Eating Disorder

I've become obsessed with food. Its not dangerous, not the type where I eat excessively, stop eating, or force my food back up after consumption. No, this is another kind of disorder. Its more of an I'm-not-single-anymore eating disorder. With a little we're-a-one-income-couple-who-enjoy-good-food axis II clarification. I am officially not single. After 1 year and 11.5 months of learning all about and falling in love with Robert, and after 4 months+ of living together, I'm really and truly not a single person anymore. I'm past the Fear of Commitment. I'm past the fear in general. Its all good now. Some things, though, are not part of the romatic, lovely picture of what life is like when you meat That Person. Most things are brilliantly working out, compromise is easy and fun and I'm so glad he's moved in. We get along despite all of my energetic bursts of conversation topic after midnight and his inability to sleep past 7am.
So its fortunate that our "issues" are minor ones. The one I'm thinking of at this posting is food. When I was single, I didn't think about food much. I love food- healthy, colorful, non-processed food. I don't need much food to fill me up. I'm very lucky in that regard, and also that I enjoy a wide palate of spiciness and ethnicities in my food. Leftover Indian can last me a week. If I didn't have a full "meal" by most people's standards in my bachelor pad, I could make a peanut butter sandwich, eat a couple of tortilla chips with a few slices of Mexican cheese, have half a bowl of frozen peas, a handful of blueberries and I was full. Broccoli and spinach could be a full meal, not just side dishes. I was not a great cook, but it was enough for me.
Then I met Rob, and learned what GOOD cooking was. Rob loves gourmet food. He can cook it and eat it like a pro. His tastes are diverse and can be expensive. Rob loves meat and fish and things that I've never bought in my life. He's also writing his dissertation which, if you've never tackled that joy before, entails sitting at a computer for 8-12 hours per day 7 days a week. Rob has recently decided that this lifestyle is not consistent with his love for all things rich and filling and has decided to lose weight.
So this brings me to my eating disorder. We have consciously been eating healthfully for 1 month. We are also intending to travel to Asia in early 2008, so we are working on saving funds for the big vacation.

to be continued...