cooking i hate it now is it just me?

OK i am itailan I LOVED TO COOK! Now...i hate it it seems so pointless. My mom says i need to get back into it but why? it takes loner to cook than it does for me to eat the small portions i can consume. Am i being a baby? selfish? crazy? is this part of the emotional thing? am i really changing that much that i am not who i was? SIGH. I miss cooking but it doesnt bring me joy like it did. is that cause i cant eat it as well??? j

Hey, I have the exact opposite problem. I cook up a storm. At least I get the feeling of normalcy with the action of cooking. I can't eat 99% of what I cook, but I do get joy of watching others eat it. Mostly I enjoy the smell, and the action of making the food. Yesterday I made a pot of pinto beans, a loaf of Portugese sweet bread, 2 loaves of pumpkin bread, and 2 loaves of oatmeal molasses bread. I could only have the soup, but it tasted good. The neibours got a loaf of bread each, and I have easy snack bread in the freezer, for my family, when they want something and I'm not here or don't feel like cooking. We're supposed to fill our life with something else, besides constant eating. I still get to be involved with food this way, and be satisfied with it, but I don't feel the need to indulge. People think I'm crazy. Oh well. I guess crazy people are happier than the general populace, and that bothers them Gosh

Gosh! I am doing the same thing exactly. I am cooking so much. I am feeding my brother and sisters, my mom, my friends...I just brought a good friend an entire meal for her family last night. My dog, husband and everyone else is gaining while I am losing-well, not really this month, I've been the same weight since July 10th...UGGGGG. You should see how fat my dog is getting...LOL

The people at work think I have a conspiracy going on to make EACH of them put on as much as I, individually, loose. I like the smell of cookies. I bring them in to be eaten. I do NOT force an individual to consume...... I just make damn good cookies hahahahahahahahahahah (insert evil manaical laughter) Gosh

It's not just you, i dont' like to cook. I didn't "love" to cook before surgery, but it was ok, now if my family is out, I'd rather just crack open a protein shake then cook. Maybe it's the food your cooking too? I have to say that since surgery my favorite foods are no longer my favorites. I use to love pizza, now i can barely stand it, it's almost "gross" to me. I use to love pasta and home made sauce, but now again i can barely stand it. It just doesn't taste that good to me. Again, as i said i never got "joy" out of cooking, but it was ok. Maybe you should change your focus and start cooking for the joy you'll get from cooking for others. scott