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.
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.











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.
ReplyDeleteNicely done! Impressed with the homemade yogurt dip.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
counting calories on moms Eye Phone app is fun
ReplyDeleteBenny & Lily
Bento????? Looked yummy.
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