Re: taking time

[Guest guest]

Hi ,Thanks for sharing your morning with us. I think you did an awesome thing for yourself, taking a morning off and treating yourself to huckleberries and the foods you wanted most... and not sugary granola, when you really thought about it!

And yes, it's GREAT to talk about foods here! We love food, and celebrate how fabulous it is! IE gives us the chance to figure out what we really enjoy eating, and to revel in eating it... when we are hungry... which is when it tastes best, anyway!

I think IE is all about self care. If we take care of ourselves we won't need to turn to food to " take care of us " -- i put it in quotes because of course food doesn't really care for us. But it can feel like a substitute for self-care for sure!

As for sitting quietly for eating... I used to always ALWAYS read while eating. But now I've switched out of the habit and don't even want to go back. I run a VERY busy clinic and i used to write notes while I was eating. now i stop and eat, in the midst of the hubub, and do nothing BUT eat. i may get interrupted but I still go back to eating without distraction. it's beautiful. and you know, i think taking a real break actually makes me more effective and efficient later on. so it's a good investment. it's neat to feel a bubble of stillness around me in the craziness of the day.

Thanks again for writing.best,abby

 

I am a new member to the group - though not to obsessing about weight

issues. I don't know if it is okay to talk about specific foods - if

I remember right some group I was in somewhere along this journey

many years ago forbid that (OA?).

I declared this as a day to practice self-care! I called in sick to

work - something I hardly ever, ever do - and even exaggerated a

small headache to my husband as an excuse to stay home. I am ticking

things off my to-do list which feels good and catching up on the

Intuitive Eating posts.

Hunger hits! What do I want? What do I REALLY want? Sugary granola

which I hardly ever let myself eat? No, something HOT. Okay - steel

cut oats with flax seed. Into that I add about 1/8 cup of

huckleberries. For those of you who don't know what those are: they

are GOLD. Takes forever to pick about a cup - they are about 1/5th

the size of a smallish blueberry. I NEVER eat them unless I am making

something for my family (who also helps pick though not as fast as

I!). I feel a bit guilty but know I will love every tiny one. I chop

up a few walnuts and add a BIG spoonful of almond butter. Onto all

that I add milk that I have HEATED up - who ever has time for THAT on

typical mornings getting everyone, including me, out the door. For

heaven's sake: I even heat up my bowl!

My pattern is to read when eating - but NO. I sit my butt down in the

rocking chair and chew slowly as I watch the birds feed from the

feeder. I contemplate about how much I yearn for inner peace - and

enjoy this simple bowl of food. I think about how I crave inner

peace - but rarely make the time for it. How weird is that? For a

time I used to fantasize about what I would do if I won the lottery.

I would go on and on and on in my mind about all the things I would

do. I REALLY wanted that money. One time I told my husband all

about it and he said " have you ever even bought a lotto ticket? " No.

I haven't. So how could I ever really expect to win all that money

if I never bought a ticket?!!

I guess the same is true for the inner workings of the heart I want:

peace, intuition, comfort, strength, self-acceptance. I must be

still and pay attention - and not run around like a chicken with my

head cut off, ESPECIALLY AT MEAL TIME. If I really want those

virtues, and I do, then I must make time for them. And meals seem

the perfect time to practice " not running around and away. " At least

for this day!

I love everyone's posts - thank you.

I send my best,

p