Lunch

Still working on my 100 Days of Whole Foods challenge. Some days haven't been great - but for the most part I've stuck to it. This is the "usual" lunch I've been packing for myself to eat at work:

Apple, banana, carrots, sugar snap peas, hard-boiled egg, whole-wheat muffins (sweetened with maple syrup and OJ - a first for me), raw almonds mixed with chocolate covered almonds (for the mid afternoon slump) and cottage cheese. On the right my hand-dandy thermos of oatmeal can be seen (mixed with fruit and whole milk). This LOOKS like a lot of food but by 3 p.m. sometimes I find myself still hungry. I wonder if whole foods go through your system faster so you get hungrier sooner after you eat? Hmm, not sure. Sometimes I remember to throw in a Lara Bar which is made of all natural ingredients (often 5 or less TOTAL) for when I need a little something extra. Today I didn't. :(

Last week's mini-challenge was a bit of a fail because it involved purchasing only meats that are locally raised. I have no clue where to buy that and don't care to puchase half a cow (where the heck would I store it? My freezer is not big enough.) But at the end of the day we don't buy a lot of meat because our household is 2/3 vegetarian (at least for now . . . Alana tried chicken but didn't like it - I haven't tried re-introducing it yet nor have I tried other meats . . . for now she gets her protein from dairy and beans). I did buy a four pack of chicken breasts that was organic/free range and all the other positive buzz words... for $17! Yikes. That was a lot. I probably wouldn't have purchased it if I had realized how expensive it was . . . I was confused by the price tag on the shelf.

This week's challenge is to avoid fast and deep fried food.