It doesn't happen often, but this morning, for some reason, I was inspired to make our kids' lunches for school.
Two plain peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread.
Check.
Two peanut butter and raspberry jelly sandwiches on whole wheat.
Check.
1-oz. bags of Cheetos, Doritos, Chips-a-Hoy cookies, 'Nilla Wafers tossed indiscriminately into each kid's brown paper lunch sack.
Check.
Clusters of grapes parceled in plastic Baggies, just to keep the kids honest.
Check.
It was an absolutely exhausting way to start my morning. Thank you, Honey, for taking care of this chore every other morning.
But it wasn't but 15 minutes later than I found myself in the food pantry reaching for a brown, paper sack of my own. Maybe my large, 6-6 frame could get by on smaller portions of food today? Maybe I, too, could eat only what I could fit comfortably in a brown paper sack.
I just went with this crazy impulse. Usually I reach for leftovers in the fridge, which can give me the gargantuan quantities that I consume for lunch. But maybe for today I could return to the simpler days when I ate only what Mom packed in a small, brown paper lunch sack.
Here's what I was able to fit inside, and still have room to roll the bag shut:
1 chicken deli-meat sandwich (with lettuce and mustard)
1-oz. bag of Cool Ranch Doritos
2 Double-stuff Oreo cookies
1 banana.
Can it be done? Can I make it through today with such simple quantities of food? And if I do make it through today on such meager portions, will I be ravenous at the dinner table tonight and cancel out any gains I made in portion control through the day.
I have my doubts, but I am giving it a go. I tipped the scales at 258 this morning. This is 23 more pounds than when I arrived in North Texas in August.
Now, I don't pretend that Oreos and Doritos are going to get me to where I need to be, but maybe portion control is a start.
Thanks, brown paper bag, for a new beginning today.
1 comment:
I've started living by the food pyramid. When I'm packing what I need for the day it seems like a TON of food. It's healthy, satisfying and filling. We Americans have really become dependant on saturated fat and sugar. Grapes, almonds, carrots and boiled eggs are really yummy when we give them a chance!
Post a Comment