How to Celebrate Food

Five ways to give up restrictive eating so you can celebrate and enjoy food!

This is one of those posts that has been in my head for months... years... but I never could find the right words.

It was way too daunting of a task.

Sort of like when I couldn't come up with the words to write in the beginning of my cookbook.

Eventually, I did write the opening text of the cookbook, but only because I had to. I mean, I had a deadline, and it was either write it or have a blank space in my cookbook.

Being the perfectionist that I am, I don't feel 100% satisfied with the intro so I wanted to elaborate a little more about it.

And I think that leads me to this post and the live stream.

Six Years of Blogging from Living Well Kitchen

For so long, I controlled what I ate and drank. I didn't allow myself to celebrate completely when it came to food. Yeah, I'd have a piece of cake or a cookie but I felt guilty. I felt like I needed to earn it by working out extra. Or I felt like I had to compensate in other areas of my eating.

For so long, I wanted to write a cookbook with Nan but there was no way I could test all her recipes without the fear of gaining weight and losing control of my eating.

I'd love to know how you celebrate food.