What do you take to work for lunch?

margaretcape

Take a boiled egg and a piece of double fiber bread. With some pickles on the side and an apple you can have an easy and healthy lunch!

mandi_spicer

I take my lunch for budget and nutrition reasons.

Amy's soups are good with salsa chips or crackers. Tuna salads on whole wheat (I'm a pescan). A salad. I've reheated homemade veggie quesadillas and omelets and they were good! I usually bring nuts or fruit to eat as a side or snack. The main thing for me is preparing it the night before so it's ready to go in the morning. Good luck!

fiferize

a home made salad with lots of stuff in it. Things that crunch and squirt and have a lot of flavor, like pickles, cucumbers, cutie oranges, a tiny bit of avacado (too much fat), carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, red onion,, red cabage and some protien, like a boiled sliced up 1/2 chicken breast. Fresh fruit on the side. I use Wish Bone Balsamic Spritzer only 1 cal per spray for dressing.

you have to be very organized to pull this off.

the processed meals are not so good for you!

badmoon81

My work requires me to stay in a dorm room with no kitchen for about 14 days a month; I have a microwave and a mini fridge. For those days, I drink the GNC Lean Shake in Swiss Chocolate for lunch, then I have raw veggies and hummas for a snack a bit later. I do the GNC Lean Shake 25 (added protein) in the morning after a workout. They only have 3 grams of fat and 3 grams of sugar per serving, and the serving is 200 calories. It tastes pretty good and it fills you up. I always feel AMAZING and high energy all day when I drink them.

If I'm at home, I will pick stuff out of The Abs Cookbook; I love the horseradish wrap with lots of veggies and 2 pieces of turkey.

mandi_spicer

I love seaweed snacks!!

UrbanLotus

badmoon those shakes sound good, I'll try that!

Epernini0703

Stay away from the frozen meals if you can! They are highly processed and full of sodium and other garbage. I usually bring tuna with egg whites.tomatos. cucumbers and tofu - or a loaded romaine/spinach salad topped with the same and more goodies I always use balsamic vinegar as well I always make my lunch for work the night before so I do not have to worry about it in the morning!

sally414

I usually change it up every week.

Last week: Flat Out wrap with cream cheese, turkey, veggies.

This week: Salad with apples, gorgonzola, walnuts, and raspberry dressing.

I also like to make a big vat of soup on Sunday at eat it throughout the week.

srenea9

If I dont have time in the mornings I also take Lean Cuisines. But usually leftovers from the night before....Chili (made with lots of veggies), Soup, Grilled chicken salad, Grilled chicken & veggies, tuna fish, I have also made oatmeal for lunch. & of course sandwiches.

JEG2012

I usually do light Progresso Soup, 4 oz protein and 2-3 cups of vegis. Not exciting but keeps me on the straight and narrow.

Epernini0703

Also, greek yogurt and fresh cut veggies with hummus or an apple

tinalatina

I always take either a homemade Energy soup, some spring mix, boiled eggs, cheese, and fruit of some sorts. Also greek yogurt for snack. You should my office fridge! Its stocked up with all my foods. hahah

yummymummy65

I bring literally the same thing to work everyday. Morning Snack: Half large Fuji Apple with 3/4 cups FF Plain Yogurt with Chia Seeds and Ground Flax. Lunch: 2 Jaime Eason's Turkey Muffins (I made mine smaller - they are about 200 cals for both) plus some steamed Greens. My other lunch option is Grilled Salmon with steamed greens. Afternoon Snack: Quest Protein Bar.

I'm one of those people who can eat the same thing everything for months on end. I never seem to get tired of it. And yes... my lunch bag is full of tupperware! lol!

Ultragirl2374

Salad with precooked chicken pieces, left over stir fry from last night's dinner, Healhty Choice microwave dinners, veggies with a little ranch dressing and a slice of roast turkey breast, hummus on a whole wheat wrap...

concordancia

First, I keep pistachios, a pouch of Madras lentils, a can of tuna fish and a kashi go lean bar in my desk for emergencies or additional snacks. The lentils are in case I only bring in cold food and need a warm meal. The HVAC in my office breaks at least once a semester. No excuses to go to the vending machine or across the street, where there is, ironically, a WIC office surrounded by a bakery, a coffee shop, a pizzeria, chinese and a bar and grill.

Snack:
Me: Fruit and nuts

Lunch:
Salad: 2 cups mixed greens, 2 flowerets cauliflower, feta cheese and tuna fish (or deli sliced turkey - turns out it has less sodium than even the low sodium prepackaged ones) sometimes olives. Sometimes I leave off the meat and have lentils or a lean cuisine - a lot more calories for when I need them. In our house, whoever gets moving first makes two of these. His has a little more of everything, always olives and a smattering of cranberries.

It's going to be a late night:
Lean Cuisine with an additional fruit or vegetable.

Lean Cuisines are high in sodium and added sugar, and all the ones currently in my freezer have some kind of processed soy, but darn they are convenient and they have a few that I thoroughly enjoy. Plus, there have been some really good deals on them lately.

sruckstuhl

I eat every two hours. It is the best way to speed up your metabolism and I never get that "starving" feeling. So lunch isn't usually huge. I have no time in the mornings, so what I do is make a big meal on Sunday that will usually serve as my lunch for that week, either a bunch of chicken to put on salads, or maybe some spaghetti squash with grilled chicken, fresh basil, garlic and cherry tomatoes.

Try and stay away from Lean Cuisines and canned soup because they are processed and LOADED with sodium. Just eat REAL food and you usually can't go wrong!

Also, on Monday I bring 10 snacks to work (5 morning snacks, and 5 afternoon snacks) Usually that looks something like: 3 apples, 2 pears, 5 cheese sticks, a bag of raw almonds, a pint of blueberries and a big container of plain Greek yogurt, maybe some Quest protein bars. The key that I learned from a nutritionist is to always combine protein+carbs so eat an apple+cheese or yogurt+blueberries, etc. it keeps you full longer and speeds up your metabolism.

LisaAvasNana

My usual is ham or turkey sammie on 35 cal a slice bread with mustard. Sensible portions veggie chips, fat free tapioca pudding, water. Then for snacks celery, kelloggs pastry crisps brown sugar and cinnamon. I just discovered the flatout origanal white flatbread. I will be eating more of that.

cathywishart3

The good thing about Lean Cuisine is that it will help you know what a normal serving should look like. The bad thing is the salt and other stuff in there you probably want to avoid.
I've gone more vegetarian, so today I took a Portabella mushroom stuffed with diced tomatoes, onions, herbs, and topped with skim mozzarella. HOWEVER, I'm having trouble being over on carbs and low on protein.
What kinds of foods do you like?

Kadesha72

I make sure to bring along 2 snacks for mid-morning and mid-afternoon (one is usually fruit, the other veggies...usually) and for lunch I have soup and a hard boiled egg, or a small can of tuna or chicken with a Tbsp of mayo, a stalk of celery mixed in, a little pepper, and a hard boiled egg. That's most days. Every now and then I splurge and maybe have something healthy eating out, but usually the stress of finding that one thing is too much and I just bring my lunch. LOL

cnlargent

Today I ate a Gordon's Tilapia filet, an activia yogurt (high on sugars, but we were out of greek at home), and a spinach and romaine salad with grape tomatoes and balsamic viniagrette dressing