Office Worker - Healthy, Easy lunch ideas

PJPrimrose

I work 3, 10 hour shifts as a home heath aide Saturday-Monday. I pack 2 meals, sometimes 3, for my "weekend shift". I use left overs and a ton of fruit ( I love fruit) for my meals. Left overs is a bit of a misnomer. I cook large amounts when I cook on purpose. It cuts back on time, energy use, and figuring out what I'm going to eat. It can be done on a crazy schedule. I have noticed that all adults that aren't on welfare, lazing around all day, have crazy, busy schedules.

thomaszabel

I simply reheat leftovers from the previous night.

asamuels85

Thanks for all the replies, I will absolutely be taking time to go through.

To clarify, I am actually not mumsy at all, wrong sex!

However my routine still stands. I agree with you, I am likely not being diligent enough, potentially a bit lazy. I try to be motivated enough to sort my lunches out. However ideal in theory, it never actually happens. I guess as you say, I should perhaps plan my meals better like srmchan does.

Again thanks all, definite food for thought there (pardon the pun).

Regards

Lee

I also grab tuna, pico de gallo (pre-made from store) and iceburg lettuce. Use the top leaves like a tortilla.
Or i snack on jerky, pepperoni sticks and smoked oysters, string cheese (not recommended if watching sodium or cholesterol) to meet my protein requirements.

I rarely take leftovers, lack of tupperware and planning... good luck!

BigT555

i think sandwiches have a bad rep for little reason. just use whole grain bread, low fat lunch meat and a little cheese. i have one everyday for around 400 cals for lunch

DWBalboa

So I work in an orifice also; a dark, dank, and smelly one at that, with people that would rather spit on you rather than give you a hand, they would stab you in the back in a second but enough about my family life.
One thing that you can do is prepare your meals for the week on the weekend. I’ll make a big helping of tuna fish salad with hardboiled eggs enough to make it through at least the week. I have also made protein pancakes to get me through the week on Sundays which has worked out rather well. I keep protein powder and bars at my desk to augment my meals and various nuts as well. I also try and have a Greek yogurt for every lunch too.
Best wishes hope you find what works for you.
V/r,
DW

pilotkw

I have found if I bring in baggies of small carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and yummy very small tomatoes. I can eat a ton of food and not have it amount to a lot of calories. I feel full and healthy.

srmchan

You had me creme brulee...

Ha! Many years ago, I had a rotational assignment in southern France in the Cannes-Nice area. I lived on brick oven thin crust pizzas, paella, and vanilla crème brûlées. I have 3 different types of crème brûlées in my regular bag o' tricks now: standard vanilla, pumpkin spice, and lemon-blackberry. They're all good and - at best - I can have a single bite when I make them. Made a dozen of the lemon blackberry brûlées last weekend and gave everyone of them away. (That's my secret plan to look thinner... by making everyone else look fatter!)

:-)

Sam

ovi212

lettuce wraps (lettuce, veggies, deli meat, mustard), egg whites (lik e2 min in the microwave), cup of soup (50 cal packages all you need is a mug),

spamarie

When I'm cooking Sunday dinner I cook a load of extra meat to eat cold with my office lunches. I cut them up in advance too. I also peel and slice up a few extra carrots that can happily live in the fridge for a few days. Chuck in some mixed salad leaves and cucumber chunks and I'm done.

When I've been particularly lazy and don't have any cold meats or sliced up veggies to hand, I rely on those individual frozen steam bags with veggies and rice. Microwave for 3 minutes, add some cooked prawns or the emergency tin of tuna that lives in my desk and I'm sorted.

If I literally forgot to bring any food with me, I'll have a jacket potato with half the cheese and a side salad. At least it's high in fibre.