Packing food for the workday

While preparing our food for tomorrow's workday this evening, I realized something.  I hate to prepare all of the various foods, but I am so thankful for them during the workday. 

This is a hard thing to reconcile for sure.  I spend between 30 and 45 minutes each night preparing food for the next day.  This time doesn't include the time I spend entering the information into my Weight Watchers Points Plus Tracker. 

The benefits of packing lunch far outweigh the "inconvenience":

• I spend a lot less money.  I tend to purchase items on sale or make big batches of soup or leftovers for lunch.
• I know how to track the Points Plus values of foods I pack.  When I eat in restaurants, I have to guess how many servings, how many teaspoons/tablespoons of sauce, how many ounces of meat, etc.
• I actually eat a serving, versus several servings, as I measure carefully when packing my lunch at home.
• I save a lot of time.  If I am eating out at work, I have to decide where I am going, get there, wait in line/be waited on, and get back to work. 

My normal day:

• Breakfast (usually have 2 clementines or 1 banana with one of the choices below)
• Quaker Butter Flavored Grits; Cabot Mini Cheddar Cheese and/or 4 slices Hormel Natural Choice Honey Ham (4-5 points +) 
• 2 slices Nature's Own 35-calorie wheat bread with 3 ounces Boar's Head 47% reduced sodium deli turkey, 1 slice 2% milk Sharp Cheddar cheese, and less than 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard (5 points +)
• Better Oats Oat Revolution, Maple and Brown Sugar or Cinnamon and Spice (5 points +)
• Snack (will sometimes add a piece of fruit if I am feeling overly "munchy")
• Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars - Oats 'N Dark Chocolate; Maple Brown Sugar; Cinnamon; Oats 'N Honey (5 points +)
• Kellogg's Fiber Plus bar - Caramel Coconut Fudge (tastes almost like a Girl Scout Samoa cookie!) or Chocolate Chip (3 points +)
• Oikos 0% fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt with 27 grams/0.5 cup of Kashi GoLean Crunch mixed in (it's like a party in your mouth!) (4 points +)
• Lunch (if I didn't eat fruit with morning snack, I normally have it with lunch - watermelon, apple, banana, strawberries, grapes)
• Homemade Brunswick Stew, Homemade Chili, or other soup with a sandwich (above; 10-13 points +)
• Homemade Brunswick Stew, Chili, or other soup with cheese toast (9-12 points +)
• HUGE salad with 4 ounces sauteed shrimp, 0.5 cup black beans, 0.25 cup 2% milk Sharp Cheddar shredded cheese, and 3 tablespoons of Kraft Light Done Right Balsamic dressing (7 points +)
• Leftovers (6 to 12 points +)
• Snack
• BIG salad with 4 slices Hormel Natural Choice Honey Ham, 0.25 cup 2% milk Sharp Cheddar shredded cheese, and 2-3 tablespoons Kraft Light Done Right Balsamic dressing (5 points +)
• Oikos 0% fat Strawberry Greek Yogurt with 27 grams/0.5 cup of Kashi GoLean Crunch mixed in (4 points +)
• Cut veggies with 4 tablespoons of Trader Joe's Hummus (3 points +)
• Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars - Oats 'N Dark Chocolate; Maple Brown Sugar; Cinnamon; Oats 'N Honey (5 points +)
• Kellogg's Fiber Plus bar - Caramel Coconut Fudge (tastes almost like a Girl Scout Samoa cookie!) or Chocolate Chip (3 points +)
• Dinner - some of our current favorites are below (7-13 points + with side(s))
• Shepherd's Pie, Lightened Up
• Turkey Cutlets with Parmesan Crust
• Chicken Piccata
• Chicken Parmesan
• Dijon Pork Cutlets
• Polenta Tamale Pie
• Baked Ziti with Spinach
• Baked Ziti
• Brown Rice and Black Bean Casserole
• and MANY MORE!

So.... Here's the question:  Do you ever grow weary of planning and/or packing meals?  How do you move past it?  I need some inspiration from all of y'all!