Food-Important or Not?

Oh holy moly my body is aching today! my arms, my calves, ugh. Jillian apparently really kicked my ass yesterday. I don't wanna get out of bed :) I think I'm finally trying to catch up on my sleep cause all I seem to want to do is sleep these days :) Anyway, on to le book!

The author asks if you constantly think about food. If when you're eating lunch you're thinking about what's for dinner, or snack or whatever. She says that you have to stop making food the center of your life and decide what food you deem important, and what food will just be...food I guess.

"When you get into your car, you don't expect every trip to be inspiring or memorable. Sometimes you just need to go to the store or the post office. In the same way, eating doesn't always have to be especially fun or exciting. Lots of times, food will be quite mundane, but since it's providing fuel, you have to eat it anyway. Instead of fretting about boring food, just label it as unimportant."

I...don't really think I fret about boring food. I don't know, for me, food has always been food. There are a couple of meals I get excited about--like my dad's ribs, but generally it really is a "gotta eat cause I'm hungry" kind of thing. Now that I'm not eating out though, I'm finding it hard to cook at home. Last night I went to Kates with a friend and though I thought briefly of getting a salad, I ended up getting a bbq pork wrap instead--much tastier eh? AND they ended up giving me a huge side of onion rings too which was bad news. I didn't eat it all, but I do need to start making better choices like I did before.