I have not blogged in a very long time and I'm not sure that this is the start of more blogging or a one off thing...I do know that consistency is important in blogging so the previous was probably a bad admittance. Ah well, honesty at least is a good thing.
What prompted this blog has been a bad week for lunches...seriously.
I have recently been focusing on bringing my lunches to work. This was prompted by all the usual reasons - health, finances, quality of food, lack of other options and so on. This is also not the first time that I have attempted this and depending on how it goes it may not be the last.
Now for some people, bringing their lunch to work has always been easy and will always be easy but I know that I am not alone as an individual who struggles with this mid-day meal. The challenges start with something as basic as what to have and spread out from there.
With this particular attempt at bringing lunches I have worked on doing my research. I have checked into good lunch ideas, I am using a meal plan so that lunches aren't a last minute decision and I have even researched different ways to pack and prepare lunch so that it's good and not soggy or anything like that. I make sure that my meal plan is for all my meals so that I know what leftovers I will or won't have and all that jazz.
This really feels like a foolproof plan doesn't it? Except it seems to be nowhere near foolproof as I have discovered. I don't know, maybe it's just me but things still happen - some days I don't want to eat what I have packed, others I end up stuck in meetings and don't get to eat til mid afternoon if at all and today my lunch was held hostage along with my car as it was getting some unexpected repairs that had it taking longer than usual. These are the traps that still make lunch the most challenging meal of the day.
So what do we do? What do we build into our plans to help with moments like these?
I know I have snacks at my desk that are healthier and easy, I really try to stick to eating what I brought and not giving into the temptation of eating out but I'm interested to hear what others may do to help deal with the lunch issue.
