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Last night when I was feeling really crappy, I thought maybe the problem was that I'd had too much crap food. I've really been working hard to make better food choices, but there are some days/times when I find myself falling into bad food patterns. The worst is probably weekends - meals at non-standard times, more eating out (higher fat foods), and heavier on the carbs. But I also have a heck of a time on those nights when My Jennifer is working late and I'm on my own for food, because I don't usually feel like cooking a big meal and resort to quick foods.
Since on Sunday my diet consisted of cranberry pancakes with lots of syrup (yummm) and sausages at breakfast with Joe, and then macaroni and cheese and a slice of cheesecake at IKEA, I had to step it up tonight even though Jen is at work and I was on my own for dinner. But I got home from work late and was /hungry/. I had a light lunch (a Trader Joe's frozen bean burrito and a little cup of unsweetened applesauce) and it didn't exactly hold me through a long day.
I ended up having some sliced fresh tomatoes to take the edge off, and then I boiled a tofu dog (with whole wheat bun) and an ear of corn that was going to go bad if it didn't get cooked ASAP. I topped it off with two clementines and a glass of crystal light lemonade. I rule. And dang, those tomatoes were good. I'll have to bring some for lunch tomorrow.
Tomorrow's lunch will be more challenging, as I will be eating it in 15 minutes in the car. I'm guessing pb&j for starters and then whatever other finger foods I can come up with - tomatoes and a cheese stick maybe? Lunch in the car is such a PITA.
Sometimes I find it so hard to believe that I /like/ to eat junk when I feel so much better when I don't. What is wrong with me?
Since on Sunday my diet consisted of cranberry pancakes with lots of syrup (yummm) and sausages at breakfast with Joe, and then macaroni and cheese and a slice of cheesecake at IKEA, I had to step it up tonight even though Jen is at work and I was on my own for dinner. But I got home from work late and was /hungry/. I had a light lunch (a Trader Joe's frozen bean burrito and a little cup of unsweetened applesauce) and it didn't exactly hold me through a long day.
I ended up having some sliced fresh tomatoes to take the edge off, and then I boiled a tofu dog (with whole wheat bun) and an ear of corn that was going to go bad if it didn't get cooked ASAP. I topped it off with two clementines and a glass of crystal light lemonade. I rule. And dang, those tomatoes were good. I'll have to bring some for lunch tomorrow.
Tomorrow's lunch will be more challenging, as I will be eating it in 15 minutes in the car. I'm guessing pb&j for starters and then whatever other finger foods I can come up with - tomatoes and a cheese stick maybe? Lunch in the car is such a PITA.
Sometimes I find it so hard to believe that I /like/ to eat junk when I feel so much better when I don't. What is wrong with me?
