pick and stick

This has been exactly what the doctor ordered.

I usually have an apple at work, for either a morning or afternoon snack.

I’ve switched from oatmeal to quinoa in the morning. I have had quinoa for breakfast almost every morning of late! I love it.

The best thing for me to pick and stick (with) is a handful of raw almonds. Portable—no utensils required, no refrigeration required; healthy, tasty, filling (good fat)!

Works well for my need for routine. Will keep doing this.

When we make eggs for breakfast, my husband and I have discovered that what we like best is the following recipe:

onions, chopped
green peppers, chopped
garlic
Canadian bacon
3 eggs
grated cheese

I think most people would recognize this as a Denver Omelette…so this is our ‘pick and stick’ for when we have eggs for breakfast (somewhere between three or four times a week).

On Wednesday I forgot my lunch and some of my snacks. I packed it, I had it ready on the kitchen counter, but there I went to work without it.

I wondered what I would eat, since I didn’t have my apple and yogurt with me, to go along with my soup.

The soup was no problem…I keep single-serving cartons of it at my desk, so I had the soup. (I’ve been eating the black bean soup that I simply reconstitute with hot water. It has 14 grams of fiber, it’s not all that high in sodium, and it is so filling.)

I went to the cafeteria at work for the first time in two months, thinking that my choices would be fries, giant sandwiches, and other heavy fare. But I saw my brand of yogurt and an apple. Yay! I could still pick and stick. It felt so good that I was sticking to my menu, my amount of calories, and my low-fat, high-fiber food.

How could it be? No black bean soup. Ah well, I had the butternut squash (excellent!) but watch out how much is in a single bowl (I ate only half of it; nope, I’m not letting it end up as extra on my body). And a half tuna sandwich.

Panera is a chain of bakeries. They have all sorts of good things for lunch.

My favorite lunch item has been the vegetarian black bean soup. I have decided that that is what I’m going to get whenever my husband and I go there.

This ‘pick and stick’ is great! It takes the pressure off to think that I should try something different.

Now I don’t think about the bread and the cookies. I have my healthy, filling soup with an apple and that’s it!

For snacks, I want to incorporate a kind of ‘trail mix’ I’ve made with Fiber 1 cereal, nuts and dried cranberries (or dried blueberries) more often. It’s filling and something to chomp!

Chomp, chew, crunch! I love to eat. I’m glad I’ve found several healthy choices.

...more celery, hummus, and hard-cooked eggs as part of my planned snacks.