tilley200 <tmartin@> > > >> >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > > >> >Subject: Good bags > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > >> > > > >> >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > >> > > > >> >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > >> > > > >> >Tilley > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'm so glad for this discussion about food bags. I'm having to travel a lot to and from the hospital right now, so this is perfect! The other day I waited too long to eat and ended up eating a little too much. Thanks to the first poster who mentioned this. I'm getting my food together now. Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Good bags As one who's hated cooking, I recently began preparing a few meals of my own to improve my nutrition. I cook several meals worth of a dish, and divide the extra into individual-sized servings to freeze. Ate one of these a couple of days ago, chicken and rice. Not only did it taste great, I felt so cared-for by having that home-cooked meal to eat, even if I'd previously cooked it for myself. It also allows me to have several choices that all I have to do is heat and eat. To me, this feels like self-care. Instead of preparing kid's meals or student's snacks, I'm preparing my own instead of nibbling my way through preparing food for everyone else. Actually, the self-care seems to go a very long way toward helping me to moderate my eating, suppose because eating junk food is the only way I've ever "taken care" of myself, and now I'm learning other ways. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a "diet plan" sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > >> > > >> This is something to think about. > > >> > > >> Ellie > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >________________________________ > > >> > From: tilley200 <tmartin@> > > >> >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > > >> >Subject: Good bags > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > >> > > > >> >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > >> > > > >> >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > >> > > > >> >Tilley > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'm so glad for this discussion about food bags. I'm having to travel a lot to and from the hospital right now, so this is perfect! The other day I waited too long to eat and ended up eating a little too much. Thanks to the first poster who mentioned this. I'm getting my food together now. Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Good bags As one who's hated cooking, I recently began preparing a few meals of my own to improve my nutrition. I cook several meals worth of a dish, and divide the extra into individual-sized servings to freeze. Ate one of these a couple of days ago, chicken and rice. Not only did it taste great, I felt so cared-for by having that home-cooked meal to eat, even if I'd previously cooked it for myself. It also allows me to have several choices that all I have to do is heat and eat. To me, this feels like self-care. Instead of preparing kid's meals or student's snacks, I'm preparing my own instead of nibbling my way through preparing food for everyone else. Actually, the self-care seems to go a very long way toward helping me to moderate my eating, suppose because eating junk food is the only way I've ever "taken care" of myself, and now I'm learning other ways. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a "diet plan" sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > >> > > >> This is something to think about. > > >> > > >> Ellie > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >________________________________ > > >> > From: tilley200 <tmartin@> > > >> >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > > >> >Subject: Good bags > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > >> > > > >> >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > >> > > > >> >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > >> > > > >> >Tilley > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Some folks might like Dream Dinners. I haven't tried other places but this works for me. I love to cook but its actually designed for people who do not. You buy meals in 3 or 6 portions. You go to their store and they have salad bars filled with the foods you need to make the meals. The recipes are color coded so it doesn't matter if you know what a tbs is. Just match the blue square with the blue scoop. You can look on dreamdinners.com to see if there is one local to you. It is not as expensive as you might think. My grocery bill has gone down because we eat out less and make fewer runs to the market. I do not make anything if you buy from them and I can not comment on places like "Super Suppers.". I just know that this has worked for us. Patti As one who's hated cooking, I recently began preparing a few meals of my own to improve my nutrition. I cook several meals worth of a dish, and divide the extra into individual-sized servings to freeze. Ate one of these a couple of days ago, chicken and rice. Not only did it taste great, I felt so cared-for by having that home-cooked meal to eat, even if I'd previously cooked it for myself. It also allows me to have several choices that all I have to do is heat and eat. To me, this feels like self-care. Instead of preparing kid's meals or student's snacks, I'm preparing my own instead of nibbling my way through preparing food for everyone else. Actually, the self-care seems to go a very long way toward helping me to moderate my eating, suppose because eating junk food is the only way I've ever "taken care" of myself, and now I'm learning other ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Some folks might like Dream Dinners. I haven't tried other places but this works for me. I love to cook but its actually designed for people who do not. You buy meals in 3 or 6 portions. You go to their store and they have salad bars filled with the foods you need to make the meals. The recipes are color coded so it doesn't matter if you know what a tbs is. Just match the blue square with the blue scoop. You can look on dreamdinners.com to see if there is one local to you. It is not as expensive as you might think. My grocery bill has gone down because we eat out less and make fewer runs to the market. I do not make anything if you buy from them and I can not comment on places like "Super Suppers.". I just know that this has worked for us. Patti As one who's hated cooking, I recently began preparing a few meals of my own to improve my nutrition. I cook several meals worth of a dish, and divide the extra into individual-sized servings to freeze. Ate one of these a couple of days ago, chicken and rice. Not only did it taste great, I felt so cared-for by having that home-cooked meal to eat, even if I'd previously cooked it for myself. It also allows me to have several choices that all I have to do is heat and eat. To me, this feels like self-care. Instead of preparing kid's meals or student's snacks, I'm preparing my own instead of nibbling my way through preparing food for everyone else. Actually, the self-care seems to go a very long way toward helping me to moderate my eating, suppose because eating junk food is the only way I've ever "taken care" of myself, and now I'm learning other ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Before IE I hated grocery shopping as it was such a chore. When I was going through the stage you are I really went through a " full fat " phase and consumed large amounts of real butter, milk, cream and cheeses Because I.had lived most of my life eating skimmed milk products. By adding fats into my diet I felt much more satisfied and actually lost a few pounds. All I can say is get really quiet with yourself and ask yourself what you would really like to try that has been forbidden and then enjoy! You will probably find that you don't need much to satisfy you once you learn you can trust you will.eat what you want when you are hungry. Hope this makes sense Alana Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone --- Original Message --- Sent: January 5, 2012 1/5/12 To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Re: Good bags  That happens to me: when I decide to include things that I want when I shop, I don't know what to get. I get what my husband and elderly mother want and what I think I should have. Like you, Sandarah, I hardly know what I actually do like and want. As for " junk " food, formerly-forbidden foods, foods that others might judge, etc.... well, not everything is good for us but there's no law that we can't have *any.* There's a line that says, " All things may be eaten, but not all things are beneficial. " It's up to us to decide whether to go there. Ellie To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:39 PM Subject: Re: Good bags  Sounds good; for me, there's is very little offered as either take-out or in restaurants that compares to home cooking. I'm just too tired to do it much of the time. Yesterday I went shopping for my " good bags " and was surprised to find that I still don't know what I like to eat beyond the forbidden. Packing up non-diet food is an entirely new experience for me - and I found myself packing many of the kinds of foods that I do eat when dieting and not really knowing what else I might like want at work. And, I was really uncomfortable putting in some chocolate which I'm afraid that I'll want to eat non stop, or I'll feel embarrassed eating it in front of my diet-minded co-workers. But, at least for now, a meal doesn't feel complete with something sweet at the end. I still can't get it out of my head that chocolate or desserts are really, really legal and no one is going to yell " piggy, piggy, piggy " at me if I eat them in public. (Imagine growing up with that - my older brother the fat-hater. Big old sigh.) Sandarah > > >> > > >> I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a " diet plan " sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > >> > > >> This is something to think about. > > >> > > >> Ellie > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >________________________________ > > >> > From: tilley200 <tmartin@> > > >> >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > > >> >Subject: Good bags > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > >> > > > >> >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > >> > > > >> >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > >> > > > >> >Tilley > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Before IE I hated grocery shopping as it was such a chore. When I was going through the stage you are I really went through a " full fat " phase and consumed large amounts of real butter, milk, cream and cheeses Because I.had lived most of my life eating skimmed milk products. By adding fats into my diet I felt much more satisfied and actually lost a few pounds. All I can say is get really quiet with yourself and ask yourself what you would really like to try that has been forbidden and then enjoy! You will probably find that you don't need much to satisfy you once you learn you can trust you will.eat what you want when you are hungry. Hope this makes sense Alana Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone --- Original Message --- Sent: January 5, 2012 1/5/12 To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Re: Good bags  That happens to me: when I decide to include things that I want when I shop, I don't know what to get. I get what my husband and elderly mother want and what I think I should have. Like you, Sandarah, I hardly know what I actually do like and want. As for " junk " food, formerly-forbidden foods, foods that others might judge, etc.... well, not everything is good for us but there's no law that we can't have *any.* There's a line that says, " All things may be eaten, but not all things are beneficial. " It's up to us to decide whether to go there. Ellie To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:39 PM Subject: Re: Good bags  Sounds good; for me, there's is very little offered as either take-out or in restaurants that compares to home cooking. I'm just too tired to do it much of the time. Yesterday I went shopping for my " good bags " and was surprised to find that I still don't know what I like to eat beyond the forbidden. Packing up non-diet food is an entirely new experience for me - and I found myself packing many of the kinds of foods that I do eat when dieting and not really knowing what else I might like want at work. And, I was really uncomfortable putting in some chocolate which I'm afraid that I'll want to eat non stop, or I'll feel embarrassed eating it in front of my diet-minded co-workers. But, at least for now, a meal doesn't feel complete with something sweet at the end. I still can't get it out of my head that chocolate or desserts are really, really legal and no one is going to yell " piggy, piggy, piggy " at me if I eat them in public. (Imagine growing up with that - my older brother the fat-hater. Big old sigh.) Sandarah > > >> > > >> I've been thinking something similar, Tilley. It's good to know ahead of time that we're provided for. > > >> > > >> I've been thinking about feeding children. Children intuitively know whether they're hungry and when they've had enough and they don't eat what they don't like or want, and we want to regain this innate wisdom. But children don't have access to these choices unless we provide food for them. And we make an effort to provide them with wholesome choices that will help them grow and be healthy. I've been thinking about pre-planning for myself, not on a " diet plan " sort of plan, but to give myself confidence that I am provided for and don't have to prowl around the kitchen trying to decide whether and what to eat. > > >> > > >> This is something to think about. > > >> > > >> Ellie > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >________________________________ > > >> > From: tilley200 <tmartin@> > > >> >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:59 AM > > >> >Subject: Good bags > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Well, I too am now returning to work after ten days at home (mostly being sick), and have to now contemplate (again) how I am going to go about feeding myself at work. This semester my planning period will be in the afternoon, so I will now have an hour in the middle of the morning during which I can eat. But I am thinking about what to take, and it made me think about _____'s idea of the food bag--the bag you take everywhere with you that contains an assortment of things that you might want to eat during the day. It's sort of what I had been doing last semester with packing several different lunches, so that when lunchtime did come, I could decide what I really felt like eating, and have some choice. But really, it's just knowing that I am not going to go hungry. > > >> > > > >> >I liken it to the food I always carried with me when my children were small. Zip lock bags with baby carrots, cut-up apples, Cheerios, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, etc. so that when hunger struck the kids, we didn't face a melt-down, and thus could spend the day at the park or the lake, or the children's museum, or library, or places in between, and not have to resort to Mc's. I'm going to treat myself as well as I treated my children, in being prepared. > > >> > > > >> >Part of my wants to do something about the excessive eating I did over the holidays, and say that now is the perfect opportunity to cut back, and maybe lose some of the weight I gained over the past month.....but......a food bag would probably be better.... > > >> > > > >> >Tilley > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I too almost always eat the same thing for breakfast--oatmeal with yogurt, nuts of some sort, raisins, and frozen fruit of some sort, but occasionally I'll want something else. For lunch I go through phases, and will eat the same thing for a stretch of time, but then need to shift to something else. I don't completely buy the need for variety. I think Americans probably carry that way too far. My variety is that I don't eat oatmeal for all three meals of my day, but if something works, and satisfies, I see no reason to mix it up just for the sake of mixing. Tilley > > > ** > > > > > > Another thing that helps me is to eat the same breakfast and lunch pretty > > much every day. Eliminates decision-making for two meals. Variety confuses > > me. Might not work for everyone. > > > > Ellie > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* jain_daugh > > ** > > > > > > Wow what excellent practices and smart options to positively change one's > > eating habits and choices. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing! I'm sure this will > > impact many others is a very good way. > > > > ehugs, Katcha > > IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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