Finding The Perfect Weight Loss Lunch

WilliamAndersonLMHC
WilliamAndersonLMHC Posts: 117 Member
edited May 2017 in Health and Weight Loss
A Whopper, fries and a Coke can be 1500 calories. My BLT shown below is only 250.
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What's your perfect weight loss lunch? How many calories in it?
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  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Today my lunch is leftover chicken breast (180g baked w/ seasoning), cous cous and sauteed asparagus. 352 cals.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    edited May 2017
    OMG, I love BLTs so freaking much!! I could eat them every single day.

    My lunch is typically this:

    Lean roast beef and 2% cheese slice w/ spinach and tomato slice and bit of spicy brown mustard on an Arnolds Sandwich Thin. A honeycrisp apple and some Reduced Fat Cheez-Its. It's about 450 calories. (my base limit per day is 1450) Keeps be going all afternoon.

    Sometimes instead of roast beef/cheese I make a low-fat tuna salad.
  • lexmb1
    lexmb1 Posts: 17 Member
    I make lunch bowls: today's perfect lunch:
    1st layer: 1 cup green beans
    2nd layer: 1/4 cup quinoa
    3rd layer: 1/3 cup of chick peas
    Top layer: 1 cup of cooked cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers, 0.5 tbsp olive oil and a huge heap of parsley.
    Total calories: 340 :-) YUM!

    Add a side of Lebanese cucumbers and a mango.. MMMM! with an added 110 calories.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    lexmb1 wrote: »
    I make lunch bowls: today's perfect lunch:
    1st layer: 1 cup green beans
    2nd layer: 1/4 cup quinoa
    3rd layer: 1/3 cup of chick peas
    Top layer: 1 cup of cooked cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers, 0.5 tbsp olive oil and a huge heap of parsley.
    Total calories: 340 :-) YUM!

    Add a side of Lebanese cucumbers and a mango.. MMMM! with an added 110 calories.

    Yum...I'm totally stealing this. Do you roast or steam the green beans first?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Usually chicken breast. Either on a salad, or in a wrap, or with rice or cous cous and broccoli.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited May 2017
    Turkey and Swiss, egg salad, chicken salad or peanut butter/jelly... I have one of these four sammiches every day.

    eta and my sammiches are quite healthy.
  • DanniB423
    DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
    Now I want a BLT instead of my salad.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Is that mayo? Did you weigh it? Because looks a heck of a lot more than would bring this in at 250. Would be interested in the breakdown (I'll let you off on the lettuce and tomato).

    Guessing light mayo... So 150 calories of bread (those look like tiny slices), 10 calories of tomato and lettuce, maybe 40 calories of mayo (looks like more though, even for light mayo), 2 slices of bacon... 265 calories.

    Not gonna lie though, I'd still be hungry if it's all I had for lunch.
  • lioness803
    lioness803 Posts: 325 Member
    I don't like lettuce or tomato, so definitely not perfect for me.
    I just had a portion of rotini, and a cucumber for a "perfect" lunch for my needs. (well, my first lunch, because my work schedule is stupid and I end up eating 2 lunches most days)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    TR0berts wrote: »
    Considering you compared a large sandwich, side, and a drink (ostensibly not diet) to a small sandwich, I'd say the comparison is pretty close to worthless.

    Also, considering the BLT has very little protein, the Whopper (no mayo), small fries, and diet soda would be a much better "weight loss" lunch for me.

    Pretty much this....
  • watts6151
    watts6151 Posts: 905 Member
    I have 2 lunches, both chicken, rice
    And hot sauce
  • Tried30UserNames
    Tried30UserNames Posts: 561 Member
    edited May 2017
    I love a good BLT, with lots of mayo and bacon, maybe some avocado. And the tomatoes must come from the guy at the farmer's market who has the best, most delicious tomatoes ever.

    But mine are more than 250 calories because I pile them fuller than yours.

    Mostly, I like lunch around 300-400 calories, the same as my dinner. Breakfast is my biggest meal.

    I don't eat Burger King or Coke, but I think you can get a Whopper Junior w/ cheese and Diet Coke for around 350 calories.
  • abbynormalartist
    abbynormalartist Posts: 318 Member
    Leftover shrimp stir fry with cauliflower rice - less than 200 calories - so tasty!
  • leajas1
    leajas1 Posts: 823 Member
    edited May 2017
    For the next two weeks, mine will be homemade chicken fajitas: chicken breast, red/green pepper roasted in a little olive oil and fajita seasoning, topped with Greek yogurt and wrapped up.

    ETA: 253 calories
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Put some turkey on it to make it a club and then it would be perfect. By itself though? That's not enough for me.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    People on 300 calories for lunch. I hope you're just saving calories for dinner because personally I'd still be famished!
  • lgill1127
    lgill1127 Posts: 47 Member
    edited May 2017
    My go-to is dinner leftovers, but when I don't have any leftovers I typically have:

    1) Prepped at home wrap and side salad:
    -70 cal high fiber low carb tortilla
    -1.5 or 2 oz deli turkey
    -various toppings depending on my mood.
    +BBQ themed with raw red onion, 2 tbsp low fat mozzarella cheese, 0.5 oz raw spinach, and 1 tbsp BBQ sauce
    +Mediterranean themed with 1 oz reduced fat feta, 0.5 oz raw spinach, cucumber, red onion, and 1 tbsp eggplant hummus
    +French-esque with 1 tbsp goat cheese, cucumber, 0.5 oz raw spinach, and 1 tsp whole-grain mustard
    +American-sandwich themed with 2 tbsp reduced fat cheddar or 30g avocado, shredded romaine lettuce, and either 1 tbsp fat free mayo+1tsp dijon OR mix the avocado with 1 tsp sriracha.
    - a side salad of 1 oz raw spinach, cucumber, carrots, and bell pepper with 1 tbsp Italian or Miso dressing. Sometimes I'll add feta cheese if there was none added to the wrap (but not to the Miso-dressed salad :neutral: ).

    OR

    2) Whole Foods salad bar (typically under $6)
    -small size paper box filled with
    +1.5 cups romaine lettuce
    +2 oz canned tuna
    +1 oz pickled onion (if available) or 1 oz yellow beets
    +1/4 cup raw broccoli florets
    +1/3 cup marinated white beans
    +1 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese
    +1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
    +1 tsp Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar
    -sometimes I'll add a little package (70cal) of Rustic Bakery crackers if I'm feeling peckish.

    I try to keep it at 250-350cal on average. Also - that BLT looks so tasty!!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I generally have a 400-500 calorie lunch. 250 calories would not be enough.

    I typically have a sandwich, salad or dinner leftovers for lunches. Today is beans and rice with a salad.
    At a burger place a regular burger, side salad with vinaigrette dressing and an unsweetened iced tea fits my lunch calorie goal just fine.
  • eok902
    eok902 Posts: 56 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    I have nothing against your sandwich (even though I hate tomatoes). But I have a big problem with your wording.

    This.

    Also-subtle advertising is not so subtle here.

    As noted by these guys the OP is basically unsolicited spam to point to his aforementioned article elsewhere online. That's why it's so cringefully worded.
  • lgill1127
    lgill1127 Posts: 47 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    People on 300 calories for lunch. I hope you're just saving calories for dinner because personally I'd still be famished!

    Not always the case with having a higher-cal dinner- I'm a snacker so I save some cals for little snacks throughout the day :smile:
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited May 2017
    I don't have just one lunch that I always eat (I like more variety with lunch than breakfast and I have more than one breakfast), but one I often have is salad with some kind of protein. Also leftovers from dinner. Quite varied--I don't really get the idea of a "perfect" weight loss lunch--and usually around 450 calories, although at maintenance 600 or so would be reasonable. I also prefer to have 30+ grams of protein, although I don't always, and a good amount of vegetables, so the BLT wouldn't work for me on either of those scores.

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