Small Slice

Do you remember that show?  With the Solid Gold Dancers?  Oh, how I wanted to be a Solid Gold Dancer.  I regularly enthrall/horrify my children with my interpretive dances.  Imagine my glee when I find out that I can now do this in public!  Go check out my review of Baby Loves Disco - and then let me know if you are going.  I personally can't wait to get out there.

This week the kids are back in school, and while my resolve to eat breakfast daily is going strong, I didn't plan menus far enough ahead, and I've found myself rather lost in the kitchen.  I'm not eating garbage, but I'm just not eating with any sort of plan, and it is making me crazy.

I've been running around all week, hardly at home, and the groceries I bought aren't adding up to meals like I had hoped.  It seems my imagination has been stuck in the off-mode while I ponder a life of whole grains, veggies and lean protein.  I haven't been able to envision exciting meals. 

When in doubt, whip out the cookbooks.  I've just purchased a copy of The Sonoma Diet Cookbook, and The Vegetarian Table - France.  Both are reminding me that I don't have to eat gruel, leaves and twigs.  In particular, I'm enthralled by the recipes in The Vegetarian Table - France.  It's authored by Georgeanne Brennan, and features gorgeous photos by John Vaughan.  I'm going to make up a new menu for the coming week, and I'll share some of these recipes as I go.

I feel as though I'm solid on the breakfast thing, so I'm going to add journaling to my goals.  Not only will I record what I'm eating, but I'll record how I'm feeling.  I can say without a doubt that my body is responding well to meals without sugars.  The other task for this next phase is to have a scheduled meal plan that will allow me time to linger over my food.  No television, no telephone, no computer, no wandering around the house.  I will sit and eat.

For me:  Breakfast at 7 am, with the kids.  Lunch at 11:45 am, with my youngest.  Dinner at 6 pm, with my children, and hopefully my husband.