OK, it happened.......I had my first pity party

[zephra 5]

Zephra I can totally relate to that. We always have food at work and I am not looking forward to being coaxed to eat - especially when I have always eaten alot, and then I won't be able to.

Question - when the food smells good, does it make you feel hungry?

I don't know if it is hunger or desire but I want it bad and I have to tell myself why I can't have it over and over cause...I don't always want to listen the first few times.

[KathyM 14]

I am looking back at what I just wrote and realizing that more than half the time I eat, it isn't because I am hungry. Wow - I keep getting these lightbulb moments. I wonder how long it takes to re-program your brain!:001_rolleyes:

[pnw218 14]

My suggestion: put your family on a "root hog or die" meal plan for a while : )

google it: Davy Crockett used the phrase and Western frontiersmen were often in dire economic straits and had to root around for whatever they needed to survive.

Ok, maybe a bit drastic but you get the point : ) It won't kill them to eat pb & j for a couple of weeks, dine on frozen dinners (there is a great variety out there) or eat pizza. Maybe they can eat what mom eats and take up healthier habits also?? When my older two kids were little and I was a single mom, I made their plates with a variety of sandwich type makings, fruit, etc - and then let them decide how to eat it. Item by item or as a sandwich. They thought it was fun.

I will admit that I have only cooked a couple of times in the past four months, and most every time has been for a party we were having at home. My husband is an excellent cook and my 15 year old daughter knows the above saying well. She knows the basics about cooking and eats alot of bagel sandwiches and salads.

Good Luck! Enjoy your mushies!

[zephra 5]

My suggestion: put your family on a "root hog or die" meal plan for a while : )

google it: Davy Crockett used the phrase and Western frontiersmen were often in dire economic straits and had to root around for whatever they needed to survive.

Ok, maybe a bit drastic but you get the point : ) It won't kill them to eat pb & j for a couple of weeks, dine on frozen dinners (there is a great variety out there) or eat pizza. Maybe they can eat what mom eats and take up healthier habits also?? When my older two kids were little and I was a single mom, I made their plates with a variety of sandwich type makings, fruit, etc - and then let them decide how to eat it. Item by item or as a sandwich. They thought it was fun.

I will admit that I have only cooked a couple of times in the past four months, and most every time has been for a party we were having at home. My husband is an excellent cook and my 15 year old daughter knows the above saying well. She knows the basics about cooking and eats alot of bagel sandwiches and salads.

Good Luck! Enjoy your mushies!

That is pretty much how my family eats now. I have not cooked since a week before the surgery. I secretly admit I love not cooking. And next time we go visit my in-laws, I will be sure to bring something I can eat.