Day 1 of not-eating-out challenge

My roommate and I treated, or shall I say indulged, ourselves in some retail therapy this weekend. It has really been a hectic last 2-3 weeks but we both pulled through and got our reports and midterms accomplished.

Anyways, I must admit, I have spent a substantial amount of money on clothes this past month...granted most of it went towards a very nice Banana Republic business suit (my first one, too! it's an invesment, I say)! Well we promised each other that we would not eat out this week to make up compensate for our shopping trip. I probably spend about $25-30 (?) / week for campus food. If I reduced my spending on this area... at least I would make up for the potential loss of money if I didn't restrict at all. Decent logic?

Today is Day 1. I left my wallet at home to really make sure that I had no capability of spending money even if I wanted to. However, I did prepare a bit of food on Sunday in anticipation of this week. So this morning I put some baked potato wedges and steamed kale and cauliflower into a tupperware. I microwaved it for lunch & added some ketchup. Mmmm potatoes and ketchup! So far so good...

On the other hand, I must confess that I have a substantial craving for something sweet after every meal. I'm not a big fan of chocolate or any other high-intensity sweet dessert but I do like a sweet taste rather than a salty one in my mouth at the end. Salty aftertastes make me want to eat more... I can stop myself pretty well after a little cookie or something. Anyway, I did not prepare for that one. I was left thinking about cookies all throughout my physiology discussion.

Fortunately, as I dropped by my friend's office (he's a web designer for the nutrition dept), he gave me a bag of microwave kettlecorn. Now I am sitting on campus finally satisfying my craving for sweets.

I will probably make some PB oatmeal cookies tonight to help me get through the week.

I'll update again tomorrow!