Thanks so much for the suggestions guys. I really appreciate it.
I think I'll be packing a lunch from likely the night before I go to work, that way I can just grab it as I go out the door. I'm not a morning person, so I sleep right up until I HAVE to get up.
I think the calorie counting for the lunch is a good idea as well. I may try that depending on what I can afford to pack for lunch in a week.
The days that I am not working, AND days that I start work later (around 3PM), are my days when I consider myself a normal "fat girl". I have to be conscious of what I'm eating and how much and be on the look out for that "I'm full" signal.
The days that I have to wake up early and be on the go during the AM hours is usually when the busy, not thinking about food, thing kicks in. It doesn't just apply to work. There was a day a month or so ago when I got up early with my mother and sister and we worked in the yard ALL day. We were drinking water, had a Mike's Hard Lemonade at one point, and in general doing some pretty strenuous work. Some of which involved dragging dead, fallen trees, after we chopped them up, to a fire pit. It got to be around dinner time and it occurred to me... Holy crap, I haven't eaten all day.
Basically, it's when I get extremely busy or focused, I'm just not thinking about food or feeling hungry until I've completed that task. It's not an every day occurrence or that I'm willfully starving myself. While I wouldn't say I could never subject myself to a eating disorder (never say never
), it's certainly not in my plans for the future. I LOVE food far to much to consider doing something like that. I also have far too high an opinion of myself to let myself drop to that low a point in my self image.
That said, I can see the concern of letting it become a habitual, every other day occurrence when working, which was why I asked for suggestions.
: I appreciate the concern.
Bingo Crampus. I'm cashiering (among other things) at Target. I'm pretty much all over the place, depending on what they need. We do have a microwave! As far as leftovers go, I'm not fussed about eating most things cold, but as far as the prepared meals go, I have seemed to have formed this stigma about them.
I like the fresh foods approach, but I can't always afford to get what I want at the store and have to resort to other things according to pay and what I have left. Maybe I just need to get over that stigma and put stock into those little prepackaged meals. I'll have to look more into it.
Like I said, I don't eat at fast food joints often (nor do I like most of them), but when I do I consider it a treat, so I'm not worried about those.