Winning Friends with Salad

That’s what today was - I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to have! Because of my short night last night, I had to buy lunch again today, grr. I can’t wait til I tonight when I can have enough time to relax and do some things around the apt, maybe try a new recipe, and think thoughtfully about my lunch! It’s been a grab-and-go situation too often this week.

I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to have, and went through all the different options: sandwich? soup? pizza splurge? sushi again? That wasn’t working, so I tried a new angle. I thought about how I wanted to feel AFTER my lunch: light, not weighed down, energized, and like I’ve given my body the nutrients it needs. I knew right then that I should load up on some fruits and veggies!

I went to Guy and Gallard and got a salad (can you believe this is the SMALL size?) Salad contains: spinach, carrots, corn, tomatoes, red peppers, and broccoli, along with some fat free raspberry vinaigrette that I ended up not using.

Along side it I got some street blueberries that were AWESOME, and a cup of fat free cottage cheese:

When eating things like this, I use the layer method: one layer blueberries, one layer cottage cheese, etc, to ensure that I get a little bit of each in every bite. This combo was awesome. Definitely better than expected.

All together:

Amazing. Lunch was 308 calories, 46g carbs, 2g fat, and 33g protein.

Whoops, too small. I was hoping the cottage cheese would be more caloric. Well, my colleagues and I are going out for DD’s Free Iced Coffee so maybe I’ll get something then (not from DD, though! :P)