filling the void

what are the elements of food that i care about? health, morals, and desire.

had a good talk with doug this evening about the nature of our 'goals' re this crazy diet, and how things are going. much is still to be discovered. but some things feel more real, and also just better in general.

for one thing, doug's goals, which are simple and totally achievable (i'm jealous) are just to not add sugar back in, and to eat more vegetables.

feels like, in brief, my (hopefully realistic) goal has been pared down to: not eating processed foods at all (and where the process line is drawn is yet to be seen, whether, for example, flour is acceptable?) unless i'm eating as a guest or out to dinner. and restaurants are going to become a strictly rationed sort of indulgence...once a ... week, every other week, right now as yet to be determined.

we made a list of foods. all the foods. all the ones that are vegan that we could think of. it's very long, but it has given us some direction, in that we will work our way through the vegetables quickly, and add one grain per week. hopefully in 2 months time we will have added all the vegetables we have regular access to, many grains, and maybe even a significant amount of legumes. and then we'll reasess, decide what the future of the diet is, if we're just going to do whatever we want, or continue with the orderly procedure.

i've been thinking about science. what it means, as a belief system. don't want to forget that. it's important.