My eating habits are terrible. TERRIBLE.
I could rattle off a lot of excuses. I have two jobs. It’s so much trouble just to cook for one person. I don’t want to eat the same leftovers for a week. The drive-through is so tempting and convenient – it’s on the way to everywhere I go. And so on.
My excuses, however, are weighing me down. More specifically, they are enabling me to continue with excessive behaviors that weigh me down.
I know how to eat well. This month, I’m going to start making choices that reflect that knowledge. I know what my worst habits are, and this month, I’m going to break one of them.
For 31 Days, I am going to avoid fast food. I’m going to avoid what’s convenient and replace it with something better.
I’m not going to count calories or obsess about the fat content of what I’m cooking. Those steps can come later.
What I need to do first is to get back into the habit of planning meals and saving my out-on-the-town meals for special occasions.
I want to be healthier. I want to have more energy, and I want to take care of myself better.
I also just want to be excited about food again. I want to feast, and I want to feed people.
None of those scenarios has a Taco Bueno bag in it.
These posts will focus on what I’m making and the people with whom I’m sharing it. I hope there will be lots of stories and pictures and minimal whining.
I’ll be linking up with The Nester and hundreds of other people posting what their next 31 days are going to be about. Will you join us?
Day Five – Everything in Excess
Day Seven – Jesus Feminist, Body Image, and Related Ramblings
Day Eight – Running out of Coffee
Day Nine – “Let me ‘splain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up.”
Days Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen – The Myth of My Poverty
Day Fourteen – Pretty, Pretty Food
Day Fifteen – Olivia Pope is (not) always right.
Day Seventeen – Small Talk about Big Food
Day Eighteen – The Fridge of Shame
Day Nineteen – The Visiting Cottrells
Day Twenty – Supper Club, Phase One
Day Twenty-one – Not Eating is Not an Option
Day Twenty-three – NaNoPrep, Meal-Planning To-Do List
Day Twenty-four – NaNoPrep Meal-Planning, Steps 1 & 2
Day Twenty-six – Grocery Shopping (aka, I can never spend money again)
Day Twenty-seven – Easy Like Sunday
Day Twenty-eight – Supper Club
M. Suzanne Terry 
Good health to you! When I eat leftovers, I usually add something so it’s a little different from the night before. Sunday, I added fresh spinach to the pasta we had Saturday. It helps to use leftovers when you have a busy life.
I love spinach so much. And I have some pasta with butternut squash sauce in my fridge right now. Spinach would be a lovely addition!
You will probably feel really groggy and irritable for the first 2 weeks. That happens to me when I focus on clean eating (no sugar or processed foods). Push through it, the headaches.. and by week 3 and into week 4 – you will feel great!
That explains the more-than-usual irritability. I look forward to the feeling great part! 🙂