Grocery Shopping

Now as much as I do love to eat, I hate to shop for food. And I'm not crazy about having to cook it, either. I didn't use to mind either chore but as I got older I really don't enjoy it. Sometimes I think if I had a great kitchen I might like cooking again, but since I don't, I don't. And then when you are on a diet and counting calories, you have to be careful of what you are putting in your dishes because calories can add up fast, which means in the end I make pretty simple, boring food.

So yesterday I broke down and went grocery shopping and bought simple, boring food. Plenty of vegetables, some fruit and some meat, and I didn't buy any junk food. If it isn't in the house, I won't be able to eat it, and my downfall is sweets. I'm really trying to stick with a lot of salads and when I have meat, have it with a lot of veggies and not starches. When I was a kid, my mom always had a meat, a starch, (potatoes, rice, etc.) and a veggie and salad, and when I was on my own I just seemed to follow on that path too. Trying to break out of it is kind of hard to do, but at least I do like vegetables which is a good thing.

I definitely had to make out a plan for all my meals and snacks to help this along. Even though today I didn't follow my plan, which included breakfast and lunch and I only had breakfast but around 10ish, and I did not even bring lunch. I need to get into the habit of having my breakfast as soon as I get to work and to make my lunch the night before so all I have to do is grab it and take it with me. Right now I am hungry but will have to wait until I get home to eat something, and I don't want to fall into this pattern. I need to eat 6 small meals as that really does work for me and keeps me full and not thinking about food all the time.

Being bored at work doesn't help either; we're pretty slow around here at the moment and so I could easily eat my way through it. Except not have any food which today I don't so that worked out. This would be a good time to have a treadmill in here, except there is no AC in the building so that would get pretty warm in no time. I will say this morning coming to work it was nice and cool and I actually felt like going to the track here on base and get in my walking, but I have to be in at 7. On the other hand, I probably could get away with it....I might give it a go.

Forgive the rambling....this post was just more of talking to myself than anything.