J.'s family Christmas celebration was January 24th and 25th, and the cheesy potatoes and sugar cookies did me in. I did have smaller portions (only 1 cookie, if you can believe that!) because I was concerned about how my body would react to the dairy fat after so long without. After that weekend, I started using butter and cheese in recipes again. I also imbibed in some adult beverages last weekend, though again, very moderately.
I have to say that the detox was a good experience overall, even though the main benefit was different than the one I anticipated. I anticipated that I would feel better and feel good about readjusting to better habits than I had in January. That certainly happened.
I didn't anticipate how delicious everything would be once I started consuming it again. It had only been 3 weeks, people! Cheese is so rich and salty. Wine is so fragrant and warming and complex. Because I had deprived myself of the things I love, I genuinely appreciated them so much. I feel like I still have that attitude today, even though I've settled into my pre-December eating habits. I don't think I'll need to experience such a formal deprivation period again for a long time, but it was a great experiment for mindful eating and gratitude for food that I love.
Speaking of which... my new obsession:
This obsession just started yesterday. I'd only had Greek yogurt in small spoonfuls on sample day at the grocery store, but I must be reading about it on blogs or something, because I decided to splurge on some in celebration of dairy being back in my life full force. I bought honey-flavored because they were out of plain, and some frozen berries because fresh were too expensive, and my oh my. So delicious. Thank you, cows.
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