I don’t know about you guys but I struggle with healthy lunches. Sundays are my self proclaimed ‘cook for the week’ days which means that I start with the best of intentions of cooking healthy lunches for a whole week and then quickly lose interest/motivation.
By the time I finish my slicing and dicing and can opening and baking, I am beyond over it. And the thought of doling all the portions of (let’s be quite honest here) lackluster tasting nutrition due to chef incompetence into five Tupperware containers? I have been known to occasionally say screw it and instead eat somewhere healthy like Chipotle.
I particularly struggle with vegetables. To get 5 days worth of veggies prepared is like 15 ziplock bags and I just have no time for that nonsense.
Last week, I realized how much money I was spending on eating out for meals I had sitting in my fridge awaiting the trash can. I feel terribly wasteful even admitting that. So I am no longer allowed to do this.
Sunday night, I cut up two big bunches of broccoli, a bunch of carrots and a whole thing of celery. As I threw the last few pieces in the bowl, I already felt annoyed at the prospect of having to bag them up. So I didn’t.
Yes, that is a week worth of veggies on my desk. There is also a whole container of homemade black bean cakes in the fridge. And yes, I am being teased mercilessly.
But you know what? It made things just a little bit easier and I feel good about sticking to the healthier side of life for once!
Congratulations on the healthy lunch success. Next week’s goal: bag’em’up!!! 🙂 I have no trouble at all with healthy lunches – I make a fresh salad every morning and take that in. Unfortunately I have a great deal of trouble with healthy ANYTHING ELSE! What’s the point of a 200 calorie salad followed by a chocolate brownie?!
we have a canteen which serves up all kinds of fried goodies. bad bad bad…
I pack my lunch every day and am constantly searching for healthy choices. I’ve found a LOT on Pinterest. Here’s a recipe I’ve used twice – and just love. It has protein and veggies and just the right amount of carbs to be very healthy.
http://www.diabeticlivingonline.com/recipe/chicken/champion-chicken-pockets/
Thank you! Yes, Pinterest has really helped me too!