I'm grateful that there will always be enough food, and I'm grateful that I have access to good food, to good ingredients, and to the pleasure of cooking well.

I'm grateful that I know what food I want to eat and what I want to drink. I'm grateful that I know how to choose tasty, honest, and healthy food and drink, that I eat the most appealing food and drink the most appealing drink first.

That I chew my food until it is liquid, noticing how it feels, tastes, and smells on my tongue, lips and teeth and in my mouth and nose. I take a small enough bite that I can hold it in my mouth comfortably while I chew the food, move it around, and sense it. I notice when the liquid begins to go to the doorway at the back of my throat, waiting to do down to my stomach, and I notice when that door opens to let it down. I notice if there is still food in my mouth to chew still, and I notice its texture, heft, flavor and smell. I notice when the food passes through the door at the top of my esophagus; I notice when I swallow. I notice the food as it moves down my esophagus; I notice its temperature and thickness and I notice how fast or slowly it moves. I notice when it is at the doorway at the bottom of my esophagus and at the top of my stomach, and I feel it when that door opens to let food in.

That I notice when food is not exactly right. That I never eat anything that my body tells me has the wrong taste, texture, heft, thickness, smell, aftertaste, or any other thing that does not feel good at that moment. A dissatisfaction with the food is a sign from my body that it doesn't want that food, and so I do not force my body to eat what it does not like or want.