I would like to share with you an extraordinary experience I had last night. On Mondays at 3:30pm I meet my grandson, Jeffrey who is six years old at his school. Yesterday I asked him if he would like to go on a date with me for dinner. After going to the library and doing his homework, we drove to the restaurant. When I parked the car Jeffrey told me to wait in the car and he opened my car door. We went into the restaurant and he told the hostess where we wanted to sit. After deciding what we wanted for dinner, Jeffrey told the waitress what we both wanted. We had a nice time talking and eating, he paid the bill with my credit card. I thanked him for our date and we promised each other we would have another date on my birthday next month.
While Jeffrey and I were at the restaurant talking and eating, I was not thinking about the food on my plate. Once Jeffrey had placed my order with healthy choices, and then choosing how much food I was going to eat, I could enjoy being with Jeffrey instead of obsessing over the food.
The magic cure for me is to keep my commitment at every meal, I will only make wise food choices with quantity control. I have been following this philosophy for over eight years and find for me all it takes is focusing on one meal at a time. Once the food I was going to eat was on my plate, I could enjoy being with Jeffrey. WHAT A MIRACLE!!
I would love to hear about your extraordinary experiences and how food did not play an important role.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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2 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful date was had by both of you.
Yes, taking one meal at a time is key. Eating to live and not living to eat is the real trick.
Hi Mark:
I remember when I was around 12 years old I heard someone say, "He lives to eat." I had no idea what they were talking about. However, a few years later I realized that I was living to eat instead of eating to live.
Today focusing on one meal at a time I can say, "I eat to live."
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