Goal
The goal of Lunch It, Punch It is to pack ten lunches before eating lunch out.
A loyalty card for your health and wealth. What began as a fun challenge among friends turned into a website to be shared with others who enjoy achieving goals. You’ve always got a friend at Lunch It Punch It cheering you on, but recruiting a local friend makes it more fun and accountable. Print the official Lunch It, Punch It cards and track your progress at home (or in the office).
Remember there are no hard and fast rules, but the ones that work for you whether you eat your packed lunch at home or work.
Keep following this blog and join the conversations on Twitter and Facebook. Bloggers, let your friends know you are going to Pack a Lunch to Punch a Goal by grabbing the button code on the right and proudly display it on your website.
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What a great idea
I am still amazed at my co-workers who go out to eat almost everyday. They also walk to the gas station and buy pop and snacks. I saw their vitamin water in the fridge one day. It said $1.79 on it!
I know what you mean, Emmy, the library has public soda and snack machines. Snacks are $0.75-$1 and soda is $1.25. Expensive, high-processed foods. Of course, if it served apples and carrots, the few who eat those foods wouldn’t justify that cost either and it would spoil
I love this idea. I’m totally going to do it.
So… question though. Why do leftovers from restaurants not count?
Tela,
Lin decided that was a rule and she’ll have to weigh in why (I secretly think she wishes she wasn’t so harsh-ha!).
Truth is we’re not the lunch-packing police and there are times you have delicious restuarant leftovers you’re excited to have for lunch, so do what makes you a lunch-packing superstar. We’re happy to have you join us!
Tela,
Yeah, sometimes I could kick myself for that rule. I felt like I was eating out in a round about way…but there are no hard and fast rules for packing. (It doesn’t always work for me either)Pack what you look forward to eating because that’s what will keep you packing.
I was wondering the same thing, glad Tela asked. Pack what you look forward to eating – that should be a bumper sticker!
So many times I’ll bring my so-so lunch and barely a hint from a co-worker and I bag that brown bag! Oh the dishes I’ve left in the company fridge to wilt and die and become a science experiment!
I know if I just put a little thought into it, I’d do ok because when I’m excited about my packed lunch, I don’t think twice about saying no to an out to eat invite.
I almost bailed today–the kiddo was being obstinate, I was running late, but I thought of you guys, and I stuck to my guns!
I don’t know if I’ll always do the 10 in a row game, just because there are times to catch up with friends who happen to be downtown and oftentimes they provide catered lunch to us here at work, but I am going to try to pack more often than not.
Amy, maybe we’ll make you a button for your blog
Way to go, Tela, love hearing we were part of your busy morning routine!
We understand ten in a row isn’t always possible, but you’ve got the spirit of packing more often not.
Punch it!
OK so this is pretty freakin fantastic. And Amy thank you for making me realize I am not the only one! I’m pretty sure this is still one old funky container in the very back of the fridge that might be mine at work… Altho I’m not sure how healthy this will be if I keep bringing the leftovers the boy cooks with the amount of butter and wine and what not he cooks with lol.
But yay for support systems!!
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Was feeling inspired tonight so made sushi for tomorrow’s lunch! I almost never eat out as have a fear of the bad sandwiches that are sold in my office.
The pics of your lunch on Catlong Sighs look delish! I am going to guess that anyone eating the office sandwiches are going to wish they had your lunch!
Hi again,
I would like to add your button to my website…but first I was curious if your Lunch It Punch It for health and wealth also could encourage ‘waste free lunches’? Like the bamboo To-Go-Ware (http://www.to-goware.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=7)
And their tins or get the small Pyrex containers, Klean Kanteen reusable water bottles (http://www.kleankanteen.com/), my reusable Eco-Napkins, etc. Then – with the 9 packed lunches there are not 9 plastic zip-lock bags being thrown away. Just wondering if this component (the eco-green reduce, reuse recycle) is encouraged with the rest of the goal?
Thanks for your enthusiasm for our website.
The goal is to pack ten lunches and then eat out. We’ve been lunch packers for years so this is a relatively easy idea to implement. For some of our Lunch It friends this is a whole new way of thinking about lunch. Some don’t own lunch bags or are content to reuse a grocery sack. We don’t want to put too many restrictions on what or how one packs because it could be discouraging.
We believe people will find their way to products that make packing their lunch work best for them.
Oh I see. Thanks so much for your reply
I didn’t mean to add the ‘eco / reusable’ terms to your website as a requirement for people’s packed lunches….I meant it could be worded as a simple suggestion – not a requirement. But just added in somewhere as a supportive idea.
Sometimes people have habits and routines because they have not seen a suggestion otherwise or been made aware of alternative options (like SnackTaxi vs Zip-Lock bags). Even though we are very conscious of our eco-footprint and consumption/waste – we are always learning of new ways due to the suggestions of others.
It also grabs the attention of an enormous consumer base for you that otherwise might go unnoticed. If a person is healthy and wealthy already, they see no point in Lunch It Punch It. If a person is healthy, wealthy and throwing away plastic bags, plastic forks, styrofoam cups, etc on a daily basis – this new challenge includes them in your program because it touches on their need. They know they are wasteful – and this helps to give them a way to change that pattern.
I live near La Jolla in Del Mar, San Diego. A large portion of the consumer base here would love the challenge of learning ways to waste less / be more eco-friendly and would have fun with your program!!
It is just that the more healthy / more wealthy part doesn’t fit their need at all. It goes ignored and shrugged off (unfortunately).
I was just trying to add in the interests of a new consumer base to your program
Those who love to see the ‘eco’ part added into any challenge / concept – even as just a slight little suggested option.
I am sure there are plenty of folks who follow you that are already on the reduced eco-footprint track…but many are not and it is not even on their radar yet. I was trying to say that it simply helps people who like to follow brilliant ladies such as yourselves feel encouraged towards good new ideas / practices. Smiles ~ Stacy
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