A popped pimple gave me some homework π
I'm not sure if I bit my lip in my sleep or if a pimple popped.
It's most likely the latter.
As my allergies are flaring up, I'm reminded to get a good fast in. I used to do 24-hour (maxed out at 3 days) fasts at least once a month.
But now as the fam's cook and as a dad, it's been mythically rare for you to run across me 24 hours away from a last meal.
Maybe it's just me, but I think it takes a thick layer of discipline and accuracy for a cook not to taste the food they're preparing.
I haven't reached that level of mastery yet.
Even so, I've always thought of every meal as an art project of some sort. Communion. Appreciation. Conversations.
Leading towards the classic path of lifestyle diseases like pre-diabetes and hypertension.
And maybe that shouldn't always be the case.
Now that I'm older, a father, and a husband, I have to recapture the concept of longevity without sacrificing the idea of meals as communions.
I have to reexamine my relationship with food, again.
Looking back into my notes when I did keto for 3 months, I overcame most social meals with either a cup of black coffee, tea, or any beverage without any sugar or alcohol.
Sure, I was fidgety and almost over-enthusiastic most of the time, but I think that's mostly a good thing.
So if I got that figured out, maybe it's time for me to come up with repeatable recipes. You knowβthings like bacon, tomato, and eggs with a side of beans. Anything that my wife and our toddler could enjoy while I sip my cup of coffee with them as a first meal.
Make it HEALTHIER, of course.
To get this right, here's my homework:
- Identify the best macro- and micro-nutrient combo for the fam based on goals, chores, schedules, etc.
- Consider the nutritional needs of both our toddler and my wife
- Create a repeatable grocery list with one or two extra slots for "food we wanna try out"
- Record progress on toilet door π½