Day 1 was a bit harder than I anticipated. First thing I did was to remove as much temptation as I could. I cleared our kitchen counters of fruit, which I froze; all other items were squirreled away in our pantry hoping out of sight meant out of mind.
Then I set to cooking the beans, which had been soaking all night in our refrigerator per instructions. Now they needed to be rinsed and cooked… 4-6 hours in a crockpot! I never realized it took so long to cook beans. I tried to imagine how much more work it would be if I were cooking them over a wood fire! I cooked our beans for the first half of the week.
Next I measured out 1.5 cups of rice, the daily portion for 2 people, and cooked it. Easy 20-minutes and ready to eat. Then came my first emotional disappointment. My wife and I reserve Monday as our day and we typically begin with a leisurely breakfast. Somehow rice a small dollop of rice changed the entire meal dynamic.
As Monday continued I found I was thinking about food much more than usual, wondering how the week would go and what it would be like by Friday eating only rice and beans all week. It wasn’t so much that I was hungry, it was the loss of variety that I was thinking about.
Lunch and dinner meal times were virtually nonexistent, since it only took 5 minutes to eat the small bowl of rice and beans.
Looking back over my day, I missed mealtime connections with my wife. Monday escalated this learning for me since we routinely eat leisurely meals and talk about everything. I was surprised how important the actual meal is for me in setting the atmosphere for these connection times.
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