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March 7, 2007
healthier food choices
I think it undermines my workout efforts if I keep giving my body crap to work with, so when Mike and I started going back to the gym, I decided that it's time for me to start making healthier eating choices as well. Part of that decision is a commitment to bringing real food with me to work instead of relying on microwave popcorn (Pop Secret's 100-calorie snack bags - I love them, but they're not the same as fruits, vegetables, etc.) to get me through the day. I bought this awesome lunch jar in September, but it sat in one of the cabinets in our kitchen until I pulled it out last Tuesday to use it for the first time. This is only the second week of the healthier eating, so I'm sure I'll be changing things up somewhat as time progresses, but the following is what I'm currently doing:
At the beginning of the week I fix a small container of soy milk to keep in the fridge at work so I can have milk with my oatmeal without having to dragging an extra container back and forth every day, and each morning I make a serving of oatmeal and put it in the largest container. There's an insulated container that can safely hold soup or other liquids, but because of its size I use it to hold a snack mix I make out of whole wheat Chex, Nature's Path Pumpkin FlaxPlus Granola cereal, and whatever else I feel like throwing in (last week I added honey-wheat pretzels, this week it's pistachios). I use another container for a bagel, and the smallest container is for whatever else I may need that day. Today it's got chunky peanut butter to go on the apples I brought in, yesterday I used it to hold scrambled egg whites, and last week it held leftover cherry cheesecake. I've also been bringing in fruit (this week is bananas, apples, and nectarines), a FruitaBü, and a bag of Quaker "mini delights."
Posted by oracle at March 7, 2007 9:40 AM in eating / health / the fourth year