July 8
So, when I am visiting a restaurant for the first time, I try to ask myself, “Do I need yet another place in my repertoire where I have made it really hard to eat well? I don’t know about you, but I have developed a fairly extensive repertoire of just such places! Or, could I use another easy win? Another place that I can take guests, a place that I will be happy (relieved actually) with my conduct as I am leaving?” And once I have created a safe place, I need to stay mindful to protect it and not to screw myself up some other time it by ordering something there that will later bite me in the butt (literally and figuratively). So what if I am over protective? What do I stand to lose? If I am not protective enough, then what do I risk?
Case in point: I have a client who goes out for dinner regularly each Monday with a bunch of girlfriends – same restaurant each week. At first, she established a great little routine for herself. They even named a healthy dish of her creation after her at the restaurant. But eventually, she allowed herself to sort of fray around the edges. She would finish other people’s less healthy leftovers, and even added an ice cream run to the end of the evening with a bunch of the diners. It got really out of hand and became a very indulgent evening for her each week – and on a Monday no less. Right at the beginning of the week – sort of set the tone. That indulgence even began to bleed over into the other weeknights. It was a long process to get herself back to her original routine. For months it felt really disappointing to go back to that, at one time, enjoyably healthy meal.
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