What do you take to work for lunch?

My favourite at the minute is wraps with ham and salad

Usually leftovers from the night before and a salad.

I take a larger pot with either pasta (wholewheat with tomato based sauce and veggies), home-made vegetable lasagne leftovers, vegetable chilli con carne, cous cous, soup etc. Then I take a small pot for natural yoghurt/peanut butter and a pot of fruit. I usually snack a lot on crisps/sweets/chocolate so the carbs help me feel full and fruit gives me a needed sugar kick.

I've REALLY been on a salad kick for lunches lately. Love 'em! Usually with grilled chicken breast on them. Super yummy with good protein!

Every day I have oatmeal (plain with cinnamon and no sugar) banana, and 2 other pieces of fruit. Everything else varies. Sometimes left over meals and sometimes frozen entrees. And snacks. My calorie goal is high since I am not trying to lose weight and I am increasing my workout routine.

I eat Kashi Go Lean for breakfast that has 13 grams of protein and depending on what milk you eat it with, that is another 8. Then I usually have a Chobani Yogurt Strawberry Banana for a midmorning snack. with 14 grams of protein. Then for lunch I like to eat tuna salad with fat free miracle whip and a little pickle relish. Sometime I eat it with crackers. Hope this helps.

Stephanie E

I don't. Where I work taking food to work is hard, and honestly, I find that the 1 hour off from work helps reduce stress enough that it is worth more to me for that than anything else.
Now, that said, I try to eat as paleo as I can in restaurants. When we go out I TRY to stay away from processed, I try to get a meat, a veggie and a fruit or bread or something. I keep it low cal, a lot of these 550 cal lunches are amazing and still under $10 (still high in sodium though).
While it may no be the BEST, I have lost 30lbs, so I have to figure it is not bad, requires very little preparation on my part, and can adjust for any situation.

I Love home made chicken noodle soup (cook 2 large chicken beasts in chicken stock, take out shred with 2 forks, put it back in, season lots, add sage. Take off the heat and cool. Stir in 3 eggs and some egg noodles. Tub up. The egg and egg noodles will cook through as you nicrowave. Only needs a few minutes. I get egg noodles with spring onions. Really filling. Does 3 portions, around 250 cals and 30g protein per bowl. Not many carbs.

Home made pea and ham soup. Smoked bacon works great with this. Got protein from the peas and the bacon and lots of fiber in the peas to keep you full. 250 cals per bowl and 20+ protein. Not many carbs.

Tuna / chicken or egg salad

I'm a huge fan of a big bowl of Greek yogurt (fage... Great macros) with a little drizzle of honey and some berries.

Zara x

Same thing every day. I throw baby salad greens in a tupperware container, shake on a tablespoon of Lite Caesar dressing and throw a chunk of meat on top. I take this and an apple. The only thing that varies is the meat. I keep a few cans of tuna in my bag in case there's no meat in the fridge in the morning.

I work 2nd shift as a nurse
Lean Pocket
Raw carrots
Diet Coke
Water
A little something chocolate to stave off the craving

This lentil soup is pretty tasty with a salad or sandwich of your choice.



Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sat Fat Fiber




Oil - Olive, 2 tablespoon 239 0 27 0 4 0

Yellow Onion, 1 (medium) 40 5 0 1 0 2

3 Garlic Clove, (3.0 g) 12 3 0 1 0 0

Spices - Cumin, 1.5 tsp 12 1 1 1 0 0

Chicken Broth, 5.5 cup 83 6 0 11 0 0

Red Lentils, 1 cup (57 g) 600 108 0 44 0 28

Baby Arugula, (6 oz.) 53 8 0 3 0 3


Total: 1039 131 31 63 4 33

Per Serving: (4) 260 33 8 16 1 8


I also like to mix a can of solid white tuna with a whole Haas avocado with a squeeze of fresh lime. My wife and I each take half and use it in a salad.

I take Aldi's Fit and Active Stuff sandwiches- Southwest Veggie and baked chips. I only have 30 mins for my lunch break and it 30 mins feel like 2 mins sometime. The sandwich takes 2 mins to heat up and it is tasty. It is a win win situation for me!

Almost always a sandwich, often a salad, and sometimes greek yogurt. Snackythings, fruit, baby carrots, almonds, and sometimes soup. I've done wraps before, cold leftovers....I'm a little limited because I don't use the microwave at work.

In the summer sometimes I bring soup, and I heat it by putting it on my dashboard on break, two hours later it's hot and ready for lunch.. hahahhaa..

Salad and fruit, and im getting bored of it real fast!

Gonna steal the ideas off this thread.

Bookmarked.

I take Aldi's Fit and Active Stuff sandwiches- Southwest Veggie and baked chips. I only have 30 mins for my lunch break and it 30 mins feel like 2 mins sometime. The sandwich takes 2 mins to heat up and it is tasty. It is a win win situation for me!

Those Aldi sandwiches are great!!! Just as good, if not better, than Lean Pockets! Especially the price is great!