So I’m nearly a week into my resolutions to 1. be more mindful in my eating and 2. put a ball gag on my inner critic. I’ve been doing pretty well on the eating thing – the other day I caught myself getting up from the table, sandwich in hand, about to get my son another glass of milk and move the laundry from the washer to the dryer. I sat back down, explained to my son I was eating some of my lunch right then and that he was welcome to get himself a glass of milk or wait until I had finished more of my sandwich. Actual meal times have been much better – I’ve done less random picking during preparation, and I’ve made a conscious, concerted effort to eat more slowly, “dine,” as it were instead of forking food in my piehole like I’m trying to break some speed eating record.
That being said, I did find myself sneaking a few olives while making dinner (beef picadillo, roast sweet potatoes and shallots, and spinach salad, in case anyone is wondering) and nibbling leftover broccoli during clean up. Yeah, yeah, it’s broccoli, not exactly a cardinal sin. But still, the whole point of this is to think about what I want to eat, focus on it, and actually enjoy it while I eat it.
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