Story from Thursday - Day 110
So I have lunch duty. I was good for the first 3 weeks in avoiding all school lunch food - my biggest weaknesses being the cookies, chicken fingers and Mac & Cheese (in that order.) So 1 month in, I have bought chicken fingers 1 time and I did get cookies pretty much every day for 1 week, but that was it. So on Thursday, I go to the lunch lady and ask her to put my two cookies on my tab (which is up to $8 now btw) and then I finish them and go to buy a pretzel, which they were out of. I was disappointed until I literally had this thought in my mind: "OH SHIT, I JUST ATE 2 COOKIES AND DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT. NOW I HAVE TO BLOG ABOUT THIS! DAMN IT!!!!!" Old habits die hard. Gotta pay my bill and get off of my 1 week cookie run.
Story from Saturday - Day 112
So this was a long day with the marching band. Met the kids at CHS at 5:30am, headed to Rutgers University and had our rehearsal with them and the other high schools, saw the Scarlet Walk show and then it was time for what they called "lunch" on the schedule. This was actually breakfast - they supplied breakfast sandwiches from Jersey Mike's. It was great they had Eggs only, egg & cheese, choices of taylor ham, bacon or sausage, egg whites, gluten free - you name it. Was well set up. I got taylor ham, egg & cheese. (Didn't really want the cheese, but there was no sandwich with meat left without cheese by the time I got up there.) So I eat it. It was pretty good. No big deal. May not be the healthiest, but it was what they had and let's be real - not a big deal. I'm sitting there with my staff and I say "ok, I'm gonna go feel out if I'll look too gluttenous to ask for a 2nd sandwich." I start to stand up and I literally just stop myself and say "DAMN IT! I CAN'T GET A 2ND SANDWICH BECAUSE THEY I'LL HAVE TO BLOG ABOUT IT!" I was so disappointed! I could have gone ahead with it because the sandwiches were actually only 1/2 sandwiches if you consider it was half of a very long roll, BUT I figured that there was really no need at all for this 2nd sandwich outside of my personal desire to have another. So I skipped it.
ON TO TODAY - SUNDAY - DAY 113
Breakfast - after yesterday - I need to sleep!!! And sleep I did! Sleeping until 9am with 2 kids under two is like sleeping until 1pm on a Sunday in college when you are hungover. It was glorious! So we had planned to go to Secor Farms with the kids for pumpkin picking. Rather than hold the process up at home, I stopped at Petracco's and got a bagel and a Red Bull. (I know I know - I'm gonna slow down on the Red Bulls again. I'm in a little Red bull relapse but I'm coming out of it, I promise.
Snacking at Secor - I was good. They have these DELICIOUS apple cider cinnamon sugar donuts. I know they are great because I've had them in the past. Kristyn went to get one and asked if I wanted one and I lied and said NO. So I didn't get one. I had 1 bite of hers and really regretted not getting one, but now that I'm home - I'm glad about it. Then she grabbed a coffee at Dunkin' and I stayed in the car. 2 for 2!
Lunch - As soon as I got home, I housed 2 pieces of Yellow American cheese because I just needed something quick! About an hour later, I finally got to eating lunch. We were out of leftovers and I had this Healthy Choice Power Bowl that Kristyn likes. I made it. Lots of Sodium, which is the thing that I end up having a little more of as I avoid calories and fat grams. Ya know, not many decent tasting things are lacking in calories, fat carbs, sugars, sodium and everything else. I typically look at calories the most and sodium is often somewhat high. The good news is that I don't eat a lot of these frozen things anymore. BUT even if I did, realize that even a high in sodium healthy choice meal is soooooo much better than having chicken fingers and french fries, no? Anyway, here's a photo of the meal I had.
To be honest, I didn't really love it. It was OK and I guess it had some things in it that are supposed to be good for you but it was a little dry for me, not tasty enough. I prefer the Santa Fe Rice and Beans one from Smart Ones. I would eat this is I was stuck but didn't really feel it. Kristyn seems to love it. So don't go by me! Got these at Costco.
Snacking - I ended up having 2 more pieces of cheese and about half a serving of goldfish. I didn't realize we had goldfish but a HUGE-ASS box was just chillin on the counter, so I stuck the ol' hand in for some. A serving is 55 fishies. So I think I had about half of that. I also had a rice krispie treat at some point.
Dinner - Mrs. Verderese made a nice dinner tonight! Stuffed Peppers with ground turkey and a mixture of stuff to make it taste good. :-) It was awesome! For some reason, the photo did not upload to my computer, so I can't share it. Oh well . . . . . . It was healthy, that's for sure!
That was it for today. I didn't snack at night. No need. I actually did lots of work tonight - started a grad class online about using Google Classroom. Good stuff!
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