I Hate Planning, Preparing and Cooking Food

I HATE PLANNING PREPARING AND COOKING FOOD
#foodpreparation #foodprepping #foodfreedom

Disclaimer: This video is for information purposes only and my content should not be used as a substitute for seeking treatment from a healthcare provider. My content is not going to be suitable for everyone, so please use your self discernment before applying any video content in your own life.

[JesusLightsYourPath]

Unfortunately my mom always told us to stay out of the kitchen when I was growing up so I learned zero cooking skills. I'm 23 and now I'm trying to force myself to learn how to cook 😮‍💨

[vickismith]

Thank you for making me feel normal about this subject. I hate planning. I never know what to plan.

[carriefilion]

I'm a 55 yr old empty nester who's husband recently passed so for me I don't like planning and cooking anymore due to missing my family. I used to love it! And now every time I try it's just so hum drum. So your point about just looking at it as another thing you do to take care like brushing your teeth really helped me. Thank you so much.

[TheseWordsTouch]

I stop eating. For me I think it's both the deciding what to cook AND grocery shopping that stops me because doing it is enjoyable and I love the cleanup. But also the pressure of my partner almost... expecting me to cook for us both by myself. Idk. I find myself eating the same meals for an entire week and then my partner will be like "I think we should switch it up" and all of a sudden I'm stressed all over again and fall into not eating at all. It's been over a decade... and I'm actually in tears watching this video. It helps tremendously to know which parts I hate and now I can tackle it with much more intention and confidence. I can't thank you enough.

[tea_tea_]

“Deliberate choice about how I’m going to take care of myself.” Thank you, Sarah. I’ve been struggling with cooking for myself.

[flexkitten]

I used to hate meal prep, but a few things that made it more bearable: a crock pot that would cook for me while I’m at work, an instant pot that cooks. I’ve also invited friends over to do a group meal prep and that was so much fun. When I traveled to Greece I went to a cooking class and it inspired me to prepare some new foods that I really enjoyed. I listen to comedy shows while I’m cooking or a good audiobook.

[lmack]

8:44 Haha! That's exactly what I searched, and I ended up here. 😅🤣🤣 But I'm grateful - this is hands down, the best video I've ever seen on this topic. Thank you so much. 🥰

[megan]

Yup! I hate cooking so much!! And I also have ocd which makes using the oven hard. But I buy pre mixed salads and I’ve bought and air fryer and instant pot which makes cooking easier for me. Also buying pre made healthy meals….

[kristenpiringer]

Cooking use to give me a lot of anxiety. No one cooked in my household growing up. My parents made a lot of frozen pre-boxed food that was full of sodium. Once I got past the anxiety, I still didn't find joy in it, so I started making a new dish from a different country every week, and this has helped to make cooking fun because I get to try a new dish every week. I make it in bulk so I can enjoy it all week. :)

[NadaNuri]

I dont struggle with any eating issues but i hate cooking the same. 😂 it steals my time in a daily baisis.

[dm-qyyu]

i cant tell you how much buying a dishwasher machine helped with cooking. suddenly i didnt care i have to make dishes dirty... thats not a problem anymore and such a huge relief. i hated that part of cooking.

[karinekmk]

I hate cooking, and even more doing the dishes. Now I have one solution : I use only preparatory dishes (Tupperware, etc) and dishes that go into the dishwasher😀
Having food already preppred is really challenging when we are deep into the BED, but, curiously, i never binged on food that I had prepped, cooked (aka spent time on), always on ready to eat items🤔

[newlin]

No matter what mind games and things I try, I still have a hard time cooking. I wish someone else could prepare healthy meals for me at a cheap price.

[katrpatter]

I seem to have a hang up about cooking for OTHER people, rather than cooking for myself. When I was in school and lived alone, I had very little issue with simple, repetitive foods (pan fried frozen vegetables, boiled eggs, things like that). A little while later, when I moved in with my partner, I felt paralyzed by something similar to performance anxiety. I feel afraid of being judged for lack of skill or creativity in the kitchen. (Also, frankly, I think I'm afraid of filling some kind of maternal or caretaking role for someone who I firmly want to see - and want to be seen - as equal.) It all snowballs into a giant aversion to doing anything in the kitchen, and I'm not entirely sure how to disentangle it at this point.

[jimmorrison]

I actually love shopping and cooking, and I’m really good in the kitchen. But that’s public cooking for family and friends, like a performance. It’s my public face of food. The danger is after I’m on my own—my wife is asleep, or I’m at home alone. Then the food becomes the enemy.

Thank you, by the way. I’m struggling. I used to have the metabolism to hide the binging, but not anymore. Most people who even touch on the make perspective don’t seem to connect. Just downloaded your book and it’s wonderful.

[CamilleAment-chant]

Hi Sarah,

First of all, I want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for your videos. I've started watching them a few months ago and it completly changed my relationship with food and with my body. You changed my life, litterally. Watching your videos always make me feel so calm and like "I got this" !

For me, the most difficult part about cooking is the planning: I never know what I want and I never know how to include my daughter's taste and needs in all this. I feel overwhelmed when I'm at the super market. There's so much stuff and I don't know what to get. Or I look at the vegetables and my mind goes blank. I don't know what to cook them in or with and they don't look appealing...
Does anyone feel the same? Maybe someone has some tips?

[deborahbain]

I have Chronic Fatigue it's just too much to prepare a meal

[lorriredmon]

It's complicated. For me it's that I hate cooking but feel shame over my food choices because the narrative in my mind is that my choices are bad for me foods. BUT, what I warm up or put together is all I can manage physically. I have such a deficit of energy because of my autoimmune disease that microwave foods are usually all I can handle. I do get a lot of my groceries delivered and I love that it's gotten simpler since covid made it a thing. The already prepared meals is something I've tried but I didn't really like the flavors, and the cost was difficult to justify. The last tidbit is that we're a house of 3 that has to be satisfied. We have vastly different tastes too. I cook something usually every other day and microwave the other times. I don't like the quality of microwave foods but they're easy. I'm not satisfied with how I feed myself, but I feel it's the best I can do. I'm trying to not be so judgmental about it or myself.

[annfarfalle]

I don't like cooking because I eat half the food before its done :( And I like the instant gratification of having my meals now rather than the long torturous wait for it to cook and then be half gone before its even plated

[ellieborla]

There is no need to cook. Very simple preps are healthier than complicated stuff.
My partner wants me to cook and I hate this. By the time it is ready I am not hungry any more and horribly bored. The fish I put in the pasta sauce and the veggies did not really need to become a sauce....It is really affecting my relationship