OT - Do you eat to live or live to eat?

uc_free

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Posted 5/13/2012 4:52 PM (GMT 0)

I was just talking about this to family members yesterday and most people say they live to eat. I definitely eat to live, unless there is something to eat that I really like. Most of the time I don't have a big appetite and have to force myself! This is probably why I am still 10 lbs down from my original weight.

80sChick

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Posted 5/13/2012 6:47 PM (GMT 0)

Live to eat!!!! It's a problem.

allbluezoo

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Posted 5/14/2012 12:35 AM (GMT 0)

I used to eat to live - get whatever I could in that would STAY IN, which wasn't very much. Now I live to eat - I am having SO MUCH fun eating with friends and family, it's AWESOME!

Crosby99

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Posted 5/14/2012 1:18 AM (GMT 0)

I am slowly beginning to start living to eat! I've mentioned this before on other threads. Now that I have my j pouch and I don't have to take any more medication I consider my diet my natural medicine. So even though I need to be aware of everything that I eat, I love finding new recipes and things that have the foods in them that I need, and foods in them that will make my life easier. Cooking has become more and more of a hobby of mine since all the things I've been through. Yes I agree with the hunger issue, I am not hungry a lot of the time. But finding yummy things to cook helps me enjoy eating again!

Another UC wife

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Posted 5/14/2012 4:00 AM (GMT 0)

This is such a sensitive issue...for so long I suffered watching him in so much pain, unable to eat much, and lost soooo much weight.

Well it has been a year and 1/2 now and I am trying sooooo hard not to be a nag but it has gone the other way. It is wonderful that he can eat (he is very careful and not taking chances with risky foods and chews really well) but now he has gained more than he should and it is not good if it keeps up. Seems like there is no happy medium. He has found success with this wafer system, the fit, etc. but I am concerned if he keeps gaining weight he may have other issues.

So I guess the answer is kind of "living to eat" at the moment.

ByeByeUC

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Posted 5/14/2012 11:40 AM (GMT 0)

I wouldn't say I live to eat but I also do more than just eat to live. I guess I'm in that gray area inbetween!

blueglass

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Posted 5/14/2012 12:41 PM (GMT 0)

I would say that at this point I love to eat, which is not quite the same as saying I live to eat....

Another UC wife

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Posted 5/14/2012 1:07 PM (GMT 0)

blueglass said...
I would say that at this point I love to eat, which is not quite the same as saying I live to eat....

Yes....I think that is a better way to describe it overall...for hubby that is probably a better description too.

When you go for so long being so apprehensive to eat, not to eat, what to eat, when to eat depending on what you are about to do to TRY and control the frequency with the UC that it is finally a pleasure to eat once again. Being able to eat most things now without paying the consequences certainly makes a huge difference.

Needing to drink so much water to stay hydrated wasn't too difficult as he was a big water drinker...we just forget sometimes to be sure we take it with us when we are going out, in the car etc.

I was always the fast eater but he definitely has slowed down to chew, chew, chew so I try to slow it down too so he isn't always sitting there with 1/2 of his food and I am already done...lol. When we go out to eat with others he is usually the last one done which is fine and I am glad he doesn't try to rush things to keep up.

esoR

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Posted 5/15/2012 3:28 AM (GMT 0)

Hoping to be able to soon eat to live. I learn to settle. Back in the day though it was LIVE TO EAT! Rosemary

polishdan

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Posted 5/16/2012 3:17 AM (GMT 0)

Love to eat and live to eat. Always have. Currently on see food diet..........I see food I eat it. Watching TV in the evening is tiring......always getting up for something to snack on.....chips, carmel corn, pop corn, ice cream, kippered herring, garlic pickles, frozen egg rolls, frozen WHITE CASTLES, everything. If you are not from Michigan, you are probably not familiar with CASTLES. They are sorta small burgers (sliders) but different.

I will probably start getting overweight now. My little girl Misty (part shelty part border collie) passed away April 12. She had some of everything I ate. Now I eat alone. It's just not the same.

Dan

Post Edited (polishdan) : 5/15/2012 10:08:22 PM (GMT-6)

Christine1946

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Posted 5/16/2012 1:43 PM (GMT 0)

Aw Dan, so sorry you lost your pooch. We always had some kind of pet when the kids were growing up. Now we have our youngest daughter's cat. Linda got her when she lived in her apartment but came home seven years ago and the cat came with her. Linda is getting married in September, but the cat is staying with mommom and poppop because Lin's fiance has a huge dog. That's ok because we love the cat to pieces and she is sooooo spoiled.

We had two dogs, brother and sister, for years! The female died at age 14 and male at age 16. I swore I would NEVER have another dog after Peppers died. I balled my eyes out.

about living to eat. When I suffered with UP, a lot of foods, especially red meat, would really do a number on my condition. Since my operation, I can eat ANYTHING!!!! My surgeon said as long as I chew everything thoroughly there should be no problem....and happy to say, he was right Have to take off a few pounds for Linda's wedding though