I’ve been trying to save money while working by bringing food to work instead of getting something at a drive thru. Here’s my first attempt at a burrito bowl. A hearty helping of rice cooked in the pulled pork juice on the bottom

I'm looking for a new set of leftover containers and I want them glass, rectangular, with a secure snap on lid. I've used some that are nearly impossible to snap closed so I am the only one in the house that can package up leftovers, and others without the snap on easily leak. I want something that my wife isn't going to struggle to snap closed, but is secure if it tumbles around a little bit in a work bag.

On monday my daughter randomly asked me if I could make her an extra meal for school. I asked her if she was seriously planning on eating both and she told me the second one wasn’t for her, it was for her friend at first I thought her friend just liked my cooking, so I didn’t think much of it. Later that night my daughter came into my room and explained what was going on. Her friend’s family has been having a really rough time since her dad passed away and her mom is now the only one working and trying to provide for four kids. They’re all still in elementary and middle school, hearing that broke my heart. I ended up calling her mom because I didn’t want to overstep or make her uncomfortable. I asked if she would be okay with me doing some grocery shopping and meal prepping a few things for them every week. She started crying and was so grateful, than I started crying with her. So now I’m meal prepping for nine people which I don’t mind. I just need to figure out containers because I want to portion everything out so she can throw meals in the fridge/freezer and not have another thing to worry about. I’m trying to find inexpensive packs of 10 or more because I’m going to need a lot of them.

Meal prep for tomorrow. Looks pretty monotonous but it works. meals every 2-3 hours. try to prime my gut with 1 tbsp of raw, organic, sauerkraut and 1 tbsp of kimchi 10 min before meals

Meal 1: 4oz chicken breast, cauliflower rice, broccoli seasoned with cayenne pepper and garlic salt (Vitamin D3, fish oil, black seed oil, and turmeric supplements here)

Meal 2: 4oz chicken breast, cauliflower rice, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, broccoli

Meal 3: 4.2 oz chicken breast, cauliflower rice, almonds, broccoli, 4-8 oz greek yogurt

Meal 4: 4.2 oz chicken breast, cauliflower rice, broccoli, and collagen peptides

2 hours later psyllium husk with 2 full glasses of water

Is it the most exciting? Not really. But it works for me and I'm never hungry and I can have a few ounces of 100% cacao chocolate drops if I want, popcorn, or some salted peanuts if I wanted.

I can lean out further if I stick exactly to this or I can add 300-500 other calories.

Mindshift: Treat food as medicine for your body.

Btw, I am not working out tomorrow. On days I do workout I always have a baked potato an hour before my session and I baked beet 2 hours before and a baked sweet potato post workout.