QOTD:
Establishing any sort of intentional daily practice is a challenge for me. I don't have a problem maintaining daily routines, like getting up and getting to work, but I always struggle when the desired action is optional.
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@HappyGrape I am also grateful that I have access to such varied choices, and that I can afford good healthy food. But I think if I am more intentional about it, less food will go to waste. Maybe I should be expressing my gratitude every time I pick something up at the grocery store (silently, in my head, tee hee), and that'll increase the perceived value so I'll be more likely to make sure it gets used.
I am not mindful about my food or my eating - I use food to numb (particularly sugar) and part of that is being numb while chosing. The closest I've come recently to being mindful is that I've been having a bowl of fresh fruit in the evening and have made a point to really pay attention while I am cutting the fruit up. I'm starting to explore dot or bullet journaling, and last evening when I flipped thru the guide book, I saw a section on setting up a food journal which I think would be a very good thing for me to do, and would help me to wake up and be more mindful.
I do have negative food/health tapes that I play repeatedly. I need to stop the tape and re-frame the story every time one kicks in... like telling myself "Congratulations! You just ate!" and not beating myself up for it.
If I did establish a daily food/eating practice what would it look like?
Choosing to feed my body, not my addiction.
Planning and prepping on the weekend: scheduling an actual time where I do the prep and making it a ritual.
Keeping a food journal.
Slowing down and smelling, looking at, tasting/savoring my food while I'm eating.
Sitting at the dinner table to eat, and not eating on the couch watching TV.