Last week, Jess blogged with this question: How and what do you eat on a typical day? I’ve been pondering this ever since. Generally speaking, I’m not a food person. I would probably give up eating in a heartbeat if we didn’t have to do it anymore. I don’t ENJOY cooking. 90% of the things I “cook” turn out to be “too much work” in my book. The husband makes dinner more often than I do. It’s not uncommon for me to just make myself a sandwich and just plop down and eat it for dinner, figuring out what the kidlet will eat later. I’m a morning person, and I’m very much NOT an evening person, so I don’t have much energy to cook dinner. I also don’t like to experiment; I prefer tried-and-true every time. And my overly-forgiving metabolism means I’ve never been forced to really plan meal or snack times. I just eat when I’m hungry; don’t when I’m not. All of these things are pretty obviously reflected in the way I approach food on a daily basis.
Breakfast!
My everyday breakfast consists of a big mug of hot tea, year-round. On Saturdays, I usually go out to breakfast (buffet) with my family. I already have so much energy in the mornings that I can usually take or leave the extra calories. Ironically, I do eat breakfast every day when I’m dieting. (Most important meal of the day becomes more important then.)
The husband grabs a breakfast bar or energy drink.
Andrew eats breakfast at grandma’s house.
Lunch!
Kyle and I meet for lunch on most weekdays. I hate eating lunch at the office because no matter where I eat, it feels like I’m still working. I don’t really consider it a “break”. So I like to get out of the office, drive with my music loud, and chat with my husband for a few minutes. Our most common lunch spots are currently Quizno’s and Spicy Pickle. Today I ate a beef bacon & cheddar bullet from Quizno’s.
Dinner!
Oh, the most haphazard part of my day! Sometimes I will plan to cook. I try to do this two nights a week, but in the summer I really lack motivation. Otherwise we don’t really think about it until Kyle gets home from work. Right now it’s pretty rare that all three of us eat at the same time. We find that Andrew eats much better if it’s a bit later (at least 6:00p) and he actually also does a lot better if nobody’s paying attention to him (he has a tendency to clown around if we’re all there). If I cook something that all of us are eating, we’re all at the table at dinnertime. This happened the other night when I made chipotle-honey chicken fingers (non-chipotle-honey for Andrew), rice, and peas. Otherwise, usually Kyle and I will grab our dinner first, then Andrew eats a bit after we do.
Like I said, I grew up eating whatever, whenever. It’s hard for me to shake that, so I’ll still just make myself a quick sandwich or a quesadilla (okay, Kyle’s the quesadilla-maker) and scarf it down before Andrew’s dinnertime.





Laura, 28 years old

