Lent: Week 1

With my clients I use the idea of adding in balancing foods to crowd out the desire for unbalancing foods. I have found it to work remarkably well in my own life--the more whole foods I eat, the more I crave.

I've been thinking about this same idea--adding in to crowd out--as it relates to my spirituality. For Lent this year I'm adding in a new discipline--fasting from food. I've never done this before, so I set pretty attainable limits for myself. I'm eliminating one meal a week with the intention of crowding out my constant, obsessive thoughts about food.

I think we have overcomplicated what we should eat to the point that people are paralyzed, and I'm feeling a little of that creep into my own life. By adding in this new discipline, I hope to crowd out my anxiety around what I should/shouldn't be eating and tune-in to my own intuition about the best choices for me.

I wonder what adding in this discipline will leave me craving?