My food prep game is strongggg this week.

Christopher and I prepped almost all our lunches this week on Monday.

Leftover chicken, brown rice and asparagus for lunch. 👍

Recovery takes small steps and little victories.

Here is a picture of my lunch today: Its a tuna sandwich with some kettle cooked potato chips and some pickles..

It isn’t necessarily the healthiest lunch in the world. Way too much salt, too much trans fat in the chips, and probably too many carbs in the bread. But this lunch is just one example of my baby steps towards recovery and getting better. With my depression has come some unhealthy eating habits. I wouldn’t say I have an eating disorder, but the depression causes erratic eating habits. I find that I either have no appetite and don’t eat enough, or my cravings for sugar are so out of control that I eat too much.  On top of that I have a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and wellness.These unhealthy eating habits often cause feelings of guilt. I am supposed to promote healthy eating and wellness, but instead my eating is unbalanced and I am 50 pounds overweight.  This lunch signifies progress. Its a normal lunch. Its not all that great for me, but its better than eating no lunch and its better than eating a bunch of cookies for lunch. Its a step towards getting normal eating habits back. I KNOW what my biggest problem is. Its that I just want to change everything at the drop of a hat. I want to get back to eating like a nutritionist... as well as do everything that I have trouble doing because of my depression. I set myself up for failure. So right now I am focusing on just being... normal and average. Once I’ve mastered regular, normal meals... I can move onto more healthy meals. 

Day 1 Clean Eating Non - processed foods challenge :

LUNCH:

Cobb salad made with mixed greens cucumber, green peppers, tomato, , avocado, bacon, hard boiled eggs, and Mozzarella cheese.

All with a homemade creamy Greek yogurt Italian dressing.

It was Soooooo good! And I’m proud of that dressing I made. Tasted like it just came out of a bottle!

Made veggie lovers pizza for dinner! Soooo good. Soy free with red onion, green pepper, portobello mushroom, zucchini, and broccoli.