Sunday, January 10, 2016

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - Day 10 of ZTD

What I accomplished 1/6/2016

  • Sat and slowly ate my breakfast, complete with a cup and saucer for my coffee. It was very dainty and relaxing.
  • Aaron and I watched a course for SSFU! We're a bit farther behind than I thought we were. We watched Lesson #3 instead of 5.

Food Journal 1/6/2016


Breakfast:
  • Yogurt
  • Banana
  • Coffee with cream
Lunch:
  • Sausage burrito 
Dinner:
  • Chicken and broccoli from Meals Made Simple
  • Beef yakisoba with onions and bell peppers

Observations

  • Our steak tacos only stretched through dinner Tuesday night, so I didn't have any leftovers to take to work. I was planning on grabbing a microwave bean and cheese burrito...but they've removed that cooler from the break room at work. The only items left are sandwich type items. 
  • I was finally able to find a sausage burrito, but it was not chalk-full of goodness.
  • It frustrates me that my meals are sometimes an afterthought. I know what happens when I don't eat well, and yet, I don't treat eating well as a high priority 100% of the time. Eating well deserves to be planned out.
  • This was an exhausting day. Way too many distractions, people asking me dumb questions and too much for me to do. I struggle to focus on days like this, as well as stay positive. I also question whether I'm actually positively impacting the business when the majority of my day is spent on minutia.
  • Our recipe for Chicken and broccoli totally bombed. We used liquid aminos instead of coconut aminos. Way too salty! We ended up getting takeout instead.

Fixes

  • Think of emergency meal workarounds
    • Bulk soups made on the weekend, packaged and ready to grab from the freezer in the mornings?
      • If the soup is yummy, that would be a great workaround.
    • Single serving leftovers packaged and ready to grab from the freezer for when we make too much and get tired of a meal?
    • Salad with whatever protein may be leftover in the fridge?
  • Start packing lunch the night before so that if I need to stop at the store for a healthier meal, I can leave early in the morning.
  • I'll test out a few of these and report back.
  • I spoke with my mom about this food issue and she recommended Well Fed. I'll get it from the library and see if I want to buy it after! She says it mixes basic spices and ingredients. I shy away from complex recipes because I get frustrated paying $45 for ingredients and then taking two hours to make a fancy meal. That's no way to live every day! I like Kevin's approach to food - keeping it as simple as possible. The hangup we run into is not know what to cook/getting stuck in a rut. 
  • Buy coconut aminos instead of liquid. 

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