This morning I was supposed to be at work at 7am... but I woke up at 7:07. My only consolation was that 7 is my favorite number - maybe it is going to be a good day anyway! Unlikely, at this point, because this is what I managed to pack for lunch in my 30-second grab-n-go panic:
I don't have an actual picture, because it looks like someone pooped on my mac & cheese. My friends, who hung out with my boyfriend all night while I slaved away at work until 11pm, apparently consumed (most) of this creation. The little bit that was left became my lunch, along with a side of frozen peas and carrots. I felt like I was in an elementary school cafeteria. I give it a C, its saving grace being its sodium. Delicious sodium.
I know people say that you are in 100% control of what you put in your mouth, and any "bad" things you eat are your own damn fault... but you know what? I could have either grabbed this or some celery, and a few stalks of celery are not going to hold me over on an 8 hour workday.
Along that same vein, someone might argue that if I had at least grabbed some celery to go with the meal it would be more nutritious. But really? It's just an additional 10 calories and a miniscule amount of nutrition. It's not like my body is starved of vitamins and I'm dying of cholera - the celery does not cancel out the badness of the main dish. I eat well most of the time. I don't "need" celery RIGHT NOW.
Lesson learned: if you have to eat garbledegook in order to not pass out from hypoglycemia while on shift, just do it. Whatever. Stay sane, eat healthy when you can. Do the best you can under the circumstances. And my circumstances were that I had negative 15 minutes to get to work and my friends eat like 7 year olds :)
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