Measure (Five Minute Friday)

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I get a measure of satisfaction from knowing that I am feeding myself healthy food. Each night that means that, if I work the next day, I take the time to make a simple green smoothie. Nothing artificial goes into it and I get to start each workday knowing that my breakfast was a good portion of the fruits and veggies I need for the day.

I also take the time to peel whole carrots and cut them for us to take to work a few days a week. On the days we don’t take carrots we take cut celery, cabbage or even cauliflower, all raw and cut into pieces smaller than an inch. I use my raw veggies as a morning snack and cut it into one quarter to one half inch thick slices instead of sticks so that I can nibble on them or pop an entire piece into my mouth and chew quietly so as to not bother my coworkers by crunching on carrots and celery. Hubby still prefers to eat his celery and carrots as sticks, though.

It takes maybe 30 minutes on a Sunday night to prep the veggies for the week which makes packing lunch each morning while I drink my smoothie a breeze.

At lunch, I cut into an apple and eat that. I don’t bother to measure all these things out, but I know by the time the workday is through, I have had a minimum of 5 servings (usually more) of fruits and veggies and that no matter how far I go astray with eating the rest of the day, I already did something good for my health. I measure that as a success. The added bonus is that while my coworkers may be judging me, at least it’s for having healthy eating habits and not for constantly eating donuts, or chips or M&Ms all day long.

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up!
The prompt this week is: Measure
The assignment: Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.

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