{Lunch at work}

      Hey {{everyone!}} I wanted to share with you some struggles I have had this last 2 weeks with starting my new job. I first had been off for almost a month so I had gotten used to being able to eat healthy at home all the time, and cook when I was hungry. Well that changed fast! I started training in the next town over (the towns where I live are very small and have a limited choice of places to eat!) So during my training I tried to make the healthy choice, and get the chicken sandwich at mcdonalds (gross I know! I hate mcdonalds too! but when you only get 30 min and you dont know where anything else is... )

 so then I had had that for 3 days... getting old! then I finally started working in my store! and I was so excited they were giving me hours! lots of lots of hours! and no breaks... I worked one day almost 8 hours before I finally told the manager that I needed to get something to eat! so she told me to get something.. what did I get? Mcdonalds right next door! well after that I had had enough. 

      So I {{brought}} my lunch the next day! I was good, I brought a string cheese, a peach, a yoghurt, and some of my favorite honey pringle crackers! totalling 285 calories.. I was supposed to be off at 6 that evening so I was gonna come home and make me a nice healthy dinner... well I didnt get off until after 9, and when I got home I ended up just making me a TV dinner, it was a lean cuisine sesame stir fry for 280 calories and I had an orange. but because of my long hours I was way under my calories. 

I am trying to learn the balance of my hours and planning meals all over again! and its not always fun, and its not always easy, but its something I HAVE to do! I need to get my weight down! I have been very good about doing my ab work outs every night no matter how tired I am! but I have not been able to do any of my running since I started work again.. my schedule will even out in 2 weeks and I wont be working all the over time I am now, and it will be more normal! until then I have to just keep on trying to do what I can to make the HEALTHY choices every day! 

Above is my {{333 calorie lunch!}} I bought a new tupperware that has a cold pack that you place between the bottom and top sections!! I had half a tomato, bell pepper and cucumber, with an ounce of cheese, and some italian dressing, a peach, and a pack of the best crackers in the world! pringles stix!

<3 Karen