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babeekj · 08-01-2005, 08:44 PM

OK I am doing much better on my codie issues...but I notice over the last year I have started doing something kind of looney and I don't know why.
Once a month or so I get this urge and just start cooking tons of stuff and there is only me and Colby (my 3 year old) here. I do this running back and forth to the computer by the way...IT"S CRAZY
For instance tonight I cooked brocoli and cheese , homemade baked beans , cabbage , corn on the cob, biscuits AND cornbread , fried chicken wings and bar-b-q little smokies, strawberry cake with vanilla icing and a lemon chess pie ...now I have all this stuff and I don't even want to eat because I am tired and now I want to go to bed and this happens EVERYTIME.
I stick all the stuff iin the fridge...and look at all the dishes and know I'm going nuts...then let the dishes sit the next day.
It's a ritual....WHY do I do this ??????
Last month I cooked so much I fed all the elderly in the neighbor hood. Can someone tell me why I do this or does anyone else do anything odd like this ?

Don W · 08-01-2005, 08:53 PM

Sound like we should hold the next round up in Tyler Texas. I gained 10 pounds just reading. All kidding aside. We alcoholics tend to over do many things. I collect way more projects than I could ever do. Plus, when we get up tight we can seek relief in different ways. You've maybe chosen cooking, I like to clean house when stressed.
Myself, I think your normal and just venting energy. Don W

babeekj · 08-01-2005, 08:57 PM

Thanks DOn...You know I never did this when I was with my exABF..of course we never had very many groceries...it's like I start and I am only going to cook a couple of things and then I keep adding to it...IT IS SOOOO WEIRD !!!

babeekj · 08-02-2005, 10:45 AM

Well at least I had a good lunch today LOL

wantneeda · 08-02-2005, 10:52 AM

yup, obsessive, compulsive.....me to

I'll have some of them there left overs
hugs, Wendy

babeekj · 08-02-2005, 11:25 AM

I have enough to feed all of SR at home ...anybody close enough needs to come get a plate

teej · 08-02-2005, 11:39 AM

Wow! My husband would be overjoyed if I had days like that.
Idea; make things that freeze good and make tv dinners for you
and the little one. That way when you dont feel like cooking, they
will be there. ........Hopping the next plane by the way! lol!

hugs,
tj

babeekj · 08-02-2005, 11:42 AM

Come on tj I will load you up

...but you know what really when I cook a whole lot of stuff like that I think it kind of just gives me a break from the real world..I don't think or worry about anything stressful at that time..it's like I'm in my own little world

cwohio · 08-02-2005, 11:52 AM

wish i was close enough - that sounds awesome!!!!

Don W · 08-02-2005, 12:12 PM

My wife also has these moments, and she cooks for an army. There are only us two. Of course she is Italian, so you add stress and Yum! Don W

babeekj · 08-02-2005, 01:06 PM

LOL you know one time they had cream cheese on sale at this store down here for like 50 cents a box and I bought a whole bunch. ...I had one those moods one night and decided to get the cream cheese out of the fridge and made 12 ice box cheese pies ... 12 !!!!!!!!!!!! I was giving them away to everybody...The next morning I woke up and was thinking "WHAT have you DONE ??"

hja1407 · 08-02-2005, 03:06 PM

hey honey!!!!!!!!! I am moving in with you. You cook and I will clean . Sound like a deal
Heather
Ps Tyler isn't that far from me

babeekj · 08-02-2005, 03:41 PM

hja ... sounds like we'd be perfect roommates !!!!!

bikerprincess · 08-03-2005, 01:51 PM

I do that too with cooking maybe a little less extreme though
I love to cook. I can spend all day in the kitchen.
And I kind of get on a roll and before you know it I have options for the entire week, including dessert, entree, and vegi. The bad news is I have really finnicky eaters and leftovers are unheard of to my kids.

Did I mention I have put on 20 lbs in my sobriety also??

Blessings
Anne

CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-03-2005, 01:54 PM

cooking is ok someone plan the meal. cleaning up isn't a big deal. Think inside the box what the portions should be. Did you have a big family you helped cook for growing up?

babeekj · 08-03-2005, 02:29 PM

No not really zing...I think I do it just as an escape really

Aww bikerprincess that is one reason i am scared to qit smoking I am afraid I will gain weight

babeekj · 08-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Hey everybody !!! I think I found a great solution to my "problem"!!

I'm going to help the Salvation Army fix breakfasts' 2 Sundays a month....I can cook and be serving a purpose and it doesn't cost me any thing LOL

Time2Surrender · 08-05-2005, 11:11 AM

Now,I am suddendly hungry again.And I had a good breakfast.

babeekj · 08-05-2005, 11:16 AM

LOl well ...I still have Lemon Chess pie and strawberry cake at the house...pretty much all the other leftovers went to the pooch

Don W · 08-05-2005, 02:51 PM

That is great of you. Talk about channeling our energy towards something positive.
Don W

babeekj · 08-05-2005, 03:09 PM

Thanks Don

BigEzell · 08-06-2005, 11:09 PM

Sweetheart I have that on my calendar.
Every other Sunday I will be driving to Tyler to eat breakfast at the Salvation Army.
Homeless move over !

**CarolD** · 08-06-2005, 11:36 PM

I warch the cooking channel on TV and eat air popped pop corn.

Cheap...filling...no dishes or left overs.

wolflet · 08-06-2005, 11:50 PM

wow!........yeah cook 7 freeze in eatable portions....also the salvation army is great!!!

wish i was close enough...chili is my big over cook

it's just what it is 7 if the food can get eatten than it's ok as long as you do not over tax your finances.......i'm haveing a big party on the 10th sept......read me post parents in town........can i hire u!!?

babeekj · 08-07-2005, 12:20 PM

LOL you sure can but there will be tons of food I'm warning you I tend to overdo it...we had like 3 pans too much food at the Salvation army this morning LMAO

BigE I'm gonna warn them about you LMAO

08-01-2005, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Weird Behavior OK I am doing much better on my codie issues...but I notice over the last year I have started doing something kind of looney and I don't know why. Once a month or so I get this urge and just start cooking tons of stuff and there is only me and Colby (my 3 year old) here. I do this running back and forth to the computer by the way...IT"S CRAZY For instance tonight I cooked brocoli and cheese , homemade baked beans , cabbage , corn on the cob, biscuits AND cornbread , fried chicken wings and bar-b-q little smokies, strawberry cake with vanilla icing and a lemon chess pie ...now I have all this stuff and I don't even want to eat because I am tired and now I want to go to bed and this happens EVERYTIME. I stick all the stuff iin the fridge...and look at all the dishes and know I'm going nuts...then let the dishes sit the next day. It's a ritual....WHY do I do this ?????? Last month I cooked so much I fed all the elderly in the neighbor hood. Can someone tell me why I do this or does anyone else do anything odd like this ?

08-01-2005, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	Sound like we should hold the next round up in Tyler Texas. I gained 10 pounds just reading. All kidding aside. We alcoholics tend to over do many things. I collect way more projects than I could ever do. Plus, when we get up tight we can seek relief in different ways. You've maybe chosen cooking, I like to clean house when stressed. Myself, I think your normal and just venting energy. Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

08-02-2005, 10:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
wantneeda Miss Behavin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: regina,saskatchewan Posts: 975	yup, obsessive, compulsive.....me to I'll have some of them there left overs hugs, Wendy __________________ nothin' changes if nothin' changes

08-02-2005, 11:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
cwohio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Litterbox City Posts: 6,142	wish i was close enough - that sounds awesome!!!! __________________ *Learn to write your hurts in sand. Learn to carve your blessings in stone! - Unknown*

08-02-2005, 12:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	My wife also has these moments, and she cooks for an army. There are only us two. Of course she is Italian, so you add stress and Yum! Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

08-01-2005, 08:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Thanks DOn...You know I never did this when I was with my exABF..of course we never had very many groceries...it's like I start and I am only going to cook a couple of things and then I keep adding to it...IT IS SOOOO WEIRD !!!

08-02-2005, 10:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Well at least I had a good lunch today LOL

08-02-2005, 11:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	I have enough to feed all of SR at home ...anybody close enough needs to come get a plate

08-02-2005, 11:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
teej tj Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 1,756	Wow! My husband would be overjoyed if I had days like that. Idea; make things that freeze good and make tv dinners for you and the little one. That way when you dont feel like cooking, they will be there. ........Hopping the next plane by the way! lol! hugs, tj

08-02-2005, 11:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Come on tj I will load you up ...but you know what really when I cook a whole lot of stuff like that I think it kind of just gives me a break from the real world..I don't think or worry about anything stressful at that time..it's like I'm in my own little world

08-02-2005, 01:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	LOL you know one time they had cream cheese on sale at this store down here for like 50 cents a box and I bought a whole bunch. ...I had one those moods one night and decided to get the cream cheese out of the fridge and made 12 ice box cheese pies ... 12 !!!!!!!!!!!! I was giving them away to everybody...The next morning I woke up and was thinking "WHAT have you DONE ??"

08-02-2005, 03:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
hja1407 All in God's Hands Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 81	hey honey!!!!!!!!! I am moving in with you. You cook and I will clean . Sound like a deal Heather Ps Tyler isn't that far from me __________________ You do not get to chose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you are going to live. Joan Baez Where there is great love there are always miracles. Sarah Knowles Bolton

08-02-2005, 03:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	hja ... sounds like we'd be perfect roommates !!!!!

08-03-2005, 01:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
bikerprincess Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 189	I do that too with cooking maybe a little less extreme though I love to cook. I can spend all day in the kitchen. And I kind of get on a roll and before you know it I have options for the entire week, including dessert, entree, and vegi. The bad news is I have really finnicky eaters and leftovers are unheard of to my kids. Did I mention I have put on 20 lbs in my sobriety also?? Blessings Anne

08-03-2005, 01:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,450 Blog Entries: 1	cooking is ok someone plan the meal. cleaning up isn't a big deal. Think inside the box what the portions should be. Did you have a big family you helped cook for growing up? __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-03-2005, 02:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	No not really zing...I think I do it just as an escape really Aww bikerprincess that is one reason i am scared to qit smoking I am afraid I will gain weight

08-05-2005, 11:07 AM	#17 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Hey everybody !!! I think I found a great solution to my "problem"!! I'm going to help the Salvation Army fix breakfasts' 2 Sundays a month....I can cook and be serving a purpose and it doesn't cost me any thing LOL

08-05-2005, 11:11 AM	#18 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 7,263 Blog Entries: 7	Now,I am suddendly hungry again.And I had a good breakfast.

08-05-2005, 11:16 AM	#19 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	LOl well ...I still have Lemon Chess pie and strawberry cake at the house...pretty much all the other leftovers went to the pooch

08-05-2005, 02:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	That is great of you. Talk about channeling our energy towards something positive. Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

08-05-2005, 03:09 PM	#21 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	Thanks Don

08-06-2005, 11:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
BigEzell Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Louisianna Posts: 499	Sweetheart I have that on my calendar. Every other Sunday I will be driving to Tyler to eat breakfast at the Salvation Army. Homeless move over !

08-06-2005, 11:36 PM	#23 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	I warch the cooking channel on TV and eat air popped pop corn. Cheap...filling...no dishes or left overs. __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

08-06-2005, 11:50 PM	#24 (permalink)
wolflet fire dancer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: no matter where u go there u are...co Posts: 489	wow!........yeah cook 7 freeze in eatable portions....also the salvation army is great!!! wish i was close enough...chili is my big over cook it's just what it is 7 if the food can get eatten than it's ok as long as you do not over tax your finances.......i'm haveing a big party on the 10th sept......read me post parents in town........can i hire u!!? __________________ how we spend our days is how we spend our lives

08-07-2005, 12:20 PM	#25 (permalink)
babeekj Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tyler, Texas Posts: 1,029	LOL you sure can but there will be tons of food I'm warning you I tend to overdo it...we had like 3 pans too much food at the Salvation army this morning LMAO BigE I'm gonna warn them about you LMAO

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