The Goal – Week 34

One of the hardest things for me to accept about myself is this:

I like food that tastes good.

Maybe you suffer from this affliction too?

Here’s the difference between me and let’s just say a normal person.  I like food that tastes good so much that I would go hungry before I ate something I didn’t like.  I don’t know if I’m the only one.  But if I was starving and you offered me a salad of kale and blueberries with no dressing my response would be “Nah, I’m good.  I just ate yesterday.”  (And please kale apologists…I know it’s healthy and can be prepared to taste awesome.  I’m just talking here.)

For most of my life this has been a huge barrier to weight loss and just healthy eating in general.  Every time I start a new diet, I convince myself that this time will be different.

I will learn to love broccoli!

I will eat 8 servings of greens a day! Raw!

I will give up salt, fat and anything else that makes food taste…ya know…good.

Is it any wonder I have failed so often?

So I’m determined to spend my next however many years learning to make good food that tastes good.

In theory this seems like a doable plan.

In reality, I am facing the Everest of personal goals.  Ya’ll…I have chopped, diced, and pureed myself into oblivion here.

I work hard in the gym.  And it is paying off.  But I have to work just as hard in the kitchen if I have any hope of success.  I can’t be trusted to make hungry decisions.  If I wait until I am ready to eat to decide and prepare something I think we all know that things are going to go badly.

So I’m taking baby steps into this cooking deal.  I wouldn’t expect to start seeing a bunch of recipes on here or anything but who knows?  I might perfect collard green doughnuts.

It could happen.