I'm writing a paper about this story, Adam Haslett's "City Visit."
I might be sharing it because I need a little break from writing my paper. But I think it's worth a read, so I thought I'd share in case you need a distraction too.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Greek Yogurt is Yummy.
Confession: I didn't make it a whole month.
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.
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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