Diet
Morning: Two egg omelet with diced tomato and shredded mozzarella. Two slices of Spam.
Iced skim chai tea latte.
A few squares of dark chocolate a couple of hours later.
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Midday: I want to talk briefly about lunch.
I've almost exclusively been eating out. It's tasty and filling but expensive, and cutting back on this could save a lot of money.
Why have I had trouble eating in, and how can I work with those reasons to eat what I bring from home more often? Four responses jump out at me:
1) "I like being away from the office." Eating out gives me a change of location. I can try bringing my lunch elsewhere, or eating lunch quickly at the office and then going somewhere else afterwards.
2) "It's more filling." Chipotle is my main go-to place to eat out, and it has pretty large portions. I don't need to make them THAT large when bringing lunch from home, but a 220 calorie microwave meal is simply not enough. I'll try to bring in a good meal that I think will fill me.
3) "I like being around people." This is true. I like being around white noise. A crowded restaurant or coffee shop gives me a peace that I don't get from eating in my office. I can work with this as with #1, by bringing my food elsewhere to eating at the office and then going elsewhere afterwards.
4) "It's tastier than eating what I bring in." This idea is a holdover from when I didn't cook at all. It's not entirely false though. Going to focus on bringing in food that sounds legitimately tasty and filling to me. Not just "healthy and sparse."
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My lunch today was a sandwich with two slices of good sourdough, sliced garlic chicken that I cooked last night, tomato, and mayonnaise. Also brought a salad of lettuce with balsamic dressing, which was great - mostly because the dressing is so good. I intended to bring a side of tortilla chips, but forgot them at home.
Ate in the office and went out afterwards to a coffee shop. Had a small coffee frappuccino light with peppermint.
Later in the afternoon, had a piece of vegan banana bread, a bottled mocha frappuccino, and then had most of a slice of quiche after work.
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Evening: This was a bad night. I felt constantly antsy, and ate in response. It wasn't real hunger - well, some of it was, but most of it was just a response to a lot of anxiety. Ate about 4/5 of a pint of ice cream, a macaroni and cheese, a slice of sourdough bread, and some tortilla chips.
What's behind this anxiety? A few things. My money is short. I haven't moved a lot today. I've been avoiding contact with my family and that's hanging over my head. I have unreturned emails I need to address. My apartment's a mess, gross, and I started seeing bugs. I've whittled away much of this evening watching Hearthstone streams.
Bleh.
You know what? It's 9:45pm as I write this. Let me see what I can do to address some of this.
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Update: It's now 12:15am as I write this. I addressed a lot of that. Paid rent, did knee push-ups, emailed my family, returned general emails, cleaned up my bathroom thoroughly and a once-over of my kitchen and living room.
I feel like a weight lifted from my shoulders. Moving on!
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Exercise
Did two sets of knee push-ups. First set was 17 reps, second set was 14 reps.
