Food and our relationship with it

I am trying to take up a new challenge every week to keep adapting and changing.
My current challenge is to record what I eat by keeping a food diary.
I am really quite shocked by the effort it takes to record every minute detail of what you eat (it's hard to maintain let me tell you), but it's also really scary when you start to see what you put in your mouth and into your body without realising it. It's also hard to be honest and look critically at what you eat and 1) record everything and not forget something 2) not underestimate portions 3)keep doing it.
My personal aim with this isn't for diet purposes but other reasons.
The benefits so far - I'm now extremely mindful of what I eat because I record it, I understand the nutritional value of it, I can better gauge what a portion size is and when I'm eating a bigger serve than I should, and I'm really tasting it, so get much greater enjoyment and appreciation from what I eat.
From a mind-body-spirit perspective, one benefit for people struggling with their weight is that you really do start to see patterns and where you are letting yourself down. You just need to determination to change the habit that is quite litterally weighing you down which you can't physically let go of. Change requires action rather than just thought or grand ideas.

Food can be seen as a fuel, comfort, luxury, passion or cruel mistress. It's all up to you to think of it properly.