Video! How I pack a whole day's meals with me.

As many of you who are following my vlog know I am out of the house most days of the week for 16-18 hours a day. To avoid eating fast food I pack all of my stuff with me. Here's how I do it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR1OpcLjCvw

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  • Great ideas for meal ideas! Love Torri Hunter also- he used to play for the Twins!
  • tequila09
    tequila09 Posts: 764 Member
    that is awesome!!! how long does it take you to prep everything and do you do it the night before? also how do you keep the apple from turning brown? i need to get a bigger lunch bag!!
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    Neat video....gave me some nice ideas (I don't leave the house but always looking for meal ideas)
  • hiyomi
    hiyomi Posts: 906 Member
    That's a huge lunch box! I have a hard time fitting just my lunch in mine lol and all it is is like tuna salad, chips and a snack
  • Nice!!
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Kinda remind me of how my Mum used to pack my lunch, when I ate lunch, anyway.

    Bravo.
  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
    Good stuff! Doesn't seem like much food @ all tho for a guy your size??
  • MoLivesLuvsLifts
    MoLivesLuvsLifts Posts: 1,161 Member
    AWESOME! Not only do you have variety BUT you have everything portioned out. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
  • HealthierFoodie
    HealthierFoodie Posts: 27 Member
    This is great! So many people say that they don't have time to be healthy but you're proof that it just takes a little extra foresight and planning.
  • JosieRawr
    JosieRawr Posts: 788 Member
    Cool! I need a big bag like that!
    How much protein powder is that?
  • RaineyLaney
    RaineyLaney Posts: 605 Member
    Your lunch bag is about same size as mine and the foods are close. I had to laugh when you pulled out the almonds (I do 15 per serving) and then you got the V8 juice. I LOL'd out loud. If I didn't know better I would think you were into my lunch/dinner foods. I eat most of my food while I am working. I do eat my breakfast at home, but the rest is at work. so I have lunch,dinner, and a couple snacks.

    Great minds think alike :D
  • RaineyLaney
    RaineyLaney Posts: 605 Member
    that is awesome!!! how long does it take you to prep everything and do you do it the night before? also how do you keep the apple from turning brown? i need to get a bigger lunch bag!!

    I add a little lemon juice to my baggie of sliced apples. I don't know what he does, but I will pre bag up my snacks ahead of time. Like 4 or 5 bags at one time of crackers, almonds. I buy mango and weigh it out to 3 oz's and put those from the scale right into baggies. I do the same with my cantulope.. measure it out 1 cup and dump from measuring cup into baggies. then all I have to do is grab the bags, throw into my lunch bag and out the door I go.
  • maeveslim
    maeveslim Posts: 69 Member
    You are very organised and I am glad to hear you eat similarly most days, I do too and it helps me keep on track. Thanks for the video will shamelessly copy some of your ideas :)
  • that is awesome!!! how long does it take you to prep everything and do you do it the night before? also how do you keep the apple from turning brown? i need to get a bigger lunch bag!!

    Great questions! I prep all of the non-perishables on Sunday afternoons, and also grill all of my chicken then too. The only thing I do daily for prep is chop my veggies, put together my chicken lunch (gotta chop chicken too) and portion out any sauces/dressings.

    The apples actually don't turn brown as long as I baggie them right away. If I forget to eat them they are still good the next day!
  • Good stuff! Doesn't seem like much food @ all tho for a guy your size??

    All that food is actually a little over 1800 calories! Plus I get another 300+ from my morning shake, and whatever I eat before bed when I get home.
  • Cool! I need a big bag like that!
    How much protein powder is that?

    About 40G. That's the EAS 100% Whey.
  • Your lunch bag is about same size as mine and the foods are close. I had to laugh when you pulled out the almonds (I do 15 per serving) and then you got the V8 juice. I LOL'd out loud. If I didn't know better I would think you were into my lunch/dinner foods. I eat most of my food while I am working. I do eat my breakfast at home, but the rest is at work. so I have lunch,dinner, and a couple snacks.

    Great minds think alike :D

    Funny! Yes, great minds!
  • emacb123
    emacb123 Posts: 254 Member
    Love this!! Thanks for posting.

    My daily lunch bag is similarly packed. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you pull each item out and laughed when many were similar to what I bring with me each day.

    My question is what do you do on the weekends??
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I pack my lunch like that as well, sometimes I forget to bring my tupperware home which drives me nuts.

    Great video, thanks for sharing!
  • Love this!! Thanks for posting.

    My daily lunch bag is similarly packed. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you pull each item out and laughed when many were similar to what I bring with me each day.

    My question is what do you do on the weekends??

    On weekends I just eat whatever's around the house, or my wife and I will go out to eat. I really don't count calories/macros on weekends, I just make sure not to go nuts and try to stay within my limits :bigsmile:
  • Daveb1355
    Daveb1355 Posts: 42 Member
    Very good video, good ideas.

    Tori Hunter is ours now in Detroit! You will get to watch him play in the World Series this year!
  • Great ideas, thank you!