Archive for the ‘desktop lunch reviews’ Category

Good news with a side of fettuccine

Haven’t done a desktop lunch review in a while because I have been so busy at work there hasn’t been time to blog while eating. This is why I need to be independently wealthy. Today’s mid-day nourishment is a steam-in-the-bag meal from Kashi and is a lighter version on an Italian restaurant fave, chicken fettucine. [...]

Desktop lunch review: a brownie for breakfast

It’s all about the protein, people. Apparently protein is the answer to every question when it comes to bariatric surgery, weight loss, muscle building and what you should get your mother for her birthday. PROTEIN! So I went protein shopping at the hippie-dippie natural foods store, which ironically has almost no natural food but has [...]

Desktop lunch review: breakfast version

I have been trying a variety of protien shakes for breakfast on weekdays because it’s easy and I am trying to get used to the month I will have to live on these shakes both pre- and post-op with bariatric surgery. So far, most have been pretty tasty. And I have learned to read the [...]

Desktop lunch review: 2 for 1 and a little light reading

I didn’t blog yesterday’s lunch because I was crazy busy. Not that I am not busy today, but at least I am not working through my lunch today. Yesterday I had a frozen burrito from a company I think is called evol. Hard to tell since it insists on inversting the “e” in its logo. (Word [...]

Desktop lunch review: Chicken and other randomness

Today’s toteable mid-day nourishment comes from Healthy Choice’s collection of steaming entrees, and it’s so close to being a good dish I just had to blog about it. Honey Balsamic Chicknen for 210 calories. What could possibly go wrong? Almost nothing, really. The sauce was wonderful. You could dip inedible objects in this sauce and [...]

Desktop lunch review: Mall rat version

I had to get out of the office today at lunch so I ended up at the mall where the food court is a rather obnoxious combination of greasy, garlicky, sweet smells that I once found enticing but now just makes me a little queasy. Oh sure, Auntie Anne’s still calls to me. And the [...]

Desktop lunch review: Non va bene spaghetti

You have no idea how hard it is for a woman on a diet to throw her lunch away. But that’s exactly what I did today. Amy’s Light & Lean Spaghetti Italiano is, according to Google translate, “NON VA BENE!” NO GOOD! As in nasty. Part of the blame falls on me for not noticing [...]

Desktop lunch review: Going hippie

Did you know that there’s real food in the nutrition aisle of the supermarket? I always knew the nutrition aisle existed, but never saw how it applied to me. I ventured over there years ago when it was the only place to buy Greek yogurt. As soon as that shit went mainstream in the regular [...]

Desktop lunch review: More pasta, less angst

Yesterday I was throwing my own pity party after meeting with the nutritionist about my post-surgical dietary restrictions. That conversation was jolting in a shit-just-got-real kind of way. Today I have a better perspective.  My relationship with food has to change and taking the most drastic step of bariatric surgery will help force that change. [...]

Desktop lunch review: I want my ‘shrooms

Oh, Healthy Choice, I want to like you. You do so many things right. But you lie to me. And today? I didn’t need to be sold a dream. I met with a nutritionist this morning who spent an hour going over what my menus will looks like just prior and a for at least [...]

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