When Food is Love and Love is Food...

Thanks (so much!) to Margo, I am taking myself through Geneen Roth's workshop (via CDs) on this topic. When I gave myself completely over to her first visualization exercise, I had a startling epiphany about my relationship with my husband and how that relationship mirrors the way I relate to food. This is complicated stuff, but thought I'd share with the board Roth's guidelines for eating - in reading they seem simple enough; in daily practice, downright nearly impossible for someone (me) with a lifelong history of compulsive emotional eating. So, for what it's worth (and I always post with the idea that if something I have to say stands to help one person, I will go ahead and post): Geneen Roth's Eating Guidelines 1. Eat when you are hungry. (Truly hungry, body hungry not mind hungry) 2. Eat sitting down in a calm environment. This does not include the car. 3.Eat without distractions. Distractions include radio, television, newspaper, books, intense or anxiety producing conversation and music. 4. Eat only what your body wants. (Big difference from what your MIND wants!) 5. Eat until you are satisfied. (This is different than full). 6. Eat (with the intention of being) in full view of others. 7. Eat with enjoyment, gusto and pleasure.

i am so glad to see worth to you!! i had a diff time with the program becuz i too listened on my way to work and almost wrecked the car one day!! it is something to really give oneself to her visualizations! wait-it gets even better!!! i wonder if Nic would benefit from a copy? i could burn another set?????

Margo I would love to have a cd copy. If you need money for the copy let me know. Send to: Marilyn Clifford 4140 N. Mallard Dr Kingman AZ. 86509 Sounds like a good one!! Ladybug Marilyn

i'll burn them this weekend and get into monday's mail!

She would LOVE THAT!!!!! let me know what you need and I will fire it off to ya! thanks for thinking of me... life has been crazy here! a good friend of my parents was diagnosed 2 years ago with alzheimers and in in his last days, his daughter ready to deliver at any moment her first baby and the whole extended family is here trying to make sense of life and death. I have sent cookies, brownies and fruit baskets to the hospital, I have been fighting off the flu so I can't go and do anything else... is that kinda sending love thru food??? Although thinking about it knowing "uncle" danny the way I do I shoulda just sent a keg over so they could all be drunk and laugh, he woulda much preferred that! thanks again for the cd's

it is so bittersweet to see one family member pass when another is born or due....what do they say about a door and a window or something? actually you sending the food is food thru love but not the way roth is talking about --well--kinda but ...ok--i'll give up my theorizing!!! nic--PM me with your mailing address and i will burn yours at the same time i do marilyn's- ( i confess--i got busy today in geneaology! i get lost in it!!! it's addictive and keeps me away from the food!!)-- itold hubby i needed to do that tomorrow to get them in monday's mail... you are welcome!