Day 3 - 1/14/08

Nope - I didn’t up this morning early enough to get to the gym.  I stayed up too late.  I did bring my gym clothes though, and there’s a branch of my gym right in the building where I work.  I got the fixin’s for lunch mostly prepared so all I had to do was toss the stuff into my lunchbox and go. 

• Breakfast: one bowl of raisen bran with fat-free milk, an apple and a large tomato juice. 
• Lunch:  A can of gumbo soup (low sodium), 1/2 chicken sandwich with light mayo, lettuce, onion, tomato & soy cheese on sourdough, 1/4 cup cottage cheese and some celery with roasted red pepper hummus.  Oh, and the remainder of the tomato.
• Dinner 1/2 sandwich with chicken salad, hummus, lettuce and tomato on sourdough.  1 dill pickle.  The chicken salad was made with light mayo & miracle whip, celery, bell pepper and green onion.

There, I like that format better.  Plus, if you don’t feel like reading the daily menu it’s easy to skip past it. 

One of my problems is that I don’t particularly like to cook.  This means I rarely have any leftovers for a quick grab and go lunch.  I don’t mind breakfast cooking - eggs, ham & toast, easy peasy stuff, but only if I get up early enough.  More often than not I don’t so I’m rushing around just trying to get out the door.  This almost always means a stop at Burger King,  Jack in the Box, or even (God help me) Del Taco on the way to work.  This morning was a bit like that, but the raisen bran and apple were almost as fast and definitely healthier.  Hmm.  That gives me an idea - emergency grab ‘n dash cereal rations.  YES!  Two bottles - one milk, one cereal, and one large coffee type travel mug with a sealed lid.  Mix up the cereal & milk in the coffee mug at the first stop light, seal it up, and by the next stop light it should be a nice, thick slurry that’s safe to consume whilst negotiating the morning traffic.  I should get some dried apples and other fruit to go with it.  Brilliant!  Friends, that’s a hell of a lot healthier breakfast than any breakfast combo meal you’re likely get anywhere.  No doubt some of you are thinking “Why doesn’t he just get up earlier?”  You should probably just keep such thoughts to yourself.