I had some interesting experiences this week and maybe a great breakthrough. Well, not a "breakthrough" but a nice little win to reflect on. On Sunday, Patrik and I went to dinner and movies with a friend. We saw this harrowing documentary called 'An Act of Killing' which interviewed the killers of the 1960s genocide in Indonesia where over 1 million people were murdered in under a year. I highly recommend it... but it is intense, depressing, and very horrifying.
Anyway, for dinner we went to a gastropub-type place (my favorite type of place because the dining is but the food is upscale casual food!) called Five Horses Tavern. They serve steak, salads, fancy sandwiches, awesome tacos, and a variety of other interesting dishes like duck meatloaf (DELICIOUS), seared tuna, etc. We were all starving and we ordered a few appetizers -- fish sticks (only took a bite), fried potatoes, bok choy, and a grazing plate of vegetables. I ate a good portion of the appetizers and then I ate my duck meatloaf. I was so hungry! Meanwhile, our friend ordered a side of tater tots. I ate way too many goddamn tater tots. I've been trying to stay strictly primal (no processed carbs, no grains, no added sugars, technically no vegetable oil) and the tater tots are very borderline primal.. well, technically not primal at all since they are fried in vegetable oil and white potatoes are not all that healthy for you! I really ate a ton of tater tots and they were so delicious and melted in your mouth. It was a bit of a failure on my part BUT I'm actually really proud of this day BECAUSE..
After we left the restaurant, Patrik suggested getting ice cream. We were right next door to our very favorite ice cream establishment, JP Licks! Because I had already felt like a failure due to my tater tot consumption, I was feeling mentally weak. Typically, my train of thought goes like this, "Oh, I just failed so I'm going to take advantage of my failure day but eating everything I want from now on" or "I ruined my perfect day so who cares now". Usually, I would have felt bad about the tater tot cheat and continued to have a huge bowl of ice cream followed by cookies and brownies. I'm a perfectionist-- and my very bad tendency is to give up if I feel I've made a little mistake. BUT I DIDN'T ON SUNDAY. On Sunday, my bad day ended at the tater tots. I ate two very small bites of ice cream and that was it. I'm really proud of myself. I could have done better and avoided tater tots.. but I could have also caved and eaten poorly the rest of the evening.. but I didn't! I forgave myself for going a little too wild on the tots and moved on and held strong.
Go me!
(Link to the tater tots! note: not my picture)
Anyway, for dinner we went to a gastropub-type place (my favorite type of place because the dining is but the food is upscale casual food!) called Five Horses Tavern. They serve steak, salads, fancy sandwiches, awesome tacos, and a variety of other interesting dishes like duck meatloaf (DELICIOUS), seared tuna, etc. We were all starving and we ordered a few appetizers -- fish sticks (only took a bite), fried potatoes, bok choy, and a grazing plate of vegetables. I ate a good portion of the appetizers and then I ate my duck meatloaf. I was so hungry! Meanwhile, our friend ordered a side of tater tots. I ate way too many goddamn tater tots. I've been trying to stay strictly primal (no processed carbs, no grains, no added sugars, technically no vegetable oil) and the tater tots are very borderline primal.. well, technically not primal at all since they are fried in vegetable oil and white potatoes are not all that healthy for you! I really ate a ton of tater tots and they were so delicious and melted in your mouth. It was a bit of a failure on my part BUT I'm actually really proud of this day BECAUSE..
After we left the restaurant, Patrik suggested getting ice cream. We were right next door to our very favorite ice cream establishment, JP Licks! Because I had already felt like a failure due to my tater tot consumption, I was feeling mentally weak. Typically, my train of thought goes like this, "Oh, I just failed so I'm going to take advantage of my failure day but eating everything I want from now on" or "I ruined my perfect day so who cares now". Usually, I would have felt bad about the tater tot cheat and continued to have a huge bowl of ice cream followed by cookies and brownies. I'm a perfectionist-- and my very bad tendency is to give up if I feel I've made a little mistake. BUT I DIDN'T ON SUNDAY. On Sunday, my bad day ended at the tater tots. I ate two very small bites of ice cream and that was it. I'm really proud of myself. I could have done better and avoided tater tots.. but I could have also caved and eaten poorly the rest of the evening.. but I didn't! I forgave myself for going a little too wild on the tots and moved on and held strong.
Go me!
(Link to the tater tots! note: not my picture)
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