Sunday, August 14, 2011

Bento #2

So, I've started back to work and I've also started back to Bento in an effort to save some money and release some weight.  I hate counting food.  Counting calories, counting fat grams, counting points, counting anything I put in my mouth, really.  I think it blows and I won't do it.  At least not yet.  So many people who have been successful at shrinking say it's a necessary evil, but I am still trying to deny that.  Enter Bento.  I've decided if I wanna be small, I need to eat out of a small bowl from a small spoon.  I need to stop thinking of myself as an extra large person, and start thinking of myself as a petite woman who stands at 5 feet and 4 inches, even with teased up 80s hair.  I need to pack my lunch in tiny little boxes of pretty colors, and I need to enjoy food that came from the earth and not a factory.  Starting in January, I switched to buying all natural and mostly organic groceries, but I've still been missing the portion size factor.  Well, here we Bento.

Top Left: Carrots and celery with Peanut Butter for dipping.  Also, a couple dark chocolate cranberries.
Top Right: Tangerine and grapes.
Bottom Left: Poached salmon and homemade ranch dill greek yogurt dip.
Bottom Right: Pita bread and hummus.
Far right with flatware: Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Carmel Square.

4 comments:

  1. That looks delicious. I've never heard of Bento before and I've been doing Weight Watchers since May. I think there are a million ways to do a million different things, but when you find what makes you happy and what works, stick with it.

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  2. Nicely done! Impressed with the homemade yogurt dip.

    I can't count calories/grams/anything either. And have been running sporadically (I blame the heat). But I have taken up yoga once a week for diversity. Helps flexibility, though not my ever-expanding bum.

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  3. counting calories on moms Eye Phone app is fun
    Benny & Lily

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