This was asked by my leader today in our meeting. I think about food probably 18hrs a day, minus the 6hrs sleep I get. Honestly. It is obsessive, obviously why I have a problem.
I am constantly thinking: what my next meal will be, what to make for dinner, what to make for my kids lunch, what is a healthy snack, I should plan my meals for the week, oh look a cooking magazine, I should peruse my WW material for ideas, I should read some other blogs for more food ideas, I should stock my freezer, I should make some healthy cookies. This is what goes through my head...constantly. I'd love for someone to tell me this is normal but I know this should not be the things that wonder in my brain as much as they do. Why do I put such an emphasis on food?
At my meeting today was a young girl with her mom and dad. She will probably follow what her parents will be starting this week. Is it horrible for me to sit there and pray 'please don't make her like me?' I started WW when I was 8 years old. I never thought there was anything wrong with it and I've realized that my mom was only trying to do the best she knew how to do, at the time. I'd have to agree it was the best thing that SHE knew how. However here I am today, with the same problem. Will it ever end? I certainly hope so. All I know now is I eat pretty darn scarn healthy :)
So question to you, how often do you think about food?
Oh and WI today I was up 0.6lbs, no problem here. Exam, TOM, no exercise, I'll take this gain with a big smile because it could have been so much higher.
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I even dream about food some days/nights/whatever! I'll wake up with a meal plan epiphany of some sort that I dreamt about. Drives me a bit crazy but sometimes it actually pays off.
All the time! I think about food at least 80% of the day, for sure. I worry about what messages this sends the kids (if somehow indirectly I am communicating unhealthy modeling re: relationship with food). I know that the amount that I do think about it drives my husband nuts. He really couldn't care what we are going to have for dinner or lunches, as long as it is edible. Sigh.
M I'm the exact same, I worry about the influence on the kids and my husband thinks I'm nuts when I ask what he wants for dinner first thing in the morning.
Karen, yep sometimes it does pay off when meal planning :)
I'd be hard pressed to find a time in the day that I don't think about food. No wonder I'm so tired all the time!
I thought about food, dreamed about food, obsessed about food.
Then one day it all clicked and I started this journey. I thought, dreamed and obsessed about food for a while, but it got better over time. I obsess more about exercise and my blog than I do food these days, and I think that's better in the long run.
I'm the same way - planning meals, planning groceries lists etc. It's so tiring and I wish that I could just let it go but then sometimes I think it's good because oragnizing everything keeps me on track and leading the healthy lifestyle that I want. I think it's quite a fine balance between obsessive and unhealthy.
Unfortunately thinking about food consumes my mind WAY more than I enjoy. I feel like it's exhuasting most days.
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