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meal prepped for once

Decided to actually meal prep this week instead of just thinking about it for the 100th time.

Made 4 containers on Sunday — rice, chicken, roasted veggies — figured that’d get me through to Wednesday at least. It barely survived to Tuesday.

Turns out I just… don’t really like eating the same thing 4 days straight, who knew (probably everyone but me).

The part that actually helped was the money side though. I wasn’t stopping at the corner store every night after work anymore, which was where most of it was quietly disappearing.

Spent about $22 on groceries for the whole batch, which is less than what 2 “just grabbing something” nights usually cost me!

Not doing the exact same batch again, but I think I’ll keep some version going. Smaller next time, maybe 2 containers instead of 4, so I’m not staring at the same lunch by day two.

dog, chihuahua, yawning

My hands are still kind of sore from a knitting mishap a couple days ago, so chopping veggies for an hour wasnt exactly fun, but it got done.

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  • Good Enough Skin11.05 23:48

    same, eating the same food gets old fast

  • SleepyOtter11.05 23:50

    That money part hits for me too, noticing where it quietly goes ends up mattering way more than whatever food actually sits in the containers.

  • honeyoatmeal11.06 02:31

    mine only made it 3 days too, by day 3 I was so sick of chicken I ordered pizza

  • WellnessWanderer11.06 03:40

    how many nights a week was the corner store thing happening before? mine was like 4x and only 2 meals instead of 4 stuck better for me

  • BlanketFort11.06 03:59

    $22 for a whole week of food makes me want to track my own takeout spending for 30 days and see where it actually goes

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