Re: Tips on psychological satisfaction from the amounts eaten.

[Guest guest]

I had that when I lived alone. You lose interest in cooking, because it takes

effort. Maybe cooking for one is the answer? This way you would have to go out

and shop for fresh things most nights, maybe just buying what looks good? That's

how Europeans shop for what I know. No one keeps stuffed fridges just because

the ingredients can go bad.

It also helps to page through cookbooks at a bookstore. You don't have to be

into cooking at all, but at least you will encounter foods you might have not

known about before. You might get inspired!

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

I had that when I lived alone. You lose interest in cooking, because it takes

effort. Maybe cooking for one is the answer? This way you would have to go out

and shop for fresh things most nights, maybe just buying what looks good? That's

how Europeans shop for what I know. No one keeps stuffed fridges just because

the ingredients can go bad.

It also helps to page through cookbooks at a bookstore. You don't have to be

into cooking at all, but at least you will encounter foods you might have not

known about before. You might get inspired!

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

I had that when I lived alone. You lose interest in cooking, because it takes

effort. Maybe cooking for one is the answer? This way you would have to go out

and shop for fresh things most nights, maybe just buying what looks good? That's

how Europeans shop for what I know. No one keeps stuffed fridges just because

the ingredients can go bad.

It also helps to page through cookbooks at a bookstore. You don't have to be

into cooking at all, but at least you will encounter foods you might have not

known about before. You might get inspired!

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

I sometimes experience a variation of this, but so far, I don't think it's

particularly tied to IE.

For me, even though I consider myself something of a foodie and I enjoy cooking,

I go through these spells where I simply cannot tolerate the idea of cooking.

And when I shop, I don't know what to buy and whatever I do buy, I usually don't

feel like eating and it sits in the fridge until it goes bad. Unfortunately,

when that happens, I tend to just get take out more often because it's easy and

I can't deal with cooking something for myself. But I end up dreading even that

because it's not what I really want, and like you said, it feels heavy and

greasy and usually makes me feel stuffed and ill. I feel like I want to eat

something healthy, and like you say, simple, but nothing, in particular, appeals

to me and I can't figure out what I want, even when I'm really hungry.

I find this happening more and more often lately and it started even before I

decided to start IE again. I've been really stumped by this and have been

wishing I could figure out why it happens and how to deal with it.

Josie

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

I sometimes experience a variation of this, but so far, I don't think it's

particularly tied to IE.

For me, even though I consider myself something of a foodie and I enjoy cooking,

I go through these spells where I simply cannot tolerate the idea of cooking.

And when I shop, I don't know what to buy and whatever I do buy, I usually don't

feel like eating and it sits in the fridge until it goes bad. Unfortunately,

when that happens, I tend to just get take out more often because it's easy and

I can't deal with cooking something for myself. But I end up dreading even that

because it's not what I really want, and like you said, it feels heavy and

greasy and usually makes me feel stuffed and ill. I feel like I want to eat

something healthy, and like you say, simple, but nothing, in particular, appeals

to me and I can't figure out what I want, even when I'm really hungry.

I find this happening more and more often lately and it started even before I

decided to start IE again. I've been really stumped by this and have been

wishing I could figure out why it happens and how to deal with it.

Josie

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

I sometimes experience a variation of this, but so far, I don't think it's

particularly tied to IE.

For me, even though I consider myself something of a foodie and I enjoy cooking,

I go through these spells where I simply cannot tolerate the idea of cooking.

And when I shop, I don't know what to buy and whatever I do buy, I usually don't

feel like eating and it sits in the fridge until it goes bad. Unfortunately,

when that happens, I tend to just get take out more often because it's easy and

I can't deal with cooking something for myself. But I end up dreading even that

because it's not what I really want, and like you said, it feels heavy and

greasy and usually makes me feel stuffed and ill. I feel like I want to eat

something healthy, and like you say, simple, but nothing, in particular, appeals

to me and I can't figure out what I want, even when I'm really hungry.

I find this happening more and more often lately and it started even before I

decided to start IE again. I've been really stumped by this and have been

wishing I could figure out why it happens and how to deal with it.

Josie

>

>

> I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot of

food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

>

> I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

>

> Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are dulled

or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Josie,

I hear you about organic food, I usually buy that stuff too, and it really hurts

to see veggies go to waste when I don't eat them.

I need to start focusing on the feelings too. I never even realized they were

there when I ate like a starving cat...

N.

> >

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > Have you ever experienced frustration at how *little* you need to satisfy

hunger? I have started IE only recently, and in the past couple of days I've

been finding myself eating what seems like too little at dinner and getting

angry because of it. Let me illustrate:

> >

> > I come home moderately hungry and snack on fruit and yogurt to dull the

hunger a little while I cook. Then I serve myself a meal, usually about a cup of

carbs(pasta/legumes) or a slice of bread, a cup and a half veggies, 3/4 oz meat.

Halfway through the meal the hunger is gone, and I am left staring at a plate of

unfinished food. That makes me feel rebellious, because psychologically it

didn't feel like a meal, yet I am already full. It's like play time is over. If

you ever had such feelings, how did you work through them?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Nastia

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Josie,

I hear you about organic food, I usually buy that stuff too, and it really hurts

to see veggies go to waste when I don't eat them.

I need to start focusing on the feelings too. I never even realized they were

there when I ate like a starving cat...

N.

> >

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > Have you ever experienced frustration at how *little* you need to satisfy

hunger? I have started IE only recently, and in the past couple of days I've

been finding myself eating what seems like too little at dinner and getting

angry because of it. Let me illustrate:

> >

> > I come home moderately hungry and snack on fruit and yogurt to dull the

hunger a little while I cook. Then I serve myself a meal, usually about a cup of

carbs(pasta/legumes) or a slice of bread, a cup and a half veggies, 3/4 oz meat.

Halfway through the meal the hunger is gone, and I am left staring at a plate of

unfinished food. That makes me feel rebellious, because psychologically it

didn't feel like a meal, yet I am already full. It's like play time is over. If

you ever had such feelings, how did you work through them?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Nastia

> >

>

[Guest guest]

hi,

I think that instead of trying to " deal " with it, (which is what I have been

doing) I'm going to turn that around to I'm going to start enjoying it & see if

THAT makes any difference. Because really, when I look at it objectively, 6

months ago (before IE) I WANTED all those greasy things & when I ate them I

didn't even realize (wasn't AWARE) that my body didn't want them, it was my MIND

that wanted them. Now I'm letting my body decide what IT wants & THAT feels like

freedom.

mj

> >

> >

> > I have started to realize something strange: that I truly don't enjoy a lot

of food as much as I used to think I did. I now find that I often can't think of

anything I want to eat, and even that some foods that I used to enjoy no longer

much appeal to me after a few bites. Some nights I prepare dinner and I eat it

only because I know if I don't eat I'll just get hungrier and cranky, but I'm

not much enjoying the food.

> >

> > I don't know if this is simply a " thrill is gone " kind of thing because food

doesn't have that edge of the forbidden anymore (though I think I'm past that

stage of being disappointed in food for that reason), or if I'm just discovering

my true preferences. I find I get sick of things really fast, and there are

times when I just can't stomach the thought of eating anything I have on hand.

I've tried cooking new recipes, but leftovers languish in the refrigerator. I

seem to want things that are really plain, like a handful of raspberries, or

grapes and cheese, or plain roasted chicken, or popcorn, or a corn tortilla with

a little butter on it. I've lost my taste for salads except on rare occasions.

Part of it for me is that I am thoroughly sick to death of cooking meals every

night, so it all has a taint of " work " for me, but I can't even get all that

excited about going out to eat anymore.

> >

> > Has this happened to anyone else? I kind of feel like my taste buds are

dulled or something. This has been the case since about a month into doing IE.

> >

> > Laurie

> >

>