Bananas vs. Pizza

Recently I haven't had a lot of time to plan out my meals and snacks. Maybe this is why I haven't been very successful lately? I've found a few new favorite foods from this. A lot of the time I'll rush off to work and forget to bring food. I usually go buy something if I'm really hungry. I've figured out many other healthy things to eat than just a pack of almonds at the check lanes. I've found that a cup of greek yogurt and an apple makes a good, quick meal. Frozen single serve vegetables and a banana is a great meal too! When I don't have much time I'll go for a bar of some kind or a bag of pretzels. Cost is a big factor when choosing what to eat. I don't want to spend almost $5 on a small container of fruit so I look for things that are filling, cheap and healthy.

It's really easy to be tempted by the junk food because it's quicker or slightly cheaper. Your body will thank you in the long run for doing little things like this. I try and stay away from things with lots of sugar in it, because most of the time it's not going to keep you full for the rest of your shift. A banana will do you much more good than a bag of fruit snacks. A single banana is less than a quarter and a bag of fruit snacks is about a dollar and some change. This is one of the cases when health food is actually cheaper than junk food. 

One major challenge I've probably already said is how hard it is to avoid the food in the break room. It's near by, it's cheap, it's fast. I'm constantly being tested but in the last week or two I haven't given in at all. Every time that I chose the healthier food, it makes it easier for the next time that I'm in the same situation. I'm slowly digging myself out of the hole I got myself into. A perfect example is yesterday when I was at work, the breakroom had about 50 Papa John's pizzas. Nothing put boxes piled high of steaming hot pizza. I sat there and looked at it, then realized shoved off into the corner was a small pile of bananas. Guess what I picked? NOT PIZZA. Small win for me.

Lesson learned: always bring food from home but when you forget, always eat as healthy as you can and 90% of the time, it turns out you actually don't need pizza.  (436)