Two months into 2010 and I am making my first resolution. Not for the year, but for the 30 days of March. This year is just really beginning for me. My new motto is "March is the new January." Here I go.
I have lunch issues. Rarely am I home during the lunching hour. I am out and about and suddenly starving so I drop in on one of my favorite restaurants, maybe meet a friend, and proceed to spend anywhere $8.00-$18.00 every week day. That ends up being between $200-$500 a month. I could have a new car for that amount of money! I am essential eating a car payment. For a very nice car.
You should know, I did attempt to stop eating out a few weeks ago. It did not work. I am the kind of person who needs accountability. And I have to make it fun. Thus I am posting every day this month what I pack in my pink and green polka dot lunch box. (I found this Fit and Fresh product at TJ Maxx for &12.99.) As you can see below, inside of my lunchbox is a container with a substantial space below an ice pack and two smaller containers above it.
What am I packing in my lunch box today? I don't know. I really need to go to the grocery store. I was going to go on Saturday, but I had a free day and Kroger didn't sound like my idea of fun. I was going to go yesterday, but I got really tired, too tired for that kind of shopping.
Today, I must go because old ham and American cheese are not the kind of thing that inspires the beginning of a resolution.
So, I will check back into today with my menu for Day #1. I know, you can hardly stand the suspense.
Also, I need your ideas. What do you pack in your lunch? What delicious and healthy food do you suggest for my lunch box? Let me know if you pack a lunch this month and maybe we can have a picnic.
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Today officially began Spring Break for us and we decided to vacation at home this year. We went to the Discovery Science Museum today so I filled my lunchbox to the brim.
Earlier in the week, I made a batch of brown rice (i do not love brown rice because I can't figure out how to steam it just so), It was fine and it served as a basis for my lunches this week. I would add leftover meat, cheese, veggies, etc. and viola, a nutritious meal on the go.
When I began this resolution, it didn't occur to me that I would eat at home. At the same time I started packing my lunches, I also tried to be more intentional about un-scheduling my days which means I have been home with good food in my house. This is a modern day miracle people. Thus day 7 & day 8, I was eating left over beef stew homemade by my very own mama.
This is my first weekend since beginning my lunchbox resolution and this morning I realized I had not really thought that through. We were at home for lunch so I really wasn't sure what could I pack in my lunchbox. And I wanted to pack something. Because I like it being day 6 on March 6. Its the little things that help me make to sense of my world. 
It is Friday, and we are coming to the end of things to put in our lunchboxes around here. I am not the queen of grocery shopping, so I am quite proud of myself for having enough food to fill 15 lunches this week. The kids also packed a lunch every day for the first time ever.
Sandwich: boars head honey turkey and vermont white cheddar on whole grain wheat
Fruits and Veggies: grapes, a little bit of spinach and some carrots
Can I tell you how much fun I had carrying my lunchbox around Brentwood?
Did I say I needed to go to the grocery store? When I took a peek into my less than stocked fridge (behind several containers of spoiled food that I could have packed for lunch last week)
Two months into 2010 and I am making my first resolution. Not for the year, but for the 30 days of March. This year is just really beginning for me. My new motto is "March is the new January." Here I go.
