Day 16

Day 16.

Bored of Salad.

Nothing in the house but packet stuff.

In need of inspiration.

Dinner was so nice no leftovers!

This results in a BORING lunch scrapped together from cupboard staples.

White bread sandwich with lemon curd (finished the jar)

Apple Juice

Finished up the goldfish crackers

Canned Orange slices with packet mix butterscotch pudding mixed up with milk

mini cookies

I'm thinking it may well be too sweet as well - but hey its Friday, thats the perfect excuse!

Day 15

Goldfish crackers
Salmon (left over from dinner)
Home made potato salad with a sprinkling of mini tomatoes and peppers
Fruit Cocktail (pear, peach, pineapple and cherry)
Chocolate buttons
Chocolate roll
fork and spoon
Pineapple Juice

Day 13

Cajun couscous salad with chicken
Caramel Dipping sauce for use with the mini cookies, banana bread fingers and apple (am taking a knife to cut it up when I eat it so it doesnt turn brown! )
Pineapple juice
Minstrels
Napkin

Day 12

Fromage Frais
Manderin Orange Segments
Tuna Pasta Salad (pasta, tuna, mayo, peppers, cucumber)
Apple Juice
Chocolate Buttons
Homemade Banana Bread

Day 10

Having a bit of an Indian theme today....

Mango Chutney
Mini Poppadoms
Mini Onion Bhaji, Mini Samosa, Mini Spinich Pakora and Aloo Chat
Chicken Tikka with Green salad and beetroot
Nan bread strips with seeds
Chocolate buttons
Tropical flavoured water carton
Napkin (and I put a fork in after I took this picture!)

Looking forward to it! Something a little different. As an offside note, my colleagues in the office are checking my lunch out everyday! Its become quite the novelty. 3 people have even started bringing their own lunches in too instead of going out and we're all comparing. Its great and we are all saving money too !
I have never kept at anything like this for so long, the goodbyn was just what I needed

Day 8

I admit it. I am struggling for ideas and its only day 8. I enjoy filling this little box up but feel I am falling into a trap of having the same foods all the time! I am shopping tomorrow so watch this space! :)

Today: Left over meat from dinner (pork), sliced pepper, cheese and spring onion slices.
pineapple
fromage frais
packet of crisps
homemade mini pumpkin pie bite (http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pie-bites/)
Apple Juice
Mini chocolate fingers

Day 6

was poorly sick yesterday so no goodbyn for me as I wasnt at work. This is Wednesdays Lunch however - hopefully now am fit and well and back on track!

Bacon Quiche
Salad - consisting off, 3 colours of peppers, celery, radish, onion, beetroot, cucumber and tomatoe
Pineapple Juice
Mini finger biscuits
Cheese crackers
Pineapple, Lime Jelly and Chocolate pudding
Redcurrants
Raspberries

Day 5

And thus begins another week!

Egg Mayo Sandwich on Brown Bread
Handful of salt and vinegar crisps ( about 1/3 of a packet)
Apple Juice
Few Chocolate Buttons
Redcurrants
Left over Yorkshire Pudding from todays dinner with some raspberry jam
Papaya and raspberries

Day 3

Biggest success of Day 2's lunch was definately the Angel Delight - it was to die for and I will definately be having that again. I felt full today but not uncomfortable and I didnt pick at anything all morning or afternoon until dinner time. It is definately helping curb my appetite as I am eating fresher things in controlled portion sizes. I figured it out today too - I was spending £6 per day on my lunch thats £35 per week! ($70 give or take) thats just silly money. I've saved £12 so far and I am not picking at sweets and candy! Woohoo - I am loving my goodbyn

For Day 3 I am having:

Leftover rice and sweet and sour chicken from dinner tonight (homemade with tomatoes from our garden too! lots of yummy pineapple also)
Cucumber slices
Pear peeled and sliced
Choc chip Brioche chunked into pieces
a few goldfish crackers
Apple Juice
The top container has a fork and spoon and napkin!

Day 2 - Very sorry looking

So, the lunch I posted yesterday was a success. Although I was so full up I couldnt eat it all - I certainly packed too much, those "little" containers are very deceiving. Everyone at work loved the lunch box too and were all impressed. I had a few comments such as - "ooh I bet it leaks when you swing it around though" - I took great pride in telling them it didnt! :)

Which leads us nicely onto todays post. I've struggled today I really have, I've been working since 8:30am this morning, got in at 6:30pm and was straight out the door to a dance class from 7 until 11:30. I have just packed my box for tomorrow but am so tired its not particuarly awe inspiring stuff - looking at this pic its all one or two colours - beige and pink!!

I also decided I might need to go shopping at the weekend. Tomorrow will be better I have time to cook! :)

Todays box includes:

Spam and Beetroot sandwiches on brown bread
Cheese Cubes
Ribena Juice Drink (using my juice boxes up before I brave the bottle that comes with the box)
A few crisps (or as my American Friends say "Chips") - cheese and onion flavoured
Canned Fruit Cocktail
Angel Delight (which is a powdered mix you add to milk and stir to make a thick pudding) raspberry flavour.
2 mini strawberry biscuits from France (my friend went recently)

I think todays is not only too beige and pink co-ordinated (not on purpose) but not the healthiest!

Day 1 - My first attempt

I really struggled to decide what to include in the box today. For a first attempt however it looks quite inviting! I mixed up the compartments a little bit too!! I'm sure the goodbyn police wont mind.

Included today:

2 types of melon and black grapes
Homemade Lemon Drizzle Cake
Mini Cheese
Handful of goldfish crackers
Fruit Juice, this is a 250ml carton
Napkin
Then I created a mixed salad of bell peppers (all 3 colours), spring onion, freshly cooked beetroot, cucumber, radish and coleslaw. I then added some left over beef from last nights dinner.

I realised after I packed the box that I didnt leave room for my knife and fork! Lesson one learnt! I also think the top middle box looks a little bare. I am going to have to think hard about what I want tomorrow! :)