Having healthy food readily available means that I actually eat a healthy
lunch and snacks instead of resorting to the same 2 - 3 things all the time.
Not exact matches
Instead, keep healthy
snacks on hand, pack home - cooked
lunches and stock your fridge with healthy options so you can prepare dinner at home.
Instead, for
snacks and lunches, we simply eat whole foods.
I have a
snack bin full of individually wrapped granola bars for my hungry boys to devour after school, my refrigerator holds little tubes of yogurt
and string cheese for packing
lunches, my dryer hums constantly after work drying loads of laundry I wish I had time to hang
instead.
Instead of going down the cracker aisle at the store, explore a bit with different
snacks — yogurt sticks / cups, cheese sticks or chopped up cheese, grapes, strawberries, carrots
and dip / hummus, pita chips, pretzels, homemade trail mix (cheerios, peanuts, raisins, pretzels, leftovery stuff), a bowl of cereal, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, apples / celery / carrots
and peanut butter, yogurt fruit smoothies, dried fruit (make sure it's actually fruit
and not sugar), cheese
and lunch meat rolled up, or popcorn.
By doing away with a la carte
snacks, which had become the emblem of «I have money»,
and instead offering a variety of full meals (all of them covered under the free / reduced
lunch program), we have achieved the ability to offer older students a wider variety of choices at lunchtime but also a fully equitable program, where literally there is no way to tell anymore who bought their meal
and who is eating free.
Perhaps even more importantly, popular «carnival foods» like pizza
and french fries will continue to be allowed in school
snack bars on a daily basis,
instead of appearing only on the same day on which those same items appeared on the
lunch line.
Pack a
lunch and / or
snacks instead of eating out.
Lead author, Capt. Leslie MacDonald, Sc.D., senior scientist in the U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, of the Centers for Disease Control, suggests that employees consider taking small steps to improve their overall cardiovascular health, including: • Going for a walk during
lunch or other breaks • Parking farther away from destinations • Taking the stairs
instead of elevators • Managing stress through breathing exercises or meditation • Bringing healthy
snacks to work such as fruits, nuts
and yogurt • Drinking water throughout the day
DAY 2 BREAKFAST: Green juice of spinach, lemon, cucumber, celery (no apples)
and a chia pod MID MORNING: A soy latte
LUNCH: Homemade soup with lots of vegetables DINNER: A lean piece of grilled steak served with broccolini, Brussels sprouts, homemade Napoli sauce
SNACK: Instead of a sweet snack I enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea with
SNACK:
Instead of a sweet
snack I enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea with
snack I enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea with honey
Couple the above factors with the fact that most kids, once they escape the nutrient - devoid school
lunches and finally get home at night, are too tired to get the benefits of going outside
and play or chase a ball around for fun,
and instead curl up in front of the TV or video games with a
snack.
For example, start taking your
lunch and snacks to work
instead of buying
lunch or getting something from the vending machine everyday.
Instead, 20,000 Days takes the form of an imagined day in the life of Cave, as he drives his luxury car to his therapist, has
lunch with bandmate Warren Ellis, heads to an archive loaded with bric - à - brac from his past (a scene that includes a hilariously detailed breakdown on an instance when a German concertgoer urinated on Birthday Party bassist Tracey Pew that plays like a deconstruction scene from JFK),
and snacks on pizza while watching Scarface with his twin sons.
Instead of disciplining them for this we take a different approach - we reassure them that they'll have a
snack at this time
and lunch at this time... so they know.
I made a decision to cut out some of the activities that were not contributing positively to my financial freedom e.g. I hardly watch TV
and instead read motivation books or listen to audio (aids sleeping too), I stopped drinking completely, I only buy items that I need, I pack my
lunch or
snacks to work
and don't have to buy things that I already have at home - this contributed significantly to my health
and wellness, I invested in some basic gym equipment
and do some exercises at home regularly (stretching, walking, jogging, skipping
and a bit of weight lifting) don't have to pay to go to gym
and coupled that with running a marathon once or twice a year (for charity
and my well - being).