Love Food? Eh. Not So Much.
April 7, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
It’s a few weeks in to my eating consciously as suggested by Paul McKenna’s I Can Make You Thin on TLC.
Here’s what I know so far.
If one kept this up for a lifetime they could likely eat whatever they wanted and not gain weight.
Here’s the thing.
I used to think I loved food.
Turns out I loved eating food while watching TV, reading, flipping through a magazine.
Eating Consciously – thinking about the food, tasting the food, looking at the food, chewing the food slowly – well, that’s just boring.
I used to think I made a bad-ass spaghetti. Eh. It’s okay.
Loved, loved, loved chips – even the low fat kind. But, if I have to go to the table to eat it without a distraction - Eh. I think I’ll pass and just watch the TV or go read.
If I can’t eat breakfast while working at my computer – eating breakfast seems like a waste of time.
Same with taking a break to eat lunch. I’m just not that into it.
I miss eating when I was distracted because the actual food just isn’t as exciting as I thought it was. It feels more like brushing my teeth – I do it cause I have to, not cause I get a lot of pleasure from it.
Has anyone else been trying Paul McKenna’s plan to make us thin?
Are you experiencing this or something else?
I’ve been eating a lot more lately, cooking from the Vincent Price cook book, as a way to take my mind off all the rejection letters on my cookbook. But I’ve discovered that a lot of people have this problem, too…. j.
I still love food. I admit, eating consciously curbs my snacking, but I’m still ravenous in the morning, so I need my breakfast.
Also, my husband is a really good cook, so I’m happy to focus on what he’s made. I could stand to stop snacking so much, though.
I like to snack when I watch TV at night..when all the kids are finally to bed, and I can pop in a movie. On those nights, though I only eat a salad or veggies for supper.
When I have to loose a few pounds, I count calories. That way I can eat what I want, and I learn what I can eat more of for less calories. Once in a while too, I just won’t eat all day and then at night eat a banana split.(use to be 800 calories at the ice cream place I went to.) Or whatever else I may be craving. lol That way I don’t deprive myself or feel guilty. Maybe not the healthiest way I know, but it works for me. I still remember a lot of the calories by heart from my Richard Simmons years. LOL
I saw McKenna on TV last ngiht..He helped a lady who ate 5 pounds a chocolate a DAY. wow!
I’m addicted to the multitasking at meals too.. I know it’s not good. My grandmother is 83 and she sits down three times a day with a HUGE plate of food and devours it.. It’s not health food – it’s mostly soul food, and she eats more than any grown man I’ve ever seen..but she doesn’t turn on the tv or radio, she just focuses.. and she doesn’t snack in between. SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN TINY! I believe this theory works.
I also think I could really benefit from the meditation thing where you picture your food w/ something nasty on it.. (Although, I wonder if I’ll be able to stop my imagination from applying that to anything I sit down to eat?)
Tarah – I do that too.. It’s like it’s the one time that day I can sit down w/ out someone wanting a bite, demanding my attention, needing a sippie, noone’s asking me to DO anything or fix anything and it’s just nice to sit down and snack and watch tv – it feels good..
Ashley,
You got that right. It feels darn good! And everyone else’s needs are met for the day, and so then it’s OUR turn.
Maybe we can start imagining something yucky all over our ice cream and trade it for grapes or something?
OR trade it for maybe… Oh, I don’t know..supreme pizza? lol
That’s what I dislike about Bob Green’s plan too. No eating 2 hours before bed? I’d rather be over weight.
Ashley said it – that’s the only time I get to eat in peace.
I don’t want to imagine worms on my favorite food. I want to eat my favorite foods, but I can see how it’s helpful if you have a serious issue like that lady with the chocolate problem. I can’t think of a food I’m like that about.
I’m like that about cereal – I have to have a bowl of cereal before bed – and I mean (close your eyes Bob) RIGHT before bed. It is part of my ritual; it gives me that warm, cuddly, cozy, sleepy feeling, and if I don’t have it my stomach growls like a grizzly bear all night..
cereal? whole grain unsweetened organic cereal right? That’s funny.
Yeah, that’s right, except if by ‘whole grain’ you mean the grains in the ‘toast’ portion of cinnamon toast crunch…
Are Honey Combs organic?? Honey? all natural..from nature..made from bees..?
You crack me up!
I don’t have a dining table in my house (my kitchen is too tiny.) It makes it hard to not eat in front of the TV, but I know this is something I need to work on.
Violet, do ya’ll have a bar and stools?
“No eating 2 hours before bed? I’d rather be over weight.”
Ditto.
Also, having your kids and husband puke in stereo is a great way to keep off the lbs, because every time you sit down to take a bite and someone cries “I threw up on the CARPET again” makes the mindless munchies a real bummer.
(Guess who has been playing nurse for the last few days? Not sexy nurse…ragged, cranky, cabin fever nurse.)
Eeew – I am SO sorry! That’s a bad few days.