Alrighty, can you believe its 2012? I'm amazed how fast 2011 went, I guess I was having fun and didn't realize it was slipping by. Some years you wonder if it will come fast enough, but this year so many things happened that it just seems like it disappeared. New things to come this year, that I'm really looking forward too, and sharing as they come about.
So everyone focuses on health and fitness as part of their resolutions it seems. I'm not a resolution maker and my business is all about health and fitness, January is just a normal month in that respect, but I always see a flux of clients during this time. As some great pointers for the new year here are a couple ideas to perhaps get you on the right tract. If you are a dieter and find its hard to prepare your healthy lunches without preparing the same thing everyday or you don't have time I would follow the idea from this blog: http://5dinners1hour.blogspot.com/2011/04/make-ahead-lunches.html
The author did a wonderful job of how she prepared lunches for her kids ahead of time, including a variety of sandwiches and snacks. She measured and prepared everything and bagged them in baggies, and small containers and her children can pick what to put in their lunches. Some examples that would easily carry over to weight watchers- and if you write the points plus value on the bag, you can easily track the points as well- would be pb&j, ham & cheese sandwich, or roll ups on tortillas, nuts and fruit, measured salad, with dressing of choice in separate container. Other ideas were apple slices with caramel sauce, or banana slices with chocolate sauce, orange slices, jicama slices, pre-cut broccoli and carrots with or without dip. Hummus & crackers, cheese cubes & pre-cooked ham, granola and yogurt, the choices are really limitless. You may have to think about moisture content, or a little extra packaging. Soups are my favorite for lunch, so opening a can and dividing it ahead into microwave containers, can make lunch time a little easier. The gal who writes this blog did it for both time efficiency and frugality. She has young school age children and after school activities as well.
But I always look at the comments and find it interesting that a large portion of her readers who are working, or are trying to work out schedule differences with significant others. I wish I had thought of this when my daughter was younger. I tried frozen made ahead dinners but it took to long for them to cook when we got home, and now she is away in college. I'm thinking with some of the challenges I have scheduled this month, it could be helpful to throw a few lunches together for the week to easily pick on the those days I'm running around.
