Week 23: Good bye Breads and Pastas

This week has been pretty big. I started my first teaching job!!! I am teaching summer school where I am a teacher assistant for a drama class in the morning and teach physics in the afternoon. I have 3 students... and one is gone for this week. I have to say it gets a little boring with just two kids. When there is more groups and the kids interact better it gets easier and more exciting.

I decided to do another big resolution this week. The Paleo kind of diet has really interested me a lot lately and seems to be popping up all over. This may be a sign that it is what I should be doing. So, rather than go cold turkey, I am going to try to work towards it. This week I am giving up bread, crackers [no more graham crackers :'( ] and pasta. Now, imagine how hard this is because what are the cheap foods that last in the cupboard? As a college student this is what I would normally go for. How easy is it to live off of peanut butter sandwiches, spaghetti, and ramen noodles? I am going to say that I will have a few cheats. First cheat is Ramen Noodles. Not necessarily out of choice, but I bought a pack of six before I decided on this and they are for my backup when I don't have food or time to cook. Plus, sometimes I just crave soup and noodles are easy and REALLY cheap. The other cheat is (Mac'n'Cheese)2 from the Yard House. MMMMMMMM!!!! Just one plate worth before I leave is all I ask.

So, I bought a lot of chicken, some green beans, some broccoli, and some salad fixings. The other day we grilled and I had the boys grill me up some of my chicken to eat on my salads for lunch. I began drinking a shake from my home business thing which is cheating since it contains dextrose, but it is oh so yummy and fills me up until lunch. Lunch is salads like I said with grilled chicken. For dinner I have been eating my bean soup that I made last weekend and my chicken. Tonight I broke down and bought rice. It is cheap, easy, filling, and can last awhile. I know it isn't ideal thing to fill up on, but I got five pounds of rice for just under five dollars.