Today I attempted to caputure on camera the amount of food I have for my weekly “rations.” Funny thing was that I forgot to include the potatoes and the oatmeal, and you can barely see the bag of carrots or the bag of celery. Those blue cartons are mushrooms, by the way. The green cup contains olive oil, and the white stuff surrounding the cup is bacon grease. Anyway, the point is, I was amazed by the amount of food I have to eat this week. It seems like a HUGE amound of food. I guess that’s because most of it is produce.
I’m not used to eating so much produce, but this way, I’m practically guarenteed to get my five fruits and vegetables each day!
I’m a little nervous about the lack of junk food. Even though I’ve been weeding it out of my life, I’m having a hard time coming to grips that–this is it! There’s no more processed junk food to be purchased.
My only comfort is that I CAN have junk food if I make it myself, and if it comes from my weekly allotment of rations. This way, it really isn’t “junk food” is it?
Anyway, I think my biggest challenges this week are going to be adjusting to filling my meals with more vegetables and less junk, actually having to cook my food, and limiting my portions so that I have enough food to last me the entire week!
So it begins.
