Re: Finally coming to terms with my beloved frosting...and another accomplishment

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing with the group about how you're working so creatively and

mindfully with yourself!

So if I eat it feeling calm and walk away still feeling calm, no boost of

happiness or anything, what makes me think that it will be so special and bring

happiness when I'm feeling down? This project really made me think of how

UN-magical frosting really is. I think the best thing about this is how pretty

it looks to me. I don't know, I like colorful foods. Tonight I really wanted

something sweet, looked at the brownies and remembered that I really didn't like

them all that much and figured I better have something I enjoy instead. I opted

for a rice krispie treat with some melted white chocolate on top. Tasty :]

[Guest guest]

LOL!!!!! Seriously though, if Betty Crocker goes out of business I will take

full blame haha.

I think that's pretty cool you used me as an example! I feel sort of famous!

Sort of...

>

>

>

> Subject: Finally coming to terms with my beloved

frosting...and another accomplishment

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 1:07 AM

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> I guess it's been almost a week since I've had a " frosting attack " and I'm

feeling so much more comfortable. A few days ago I did feel heavy emotions along

with hormones and wound up eating two small-ish spoonfuls, but that is NOTHING

compared to the half a can I would eat before! Other than that, I haven't eaten

frosting in 5 or so days, except for tonight when I was doing a little project

from the Food and Feelings Workbook. Basically (and you do this when you are

completely calm and comfortable with yourself and your emotions...NOT WISE to do

it while you're feeling antsy or nervous, especially about food) you take " that "

food, the one that gets you every time you're feeling emotional, the one you run

to and feel so guilty about, and sit with it in front of you. Of course, I took

my frosting out of my fridge and looked at it. Take in how it looks, what it's

made of, its scent, etc. I basically read the label over and over, closed my

eyes and smelled

> it, looked at the colors of the little rainbow chips inside and the texture

of the frosting itself. Then, and although this goes against intuitive eating in

the sense that you probably won't be hungry when you do this, you actually eat

it. Not exactly a plate full, but you taste it. Hold it on your tongue and think

about the taste, texture, and how you feel. Take another taste and reflect on

your feelings again. Do it again. I did it three times, using small to medium

tastes of frosting, probably a tablespoon total. After you're done, reflect on

the experience as a whole and how you felt. Was it really as great as you

expected it to be? What were your thoughts and feelings about this food at this

time? What lead you to believe that this food isn't as magical as you made it

out to be? Honestly, I found that the frosting had a waxy taste and smell to it.

I sat there thinking I could probably make way better homemade frosting (I'm

becoming a baking elitist

> of sorts, I guess you could say...I really prefer homemade despite the extra

effort). I realized that the texture wasn't perfect, it was almost sickeningly

sweet, and I didn't walk away from eating it feeling any different than I did

before. So if I eat it feeling calm and walk away still feeling calm, no boost

of happiness or anything, what makes me think that it will be so special and

bring happiness when I'm feeling down? This project really made me think of how

UN-magical frosting really is. I think the best thing about this is how pretty

it looks to me. I don't know, I like colorful foods. I'm still pretty sure it

would taste great on a cupcake though. And I'm still pretty sure I'll eat it

straight out of the can some time or another. I'm not anti-frosting now or

anything, this project wasn't a miracle cure to my frosting obsession, but it

definitely did help! Let me know if you want me to type out the project in a

little more detail (though I

> think I got the gist of it here) unless you think I'm going to be breaking

some copyright laws or something crazy hah.

>

> My other accomplishment is that I baked white chocolate macadamia nut brownies

from scratch yesterday, and I've only eaten one. I truly want to get into baking

as a big time hobby, as I have always loved it. I want to start a food/baking

blog and share recipes, photos, and my love for baking. I have to get over my

FEAR of baking first though, as I tend to eat way too much of the

cookie/brownie/ cake batter and quite a hefty portion of the finished product

that I don't trust myself with this stuff. However, I let my fiance pick out

what he wanted me to bake, I made them, found that they were good but too sweet

(I love sugar, if it has 10 pounds of sugar in it...it's mine, but these were

sweet in a different way, tasted just like a white chocolate macadamia nut

cookie only very cakey, and just didn't thrill me though they were very very

good, I will admit, and my fiance and sister loved them). Tonight I really

wanted something sweet, looked at the brownies

> and remembered that I really didn't like them all that much and figured I

better have something I enjoy instead. I opted for a rice krispie treat with

some melted white chocolate on top. Tasty :]

>