I'm Taking Lunches Back!

As many of you know, every day I go out to eat lunch with my office.  It's an issue for me.  It's definitely not my favorite thing, and I blame a lot of my Little Rock weight gain on restaurant lunches.  Of course, people could say, "Why don't you just make better choices?"  Well, that's a fair question, but as a vegan in the south, a healthy option is not always available to me.  I dream about bringing kale salads and tempeh sandwiches, and this morning I finally decided that I need to take my lunches back.  I hope that I can swing it with the rest of my co-workers without feeling even more of a freak than I already am.

We'll see how the lunch problem goes in the coming weeks, but in order to really take control of my health, I need to take control of my meals.  On to food...

Breakfast

I had a bit of a late start, so I needed to grab something quick.  So, I had a blueberry muffin from this weekend and some coconut milk.  Plus, coffee... yeah.  I'm back on the coffee.

Nutritional Information
Calories: 235, Carbs: 32 g, Protein: 4 g

I had a surgeon checkup around lunch time, so afterwards, I headed to Whole Foods.  I had to kind of guess as best I could on the calorie count, but I kept the lunch lean and yummy.

Lunch

I tried to break up my lunch into tofu, cabbage slaw and a small salad.  I looooove my Whole Foods salad bar, and this kept me full throughout the day.

Nutritional Information
Calories: 422, Carbs: 39 g, Protein: 10 g

After work, I headed home to get some cuddling with Bodhi.  I was excited that we got a package from our friend Cody who just got home from his Peace Corps mission.  Josh and I were soooo happy to get a beautiful textile and some awesome currency!

Thank you, Cody!  You rock hard!

I fixed up a snack while I was making dinner, which was wine and mashed potatoes.  Yeah, that may not have been the healthiest choice, but since dinner wasn't going to be much later, it was a filling snack.

Tonight's dinner was another tester for Going Vegan.  Unfortunately, I wasn't really hungry for a full meal after my snack, so I taste tested one log after it cooled.  I will have a full meal write up with these tomorrow.  They were really yummy, though.  There's also a cucumber salad to go with it.

Nutritional Info per Log
Calories: 128, Carbs: 19 g, Protein: 12 g

I calculated my calorie goals and didn't quite make it to 1200, but with snacking and the unknown Whole Foods calorie count, I'm sure I was over my minimum.  I wanted to listen to my body tonight and not force myself to eat a full dinner if I wasn't hungry.  I do that far too much, and it hasn't done anything great for me.

I am getting really excited about bringing my own lunches to work, so I made a pinterest board to try to consolidate some ideas.  I will definitely be making this corn and kale salad ASAP.