On the second day of takeout, my true love gave to me....Pizza!
Since the time in which the Dominos commercial came
on the radio during your morning commute, pizza has been on your mind. Around lunch time, you hear the
Dominos announcer's words re-play in your head..”Try our new hot, pan pizza made with hand-pressed golden crust, sprinkled with not one…but two layers of cheese.” As
you stare down at your painstakingly bland lunch, you grow angry at your yogurt…furious
that is not pizza.
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And so your day revolves around keeping your “eye
on the prize”… with your prize being a big ol’ pizza pie after work. The next two hours on the clock tick by painstakingly slow, until finally, its
5pm and you can go home for the day! And so you s
troll out the doors with a feeling of sheer glee, much like this..
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Your fingers begin dialing instinctively as
you reach your car, and you hurriedly recite your take-out order to the
teenager on the phone. Driving home, you
instinctively you automatically reach your hand into the piping hot bag of
cinnamon breadsticks and pull off bite-sized pieces to snack on during your
5-minute ride home.
When you enter your house, the rest
becomes a blur. Your keys and wallet are thrown in some place in which they
will be difficult to find tomorrow, while you leave your coat on and lazily sink
into the couch cushions. You flip on the TV, place the pizza box in your lap,
and for lack of better phrasing, "stuff yo dam face."Suddenly, after watching
a 2 hour episode of the Voice, you wake up from your transfixed food coma; looking
down at the left over crumbs as a reminder of the work you did.
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And so you make a silent promise to yourself that you will cook a healthy dinner tomorrow and wake up early to workout. But, I’m here to tell you tips for not living in fear of the “takeout monster”. Takeouts gonna happen, and you know what I think it should happen.
I think a huge part of living a
healthy life, is the “living life” part. I don’t like to spend time beating
myself up for what I “coulda shoulda woulda” done. I just don’t have the time
to make a healthy green juice for breakfast, pack the perfect lunch, and steam
salmon served alongside perfectly portioned brown rice and freshly picked
vegetables for dinner. What I find is that when I become fixated on meal
planning, I become completely fearful of living life. For instance, if my
friend calls to go get dinner and we haven’t caught up in awhile, I’m not going
to be scared of going out to eat. I’d much rather follow my rules (without
announcing them to the world…besides on the blog ofcourse) and enjoy a fun
filled night. I sure as heck, am not going to waste the valued time for
conversation by spending time complaining “I can’t believe I just ate that.” If
I did, I wouldn’t be surprised that I was no longer on their rolodex. In fact,
I have taken a few people out of mine for those exact reasons.
Your free time is your free time
so it should be spent enjoying a night off from cooking every once in awhile.
You guys voted for Pizza and so here are your 5 tips for ordering healthy Pizza
takeout, along with my 3 go-to takeout orders.
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| Soup pic: Carabas, Salad pic: Olive Branch, Veggie Pizza: Ktuu.pickem.net, Wrap pic: Reluctant Entertainer |
Below is
your daily dose of inspiration inspired by my best friend Kim. She is a “go-to” phone call I make each day. Often we make last minute plans to hangout on a Weekday night we both have free, and very often these nights include take-out pizza. She
recently had engagement photos taken with her fiancé EJ, and I love how they
came out!
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| Courtesy of Brittany Taylor, Borderland State Park 2013 |
