This is day three of my fruit cleanse and it’s driving home just how much I treat food as entertainment instead of sustenance and how much I look to food for comfort. I don’t think it’s bad to enjoy ones food, most of us need to eat after all, but I do feel food addictions/dependencies are profoundly unhealthy.

They’re also easy to miss since everyone eats or tries to anyway. For those of us who’re wealthy enough to eat whatever we want whenever we want (not all people are) food is a real challenge because healthy eating goes against our cultural norms, is often more expensive and time consuming and is sometimes just less fun.

I know I’m looking forward to eating a lot of things that aren’t good for me when this is over but I’m trying to focus on the things that are tasty and good for me. I’m also aiming for a balance with five days being fairly controlled both in terms of portions and what I can eat and two days being given to reasonable enjoyment of whatever I feel like eating. I think it’s very doable and I’ve already done a fair amount of it. Now I’m off to buy some grapes.