Carrie and I had opposite days on the food spectrum. While she did her juice cleanse, I ate out and not well. I had a fine lunch (chicken katsu curry) but lack of planning put me in the unfortunate position of being hungry for dinner when I was out and no where in sight of good food. I made a poor choice with some fast food that I'm now regretting. This reminds me of what it was like when we first started eating more consciously and nutrient-dense a few years ago...our food life was a huge part of our daily life. That was the difference. We were planning our meals ahead of time almost every week and during the summer we had a CSA farm share, we were picking our veggies and washing them and trying to come up with recipes to cook with them (yes I know what to do with bok choy and garlic scapes). So much effort goes into eating well because so much thought and prep are required. Sometimes I hate that I need to eat. And eating poorly, albeit regrettable, damaging and often less satisfying than you want it to really be is so damn easy. Even in this country which has a lot less processed food, there is crap food at every corner of this city.
I know this month, this challenge we've set which is basically to cook and eat at least one nutrient-dense meal a day, is exactly what we need right now in our life. It's not a challenge that we are doing to just satisfy my school art project (which I plan to go into more detail about in a near future blog), it's a kick-off for us to get back on a track we've too long been off of. It's a way of self-care towards mutual care for each other, our relationship and our family life. So far we've been good about providing healthy food choices for Gryffin (I say choices because she basically prefers to eat like a small animal—lots of fruits and nuts and occasionally some beef or pork along with her goats milk which we put her on after breast milk). And since she's only two, we've been able to get away with, “now this is Mommy's drink” when I'm downing a coke...something we both got way too much in the habit of here, but I know as she gets older there is going to be a “why do you get to eat that and I don't” and I would really like to have that be limited to the occasional beer I drink and not my overall diet. So, I really feel like starting now is so important, for myself and my health, but also for creating the kind of family food living that we long for, and that Gryffin deserves...that we all do.
I know this month, this challenge we've set which is basically to cook and eat at least one nutrient-dense meal a day, is exactly what we need right now in our life. It's not a challenge that we are doing to just satisfy my school art project (which I plan to go into more detail about in a near future blog), it's a kick-off for us to get back on a track we've too long been off of. It's a way of self-care towards mutual care for each other, our relationship and our family life. So far we've been good about providing healthy food choices for Gryffin (I say choices because she basically prefers to eat like a small animal—lots of fruits and nuts and occasionally some beef or pork along with her goats milk which we put her on after breast milk). And since she's only two, we've been able to get away with, “now this is Mommy's drink” when I'm downing a coke...something we both got way too much in the habit of here, but I know as she gets older there is going to be a “why do you get to eat that and I don't” and I would really like to have that be limited to the occasional beer I drink and not my overall diet. So, I really feel like starting now is so important, for myself and my health, but also for creating the kind of family food living that we long for, and that Gryffin deserves...that we all do.
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