We were in the midst of a class discussion about healthy eating and balanced diets (I teach 8-9-10 year olds) and one of my students, a wise little boy, raised his hand and commented "R2G, your meals must be really lonely." He then proceeded to explain that since I eat breakfast and dinner alone, my food time has got to feel lonely. I replied back that I do enjoy eating lunch with everyone at school, and I do have dinner with my parents and siblings once a week... and his comment didn't really truly bother me.
But now that I'm home, and it's dark, and bedtime is near, I'm really saddened by his observation. It's true. My meals are really lonely. It's just me. Yes, I eat with my family once a week, and no, I couldn't handle eating with them any more frequently. But my food habits, my meals and eating, they are pathetically sad. It's me and the TV, or me and my computer.
And to top it all off, and likely the reason I'm so stuck on this right now, is the fact that I have to go see a nutritionist because my dr. is concerned about my inability to maintain my weight with my depression. So I'm keeping a food journal of what I'm eating each day. And in reading it, it's kind of scary. Not only do I have lonely meals, I eat really poorly, too.
So for those of you that are living solo, how do you avoid the lonely mealtime situation? How do you eat for yourself? Cause right now, I am sucking at anything to do with food.
