Food Dreams

Uh oh.  In my past efforts to lose weight, dreaming about food was always a sign of the beginning of the end of my efforts. 

Of course, that particular dream has always been about little white powdered sugar donuts (my particular nemesis.)  Last night I dreamed about cooking MEAT.  Particularly, me trying to cook a big feast.  What a mess I made!  There was food everywhere, except on plates or platters.  It was on the wall, in the bottom of the oven, splattered  across the front of the fridge.  A kind of creepy, food-fight nightmare!

I guess it is possible that this dream was a subconcious attempt to return to my former way of eating.  But when I think about it, that seems doubtful since I'm not known for my cooking...messy or not!  Maybe it was my subconcious working through the idea that I WANT to become good at cooking, and my confidence level about doing that is quite low.  When I look at it that way, I feel kind of encouraged about creating a new future instead of worried about returning to past bad habits.  So that's the way I'll choose to look at it.  Maybe one day I'll have a feast dream that presents a truly beautiful and healthy picture.  I'm certain that in that dream my husband will also be there, cleaning up behind me!

And, I also must remember that what I'm doing now is not all about my efforts, but about trusting God to give me that new future.  " 'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans for a hope and a future.' "  Jeremiah 29:11