Wows and Questions
Hey all just had to share some stuff. The last couple of weeks has been crazy busy. I have just gotten a job. It is working for a staffing agency as an LPN. I haven't worked in 13 years so I am nervous and excited and scared you know running the whole range of emotions. So that is Wow number one. Then I went to buy scrubs the other night and ended up having to buy a size small pants. Holy Cow Wow number two. I have been running non stop with the job stuff, taking care of the house, shopping, volunteering at a sportsmans club we had shoots the last two weekends in a row, and I still feel good. I am not totally exhausted. AMAZING! Wow number three. So I am feeling so good I am loving it. Now for the question, for all of you who work what kinds of things do you take in your lunches? I can always take leftovers to warm up, I have some protien bars, cheese, found some mini whole grain pitas I thought maybe some chicken salad in those would be good, yogurt. I think I am on the right track. I just wondered if anyone had any other ideas.
Belinda,
Congratulations on your new job! and the WOW's . Sounds exciting! I usually always brown bag/pack my lunch. My staples (I have a refrigerator at work) are string cheese, yogurt (I like Greek though I also have Lite N' Fit) some sort of portable fruit, like grapes, banana or apples. I love apple slices with 2 tablespoon of simply jiff peanut butter. In the summertime I also slice up some watermelon and have that on my lunch or snack. I also pack either egg salads, lunch roll ups such as turkey or chicken breasts. I also have supreme protein bars in case my sugar drops and/or I find myself reaching for candy. Hope this helps! Good Luck with your new Job I am sure you'll do great!
Congratulations on your new job! and the WOW's . Sounds exciting! I usually always brown bag/pack my lunch. My staples (I have a refrigerator at work) are string cheese, yogurt (I like Greek though I also have Lite N' Fit) some sort of portable fruit, like grapes, banana or apples. I love apple slices with 2 tablespoon of simply jiff peanut butter. In the summertime I also slice up some watermelon and have that on my lunch or snack. I also pack either egg salads, lunch roll ups such as turkey or chicken breasts. I also have supreme protein bars in case my sugar drops and/or I find myself reaching for candy. Hope this helps! Good Luck with your new Job I am sure you'll do great!
-Shilpa
People comment on my over 100 pound weight loss and attribute it to my WILLpower, but it is my WANTpower: I WANT to be thin and healthy more than anything else!
Awesome Wows - Size Small must have been such an amazing feeling.
I'm with Shilpa on the ideas for packing luc****ep a jar of simply jif in my drawer so I don't have to pack it in little servings. We also overcook on the weekend so that I have leftovers to bring to work. I also sometimes make tuna salad and have it with a 1/2 serving of crackers or as a sandwich on protein bread. I also bring cottage cheese or ricotta cheese (with a little vanilla SF syrup in it) with fruit -
I'm with Shilpa on the ideas for packing luc****ep a jar of simply jif in my drawer so I don't have to pack it in little servings. We also overcook on the weekend so that I have leftovers to bring to work. I also sometimes make tuna salad and have it with a 1/2 serving of crackers or as a sandwich on protein bread. I also bring cottage cheese or ricotta cheese (with a little vanilla SF syrup in it) with fruit -
Maura
Congratulations on the wow's!! That's awesome - and congrats on the new job - you're going to do great.
People I work with laugh at me because they say if we got stuck at the office we could all eat for a week with what I keep around! I confiscated a drawer in the fridge when we got it and I keep string cheese, sf jello pudding cups; the small lo-fat cottage cheese cups (4 oz); light lunchmeat and cheese for roll-ups or wraps - in my drawer I keep Atkins protein bars; peanut butter; popcorn; those 2.6 oz packets of tuna; usually a soup of some kind; wraps and then I bring a banana or apple every day. Oh, and sf mints on my desk for when I THINK I want something but am really just BORED.
As you can see I'm all about convenience in packaging - I know it costs a little more but it's worth it to me to have stuff pre-measured so I don't have to deal with it. Once in a while I'll buy a container of greek yogurt because that's the only kind I can tolerate and mix it with fresh fruit or sf jelly.
Good luck on the new job!!
People I work with laugh at me because they say if we got stuck at the office we could all eat for a week with what I keep around! I confiscated a drawer in the fridge when we got it and I keep string cheese, sf jello pudding cups; the small lo-fat cottage cheese cups (4 oz); light lunchmeat and cheese for roll-ups or wraps - in my drawer I keep Atkins protein bars; peanut butter; popcorn; those 2.6 oz packets of tuna; usually a soup of some kind; wraps and then I bring a banana or apple every day. Oh, and sf mints on my desk for when I THINK I want something but am really just BORED.
As you can see I'm all about convenience in packaging - I know it costs a little more but it's worth it to me to have stuff pre-measured so I don't have to deal with it. Once in a while I'll buy a container of greek yogurt because that's the only kind I can tolerate and mix it with fresh fruit or sf jelly.
Good luck on the new job!!
'One shoe can change your life'...Cinderella
Congrats!! Those are AWESOME wow moments! Whoooo hoooo for the job!!!!!! I know the feelings you are talking about - you'll settle in soon enough I'm sure!
I tend to stick to the same sort of things for meals at work..basically because I don't know when or how long I'll have to eat...
Greek yogurt with berries and splenda
Ricotta cheese w/ splenda and cinnamon
Apple or banana with PB
Sometimes a salad with grilled chicken or rolled up lunch meats and cheese
String cheese
Raw carrots
And before I had to give it up due to my thyroid issues, I would bring steamed and salted edamame in their pod..
Once in awhile I'll bring left overs from dinner to heat up...but most of the time I don't have a chance to heat it up and pay attention enough to eat solid dense meats, hence why I stick with the other type of stuff
I tend to stick to the same sort of things for meals at work..basically because I don't know when or how long I'll have to eat...
Greek yogurt with berries and splenda
Ricotta cheese w/ splenda and cinnamon
Apple or banana with PB
Sometimes a salad with grilled chicken or rolled up lunch meats and cheese
String cheese
Raw carrots
And before I had to give it up due to my thyroid issues, I would bring steamed and salted edamame in their pod..
Once in awhile I'll bring left overs from dinner to heat up...but most of the time I don't have a chance to heat it up and pay attention enough to eat solid dense meats, hence why I stick with the other type of stuff
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
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