One change I made when I first began this journey was to switch from eating lunch out to bringing my own lunch to work.  Before, I had every excuse in the world (which seems to be a pattern that reinforces staying overweight) not to take my lunch – I didn’t have time to make my own lunch, I enjoyed leaving the office for a little while in the middle of the day, the office refrigerator smelled like gym socks, etc.  But then I realized the benefits of taking my own lunch to work were many.  It gave me more control over calories, portion, and nutrition, it was MUCH more economical than forking over 9 bucks a day for a burrito the size of a cruise missile (and of course the diet soda to cancel that calorie bomb out), and overall, I just felt like I was doing one more thing to take charge of my health. » Read more: Brown Baggin’ It