Good low calorie ideas for lunch?

pictureperfect101

Something easy and something you could take to school

mcsolis

one of my favorate for lunch is chicken salad and crackers or tuna salad

pattycake118

I like to make a garden salad and bring one of those small tins of seasoned tuna. The tuna itself is usually 80-110 calories.

A sandwich on light rye bread with lots of greens and some protein, and carrots on the side.

I knew a girl who would bring two hard boiled eggs in her lunch.

Pink_turnip

I like making sandwiches on a half of one of the Italian sub buns from superstore, and then packing A LOT of fruit and veggies with it. I like to snack throughout the day, so the veggies keep me away from the vending machine, and then I'm not super hungry when I eat my sandwich, so I stay filled up.

Perfectlycrooked

Zucchini salad, my favorite(:

pictureperfect101

Thanks guys

mamagooskie

Hummus and rice crackers. Salad with a hardboiled egg.

sportsjunkee70

I like to make a tuna salad and eat it on celery sticks

babylemonade

Hummus and rice crackers. Salad with a hardboiled egg.

Ooh hardboiled egg. I didn't think of that. Tuna on top of salad is also good.

My specialty is avocado sandwiches. I toast 2 slices of honey wheat bread, smash up half an avocado and put some spices on it, garlic, salt, pepper, then top it with a tomato slice. And I usually eat the rest of the tomato on the side.

OneLostSock

A salad and pitta bread with herbs and a light cheese spread is lovely.

Melba_T

Do you have access to a microwave? I like to have an under-400 calorie frozen lunch plus a bunch of fresh vegetables (carrot sticks, etc.).

wedjul05

Anything with a morocaan style cous cous is nice.

whisperingdragon

Cucumbers. Just cucumbers. Slice and put in ziplock bag. That's what I do.:flowerforyou:

risefromruin

My favorite lunch by far is brown rice cakes with some type of nut butter and a sliced banana on top. Add a side of veggies to it as well. So yummy!

mummyflippers

Make a fritatta/spanish omlette with lots of veggies in it - courgette, peppers, onions are good (Make it without cheese, or use a little low fat cheese if you really want some). Then when its cold slice into wedges and pack into a lunch box with a nice salad too. Yum!

Louise x

sophiejewry

Loads of salad - there is hardly any calories in lettuce and cucumber so pile your plate high with that!
I then add what I fancy.

What works for me is to keep the food in the fridge (I'll use cheese as an example) cut up to measure that work with my calorie counting for example I bought a pack of cheese, 400g, I then chopped it into 50g chunks so I know when I open the fridge that I can have one chunk and it's 50g - easy to log then on myfitness pro. When in fact I've been trying to limit myself to 25g chunks to get my fix but save on the kcals and fat!

This works with most stuff. That way I can add dressing and another item - eg grated cheese, feta, tuna, ham, salami, olives, peppers.. etc and I know that the meal will come in under 200/300 kcals - leaving a decent amount for my evening meal but still filling me up for lunch.

This of course becomes trickier in the winter when you really don't want to be eating salad for lunch.. but then I guess I'll be looking for nice veggy recipes instead then!

Bulk up on veg then add a little of something delicious - works a treat!

Gennawest

Not sure if you like peppers and spice but this is a good-- low fat-- low sodium lunch.

One can of chicken (or half of can)
Half of a bell pepper chopped
One Jalenpeno Chopped
4 Sticks of Green Onion Sliced
One Serrano CHopped

Mix together, you can eat with wheat thins or crackers if you would like.

Delish and Filling!