I was able to stick to most of my goals today – always easy on the first day! My only epic fail was that I did not get to work by 9a (I arrive after 10a – gulp). I went to bed late, woke up late and didn’t have a lunch made. I almost gave up on my “pack a healthy lunch” goal, but decided to throw together a salad from the fridge even though it would make me even later. I figured I could survive the late arrival (I can check email from home to make sure there are no emergencies) and I didn’t want to already give up the two parts of my lunch goal – saving money and eating well – two things that are important to me. My busy season at work kicks in next Monday, so arrival time this week is not as important as it will be.
The “on time” goal is going to take some effort and planning – packing lunch the night before, going to bed much earlier than I generally do, etc. North Georgia Gal – you mentioned in a comment on my last post that you had the same late arrival problem, but have changed your ways. Any tips? Since it’s now 11:30p, I’m not sure I’m going to do any better tomorrow morning!
I took a 32-minute walk (which including 5 minutes of jogging) right from my office after work and did 15 minutes of yoga before going home. I convinced myself that I had plenty of food at home and didn’t need to stop at the store to buy the whole wheat pasta I was craving. I saved the $1.25, but more importantly avoided any impulse buys that would have likely occurred. 
I went straight home and cooked a salmon burger from the freezer and found some brown rice in there that I had forgotten about. I sautéed onion, some mushrooms that needed to be used and kale from a friend’s garden and put that over the rice. Yum!
I took the time to make three salads for lunches. For the next three days I will eat:
*Breakfast: sliced cukes and carrots with hummus, handful of walnuts, handful of blueberries
*Lunch: salad with mixed local ingredients and a slice of no-additives deli ham that I got on sale last week
*Snack: local grapes (unbelievably delicious!)
*Dinner: salmon or veggie burger, sautéed onion, kale and mushroom over rice
I’m glad I don’t mind eating the same meals a few days in a row! Makes things easier.
I also played the piano for 15 minutes today and flossed. I will do whatever I can to stick to my goals (at least some of them) for the rest of this week and then I’ll reassess for next week.
So far, pretty good
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Do you have an AM routine? It's helpful to set out all clothes & accessories the night before. We set the table with bkfst non-perishables immediately after dinner, just grab juice & sm. milk in AM, Coffee maker set up for mug at home and car mug.
Anything non perishable that needs to go with you out the door is set there by 9 PM. If you have problems with an alarm clock, try two clocks, one across the room, really loud to force you out of bed. We're trying to make it important to get gas on the way home as the AM line ups are annoying.
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