tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667425827061122795.post5559596061269012466..comments2023-10-07T06:13:08.455-05:00Comments on Life in Webster Groves: Chile Chews' Quit Now ChallengeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667425827061122795.post-21451662923301363272008-05-29T11:27:00.000-05:002008-05-29T11:27:00.000-05:00debbie,Thanks for the support, and good luck with ...debbie,<BR/>Thanks for the support, and good luck with your efforts to kick the eating-out habit!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439736209874653194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667425827061122795.post-52865388778348002132008-05-29T11:26:00.000-05:002008-05-29T11:26:00.000-05:00chile,I admit that I didn't give you all the detai...chile,<BR/>I admit that I didn't give you all the details when I said that I'm not ready to bring my lunch to work right now. You see, due to space constraints in my office right now, my choices are to bring my own lunch and eat at my desk (which I despise!) or leave my desk to go out and eat. I hope it doesn't sound like an excuse (or maybe it is), but I've found that I'm happier and better adjusted when I can get away from my desk for a while and focus on something more than a foot or two in front of my face. As a bonus, I get to to hang out with co-workers and/or friends for a bit in the middle of the day.<BR/><BR/>So, while we <B>do</B> often follow your trick of making too much food for dinner, we tend to eat the leftovers the next night rather than for lunch the next day.<BR/><BR/>The good news on the lunch front is that our company will soon be moving into new office space that we designed ourselves (yep, being a bunch of architects comes in handy sometimes), and that <B>will</B> have a lunchroom where I can heat up my food and eat it away from my desk while still being social with co-workers. So come late August or early September, I plan to ramp up my lunch-making skills.<BR/><BR/>Who knows, I may surprise myself by taking your suggestion to bring lunch once a week, eating it relatively quickly, and going for a walk around downtown once in a while. Hmm, I'm already thinking about which co-worker(s) can I con into joining me in this adventure...<BR/><BR/>At any rate, thanks for all your suggestions for yummy and quick lunch options!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439736209874653194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667425827061122795.post-47031435270051461672008-05-28T18:15:00.000-05:002008-05-28T18:15:00.000-05:00It doesn't sound insignificant to me, it sounds li...It doesn't sound insignificant to me, it sounds like a great challenge! <BR/><BR/>Eating out is a big problem for me too (in my case it's dinner, since I work second shift), one that I'm also working on.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889743730658239247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667425827061122795.post-20311644437792009232008-05-28T16:30:00.000-05:002008-05-28T16:30:00.000-05:00Veg lunches are a great plan. I wanted to give yo...Veg lunches are a great plan. I wanted to give you some ideas, too, for your future plans. (Got kinda long ...)<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can follow your own advice and start small with bringing your lunches from home. Start with bringing your lunch one day a week. Mondays would be easy because you'd have the weekend to make sure to pack something. Then work up to twice a week and so on.<BR/><BR/>The way I deal with my sweetie's lunches is to try to make more dinner than we need. Before we go back for seconds, if we want them, I pack his lunch for the next day. If there wasn't enough food, he puts rice in the rice cooker first thing in the morning. By the time he's ready to leave, it's done. He can top it with leftover veggies, BBQ sauce, or salsa. Frozen veggies are also an easy addition. (Note: we're vegan.) Potatoes or sweet potatoes cooked in the microwave are another last minute morning option, unless I've baked a large batch at once in the oven. Baked potatoes will keep for a work week.<BR/><BR/>For a snack, I send some kind of baked good. Every other week or so, I bake a large batch of something for lunches - muffins, bars, quick bread, etc. Then I freeze them. If we have fruit from the CSA, he takes a piece of that.Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.com