WIAT – Packaged Edition

"And you can too!"

Breakfast: coffee and trying some chia pudding. I took a tip from this sub and tried soak/blend/fridge, and honestly hated it. Blending didn't pulverize the seeds like i hoped it would, and instead separated the seed from the gooey coating it gets while soaking and blended the goo with the coconut milk, making a sort of slime that was a textural nightmare. I need to eat this bag of chia seeds, and so far the pudding is the only thing I can stomach. Im good to suffer through it because of the "bathroom benefits" – I take medicine that causes difficulty here, and chia absolutely obliterated the problem for the rest of the week. Any chia pudding tips are greatly appreciated.

Lunch: Progresso Pittmaster chicken soup, and a flat croissant with pumpkin cream cheese. Excellent sweet and salty satisfaction. The flat croissants are a popular Korean snack to pack in a lunch box, I've had them with brie and just plain with my coffee and they're great.

Snack: Jalapeno sardines and a tiny smidge of Alouette brie on sliced cucumber, with a sprinkle of lemon salt – and a zero sugar Starry. When I was a kid diet soda tasted like a melted car tire, but these zero sugar varieties are legit. Ive had Coke Zero and Dr Pepper Strawberry Zero, along with a couple others. Very good for that soda fix i need every week or so.

Dinner: Kevin's Natural Thai coconut chicken, Maine Street Bistro mac and cheese, and Glory mixed greens. I eat low fat in general, so this was just my inner goblin wanting something that felt indulgent. The chicken and Mac are in my grocer's fridge section, the mac i had a 1.5 serving size and the Chicken i had the normal 5oz serving. The greens are from the can and I typically open a big can, dump it in Tupperware with a bit more pepper and some white vinegar, and eat from it during the week when my meal needs a bit of filler. Some of the other Glory varieties are lower calorie per serving but this is what the store had this week. If I did a meal prep with these items I could either split it in two like you see here and have a leftover serving of chicken, or split it in 3 if I wasn't such a little piggie for Mac and cheese…

This was an 80g protien day, I aim for between 65 and 90. For medical reasons I can't do much beside basic stretches and chair exercise, but as far I'm down 42lbs since November. I posted this because it can seem really daunting to cook everything all the time, and honestly it can be – especially when you have a family and they're not eating what you're eating. But you don't have to cook every day if you take a good look around your grocery store and invest in a little food scale.