Hi again!
I was over to check on your blog and wanted to ask you...did you notice any increase in appetite the day you did not take the Healthy Trim? You didn't seem to eat any more in terms of quantity....it was just the caloric level of what you did eat. Did you feel more hungry without the Healthy Trim?
Do they have any sort of cafeteria where you work? That serves things like salads and yogurts, etc.? Or do you always have to go to fast food places in order to eat lunch? How about convenience stores? Are there any of those near to where you work?
Here's what I used to do:
I would purchase large packages of skinless/boneless chicken breasts when they were on sale and keep in the freezer. Would also buy about 2 dozen eggs.....and sometimes London Broil or a roast beef if it was on a really good sale. I would defrost the meats just prior to the week-end....and then every week-end I would spend a couple of hours prepping....which was steam the chicken breasts in the oven (and any other meat that had been on sale at a great price) and boil the eggs. Meanwhile I would cut-up tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. When cooked, I would dice the chicken breasts and any other meats and shell and chop the hard-boiled eggs....and then I made 3 large salads and put them in large plastic containers...chicken salad, egg salad...and minced London Broil or roast beef salad. And mayo of course.
Now mind you....I do the low-carbing....but if calorie counting, you could use the light mayo. (also, not sure of the calorie amount, but I would toss some of those Bac-O's into the egg salad...added great flavor).
Then you put some of the salad(s) in smaller containers and take to work for lunch.
Because we low-carbers can't have much in the way of dessert, here is a trick we all did...and you could adjust this to fit the calorie-counting method. We would take a large tblsp. of cream cheese, mash some Splenda into it...plus either a bit of cinnamon or a bit of cocoa powder....and seriously, it tastes just like cheesecake.
For your plan, you could use the light cream cheese/Neufchatel-type....and this would definitely help to quiet any cheesecake cravings when they show up.
You can also do this with light cottage cheese or light ricotta....though the cream cheese is more like cheesecake, of course.
Another thing I used to do...and this is kinda weird because I've not done it again in years....but when I worked full-time, I would buy those bottles of water with the pop-up caps (which could be re-used over and over), add crystal light, and freeze it. Then would take it to work and then, partially unfrozen, I would smash it....and it tasted like a snow cone or some sort of icy dessert. I loved it. If I couldn't finish it all at one time, I would put it in either the fridge or freezer at work (and re-smash if it re-froze).
Because I low-carb, rather than calorie-count, I have to try and improvise any of my suggestions to fit into your plan. There are many others but they wouldn't really fit with calorie-counting.....but I will search my memory and see what else I can come up with and improvise.
But I totally understand that it is quite difficult to diet while working full-time and having young children. Been there and done that myself, so I know for sure.
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