There are weeks when eating well is easy. Weeks that I even ask myself "what's the big deal about eating well?" But then there are weeks that I don't feel like I can get it together. I feel like eating well is completely out of my control. As if eating cookies for breakfast is just happening to me, because that's how it feels. So, what's the difference between eating well and not? About 3 hours. That's it. That's the difference. The hours are spent over the day, usually on Mondays. One hour is spent grocery shopping and driving there. I can go through a Trader Joe's like it's Supermarket Sweep and I know the cashiers that can get it done and the ones that are super slow. I get mostly the same things every week for lunches for Melissa and I, the shopping list usually looks a lot like this:
- 2 dozen eggs
- Fuji Apples
- Sweet Potatoes/Brussels Sprouts/Butternut Squash
- Onions
- Mushrooms
- Grapes
- Chicken Breasts
- Applegate Farms Smoked Turkey Slices
- Electrolyte Water
- Tuna Fish
- Spinach or other bagged greens
- Kale
- Avocado
- Canned tomatoes
- Salsa
- Frozen fish
The other 2 hours are spent making the following:
Hard Boiled Eggs
Roasting which ever rootish veggies I got
Tuna salad (I make a Mediterranean version with roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts and black olives)
Crock Pot Mexican Chicken Soup (this is where the tomatoes and salsa come in)
That's it. That's what makes the difference in me eating well. If I have all those pre-made snacks in our fridge it's easy. Melissa and I do pretty well with dinners. We like cooking together and usually make a fish dish of some sort and incorporate veggies pretty easily.
One of the things that is important about my snacks are portability. I work from home but also spend a lot of time at Atlanta Kick in the morning and I need something to grab on the way out the door. Don't let being unprepared sabotage what can be an easy week that you feel good about or a week lost in packaged foods with 31 ingredients.
