Regina Troy Barrios

26 Food Resolutions To Make You Fall In Love With Your Life Again
 

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<p>Every January, we’re sold the same fantasy: that loving your life requires a dramatic overhaul. A new body. A new routine. A stricter version of yourself who wakes up early, eats clean, and never wants dessert.</p><p>It rarely works.</p><p>What does work—what lasts—is change that’s small enough to repeat and pleasurable enough to want. That’s where food comes in. This year, let’s not talk about diets or restrictions. Instead, let’s use food as a daily opportunity to practice attention, curiosity, generosity, and joy.</p><p>These resolutions are not rules but invitations. Choose one. Choose five. Choose none and just read the list with appetite. If you let them, these food resolutions can gently, persistently change how your days feel—and help you fall back in love with your life, one meal at a time.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767601930299Workbench Thumbnail.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Eat your way back into loving your life | Photo: Pablo Merchán Montes on Unsplash</span></span></span></div><h3><strong>1. Eat With Intention (Regularly) </strong></h3><p>Even one meal a week, eaten at a table without your phone, can recalibrate your attention. When you slow down enough to notice flavors and textures, eating stops being mere fuel and becomes pleasure. Intentional eating is a simple way to cultivate presence.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>2. Splurge on a Good Meal</strong> </h3><p>Indulge in a restaurant where the chef has thought deeply about your pleasure. Notice the seasoning, pacing, service. A well-considered meal reminds you that joy can be intentional—and that you’re allowed to receive care without earning it first.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>3. Find a Restaurant That Feels Like Home</strong></h3><p> The neighborhood diner where they’ve memorized your order. The cafe where the baristas greet you by name the moment you enter. These places ground you. Familiarity builds belonging, and belonging is one of life’s most underrated luxuries.</p><h3><strong><br/></strong></h3><h3><strong>4. Learn to Make One Drink You Truly Love </strong></h3><p>A cocktail, a matcha, a perfect cup of coffee. Mastery—even of something small—builds confidence.</p><h3><strong><br/></strong></h3><h3><strong>5. Let Yourself Be Curious at the Table </strong></h3><p>Ask questions about your food. Where it comes from. Why it tastes the way it does. Curiosity transforms eating into learning—and reminds you that wonder doesn’t vanish just because you’re adulting.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767602291758charlesdeluvio-9Zp_6nIJafs-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Stay curious: every dish is a doorway to a new adventure | Photo: Charles de Luvio on Unsplash</span></span></span></div><h3><strong>6. Cook One Dish You’ve Always Been Intimidated By</strong> </h3><p>Fear dissolves when you face it. Cooking something once deemed “too hard” builds competence and courage. Plus, confidence in the kitchen has a way of spilling into the rest of your life.</p><h3><strong><br/></strong></h3><h3><strong>7. Stop Ordering the Same Thing Every Time </strong></h3><p>Novelty keeps life elastic. One unfamiliar dish a month trains you to stay open.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>8. Eat Vegetables for Pleasure</strong></h3><p>Char them. Roast them. Let them be sweet, bitter, soft, or crunchy. Choosing nourishment because it delights you—not because you’re supposed to—teaches self-respect.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>9. Learn Where Your Food Comes From </strong></h3><p>Get to know the local markets, farmers, fishmongers. Learning about what it took to bring food to your plate builds gratitude, which deepens pleasure.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>10. Host a Meal That Isn’t for Instagram </strong></h3><p>Throw an off-grid party where all you have is just food, conversation, and quality time with friends. Hospitality without documentation cultivates intimacy—and reminds you what real connection actually feels like.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767602461675graphic-node-N-AC7tTcD-c-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Visit markets: food is where connection begins | Photo: Graphic Node on Unsplash</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><h3><strong>11. Spend Money on One Truly Memorable Meal </strong></h3><p>Not expensive. Memorable. Pleasure noticed fully becomes self-respect practiced.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>12. Spend Less on Food That Doesn’t Make You Happy </strong></h3><p>Not every meal has to be thrilling—but if something regularly leaves you unsatisfied or mildly annoyed, eat it less often. Choosing food that actually gives you pleasure sharpens your sense of what matters, frees up time and money, and makes everyday life feel lighter. Happiness, like taste, improves with discernment.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>13. Try a Cuisine You’ve Been Meaning to Explore </strong></h3><p>Stretch your palate and your perspective. Mini adventures like these keep life expansive.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>14. Order Dessert First (At Least Once) </strong></h3><p>Playfulness matters. Breaking rules—gently—reminds you that joy doesn’t need permission.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>15. Pay Attention to What You Love in a Glass of Wine </strong></h3><p>Not to be a wine snob, but to pay attention to your preferences. Learning to listen to your senses is a form of self-trust.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767602633617julian-hochgesang-S-Xm0nYL1UU-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Learn to trust your palate | Photo: Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><h3><strong>16. Create One Daily Food Ritual </strong></h3><p>What matters is repetition and attention. When you slow down a daily habit and give it care, it becomes a small anchor in your day—proof that pleasure doesn’t have to be occasional to be meaningful.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>17. Waste Less Food by Paying Attention </strong></h3><p>Noticing what you cook and eat turns leftovers into opportunity and cultivates care for both food and yourself.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>18. Support One Local Food Producer Again and Again </strong></h3><p>Returning to a favorite baker, cheesemaker, or sauce maker deepens connection and makes excellence a comforting part of your week.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>19. Travel for Food—On Purpose </strong></h3><p>Follow a craving across towns, borders, or ferry rides. Traveling this way turns eating into discovery and let every meal become a small adventure.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>20. Learn the History of a Dish You Love </strong></h3><p>Knowing a dish’s story transforms eating into a conversation with the past—and makes each bite more meaningful.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767602873936maksim-larin-7iRdSsPbuEA-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner">Good food is the best reason to pack a bag and go | Photo: Maksim Larin on Unsplash</span></span></span></div><h3><strong>21. Eat Alone in a Restaurant Without Apology </strong></h3><p>Solitude at the table sharpens your attention and reminds you that enjoyment doesn’t need an audience.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>22. Say Yes to a Tasting Menu </strong></h3><p>Handing over control to the chef turns surrender into delight and shows that letting go can be nourishing.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>23. Trust Your Own Taste </strong></h3><p>Your palate has been learning for years—listening to it is an act of self-respect.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>24. Get Comfortable With a Kitchen Knife </strong></div><p>Mastering a simple skill transforms cooking into a grounding, confidence-boosting ritual.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>25. Keep a Record of What You Eat—and How It Makes You Feel </strong></h3><p>Writing down impressions, not calories, turns meals into memories and helps you notice what truly delights.</p><div><br/></div><h3><strong>26. Return the Care You Receive </strong></h3><p>Whether at a restaurant or a friend’s table, notice the effort behind your meals—and give it back. Small, thoughtful gestures turn everyday food into connection.</p>

<p>What if the secret to loving your life again doesn’t need a dramatic reset—just attention? These 26 food resolutions aren’t about denying or reinventing yourself. Instead, they’re about pleasure, curiosity, and small, intentional choices that quietly reshape how your days feel. </p>

What if the secret to loving your life again doesn’t need a dramatic reset—just attention? These 26 food resolutions aren’t about denying or reinventing yourself. Instead, they’re about pleasure, curiosity, and small, intentional choices that quietly reshape how your days feel.

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26 Food Resolutions To Make You Fall In Love With Your Life Again

Troy Barrios

Published Jan 05, 2026 04:50 PM PHT

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