High School Makes It Diffucult

Buy an insulated thermos and then you could bring low cal. soups. Tuna is good...either with saltines or on whole wheat bread ( more filling this way)

You could find low cal bread and turkey or some kind of lunch meat and make a sandwich. I had a corned beef on rye bread with mustard the other day for breakfast...200 calories.... You could also carry fruit to go with your sandwich or some low fat crackers like Triscuits or something. Best of luck and Congratulations!! on your graduation!! Make sure you ENJOY your last few months in high school!!! :bigsmile:

Also, there is some sugar free Jello products out there that are pretty good!! Pudding has 60 calories I think and the Jello itself has like 10 :flowerforyou:

I teach at a high school and while I do have access to a microwave I rarely have the time to use it.

For lunch I usually take some low fat cheese, apples, strawberries, a turkey sandwich, baked cheetos, and some almonds or walnuts.

That holds me over until 2:45pm and then I can have a better snacky when I get home before I go to the gym.

There are some new plastic containers out there that hold your warm food and keep it warm for up to 6 hours or something like that. Could be a great idea for soups and what not.

Congrats on your upcoming graduation! It looks like there are lots of great suggestions here. What I'd like to add that it seems that life in general makes it difficult to be on a diet... whether you're in high school, at work, on holidays, out with friends, etc. There are always going to be obstacles to your healthy eating and exercising efforts and I think it's fantastic that you're interested in learning strategies at a young age. It will set you up for success as you get older. Also, I watched Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution last week where he's trying to make a difference in elementary schools, but hopefully he can get to high schools. There should be microwaves! I wonder if it's something you could approach a teacher about? Microwaves are not very expensive nowadays and there's probably other students who could benefit from having them. Good luck!

Healthy sandwiches, fruit, cheese, greek yogurt, nuts, etc. I often eat leftovers from dinner the night before. I refrigerate them overnight and keep them in my desk until it's time to eat lunch. No microwave necessary, really.

It's not high school that makes it difficult. What do you think those of us who work 8 (or more) hours a day do? :laugh: It's just life and when you want something, there are ways to achieve it. I work 8.30am-9pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Here's an example of my meal plan for a day like that --

breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal & 1tbs peanut butter for breakfast (I mix in a tiny bit of protein powder as well) - have this before you leave home in the morning or take a portable breakfast with you (boiled egg, & peanut butter toast for example)
morning snack:100g strawberries & 1 Babybel cheddar (it's a little individually wrapped piece of cheese)
lunch: last night's leftovers (chicken, broccoli, and rice would be one generic/boring example -- this varies like crazy)
afternoon snack: greek yogurt

Then I drive from one job to the next at 5pm.
While driving (tsk tsk) I eat a luna protein nutrition bar

Then I get home from work at 9.30pm.
dinner: 5oz chicken, 150g baked potato with 1/2tbs butter and 2oz plain greek yogurt, 100g garlic roasted asparagus
dessert: 1/2 cup frozen yogurt with 50g strawberries

Note that in this example I went from 8.30am-9pm eating healthy without ever touching a microwave/oven/stove/refrigerator!

Two points.

Firstly, exercise needs to part of your strategy. You have to balance what you eat with what you do. There's no way around this, its part of human physiology. Homework might make it hard to find time, but that's part of life too.

Secondly, I understand that teenagers don't have the same nutritional needs as adults. I assume you're 17-18 if you're about to graduate, so the difference should be minor, but you should be aware the targets set by MFP may not be suitable for you (they probably wont be too far away though). This is an excellent site, but you should also see if you can find nutritional information specifically for your age group.