Friday

An Update:


Diet: AWESOME.
Exercise: Nada.
Violet: Good.
Work: Good.
Obsession: My Pinterest. It's killing me.
Music: Dan Auerbach's solo. It is really good.
In Search Of: Local Farmer's Markets. Now that my tastebuds are back in the game, I want tastier items, meaning as fresh as possible.  I can now tell the difference every time.



I have been drinking green juice, making almost everything I eat (with the exception of emmy's granola and brad's kale chips), drinking tons of water and not sabotaging my body at all (no sleeping pills!).  I feel a bunch better and I owe it myself for sticking with it.  I want to eat fast food when things get rough or if I am out + super hungry, but I don't.  I want to take something to help me sleep -especially lately with so many sleepless nights - but I keep straight.  I want to feel good.  I want to be healthy.  And I am working hard to keep it all together.

I guess I kind of forgot how EXPENSIVE it is to eat this well.  I mean, no, I didn't really forget but I guess I didn't want to face the harsh reality of my weekly food expenses again.  Thankfully I have had some help here and there.  I missed a day of work this week which is huge.  My first thought was, how will I eat next month?  I can try my frugal best and scale back if need be.  Scaling back when eating almost 100% homecooked is HARD.  I have to go to the grocery store all the time.  I need this or that and it is always fresh.  My food has to be consumed pretty quick.  I spend so much money, more than I want to and I don't like it.  I know it is money well spent and of course, I could be spending it on things that are demonstrably unhealthy (like candy and coffee) but it still stings when all is said and spent.

I admit that there are ways to preserve my meals (or ingredients) and ultimately to save lots of money.  I also admit that I am not particularly savvy when it comes to these methods.  The best thing I do right now in terms of saving money is to meal plan ahead.

I find what works for me and I stick with it.  I plan a main meal -fajitas for instance- with several components to it and work around that meal by purchasing many mono meals/snacks like bananas, apples or berries.  I have a system of sorts and it seems to be working.