Saturday. Farmers' Market day. This was my third Saturday in a row. The man I buy tomatoes from remembers me now. He should; I buy a canvas bag full of tomatoes from him every week. They're mostly heirloom with a few hybrid and all so delicious. This tomato-fest started about three weeks ago when a co-worker gave me a couple of tomatoes, starting my no-tomato-left-behind eating plan. He even brought me a dozen small tomatoes this past week. They were some of the sweetest tomatoes I've ever had in my entire life. For a while, I've eaten very few store-bought tomatoes, and I'm thinking I'll just forego them this winter, waiting for spring and summer's bounty.
I've bought other things at the FM, too. Wedges of local cheese, fresh-baked wheat bread, locally made soap (avocado!), a muffin, roasted pecans...and today eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, onions, and eggs.
A friend has indicated she wants to go with me on a Saturday soon, and I suggested we plan to have breakfast there. She's in.
After taking everything home today, I went to the grocery and bought berries and nuts and seeds and other things I cannot buy at the FM.
My fridge is full of good food. My pantry is full of good food. Tomorrow, I'm cooking some dish with the veggies. It's going to be so colorful. Yellow, brown, red, orange, green, and even purple (peppers!). It's also going to be very tasty.
On Monday, I'm going to stock my desk with good food, trying to be better at planning breakfast, lunch, and a snack when I need a pick-up. The grocery next to my office has become crutch. It's a little expensive and is somewhat limited in healthy choices, but near the end of this month it'll close for more than two months. I will miss it as a place to escape for a few minutes, but I need to break my dependency on it, especially regarding bad choices. The closing will help me (force me to) plan better.
I am at a coffee shop right now, and this is the first coffee I've had in a week. I'd noticed that I use coffee as another crutch, and I don't mind doing that on a rare occasion, but not daily. I'm hoping to start moving my body more soon, and with that will come more-restful sleep and with that a lesser need for a coffee (or sugar) boost.
It's early, but my mindset is changing. It's not like I wasn't eating healthy-ish, but now this has been elevated significantly. Tomorrow, I'll share another mindset change I noticed today, subtle, but hopefully it's a sign of things to come.
I've bought other things at the FM, too. Wedges of local cheese, fresh-baked wheat bread, locally made soap (avocado!), a muffin, roasted pecans...and today eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, onions, and eggs.
A friend has indicated she wants to go with me on a Saturday soon, and I suggested we plan to have breakfast there. She's in.
After taking everything home today, I went to the grocery and bought berries and nuts and seeds and other things I cannot buy at the FM.
My fridge is full of good food. My pantry is full of good food. Tomorrow, I'm cooking some dish with the veggies. It's going to be so colorful. Yellow, brown, red, orange, green, and even purple (peppers!). It's also going to be very tasty.
On Monday, I'm going to stock my desk with good food, trying to be better at planning breakfast, lunch, and a snack when I need a pick-up. The grocery next to my office has become crutch. It's a little expensive and is somewhat limited in healthy choices, but near the end of this month it'll close for more than two months. I will miss it as a place to escape for a few minutes, but I need to break my dependency on it, especially regarding bad choices. The closing will help me (force me to) plan better.
I am at a coffee shop right now, and this is the first coffee I've had in a week. I'd noticed that I use coffee as another crutch, and I don't mind doing that on a rare occasion, but not daily. I'm hoping to start moving my body more soon, and with that will come more-restful sleep and with that a lesser need for a coffee (or sugar) boost.
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