Work lunch ideas anyone?

This is what I bring to work:
Snack:
Weight Watchers String Cheese (50 cals)
Light & Fit Peach Yogurt (80 cals)
Banana (for ride home) (90 cals)
Lunch:
Tupperware filled to the brim with the following:
Pouch of salmon (70 cals)
Cucumbers/Tomatoes/Fat Free Italian Salad Dressing (80 cals)
Egg (70 cals)
Carrots (35 cals)
Cottage Cheese (60 cals)
I put this all together in the morning, takes about 10 minutes.

I like to rinse a can of beans the night before, then add different things in. My favorite is white beans mixed with a little lime juice, cilantro and tuna, chilled. If you have a microwave, quinoa is always a good filling base for a lunch meal.

Do you have access to a fridge? Bring the ingredients for wraps in separate containers (or a container with separate compartments) and assemble them right before you eat.

I have been doing well with losing eating this . . . tuna packed in water drained very well with salsa on it - it is amazingly good and keeps the hunger away.

I take a pita pocket, smear 2 T hummus inside, add a slice of Sargento's ultra thin cheese and load it with veggies (spinach, shredded carrots, cucumber slices, etc). Wrap it in foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. You can do the same with a tortilla and make a wrap instead of a pocket. If you don't like hummus, substitute boiled or grilled chicken breast (about 2 oz) or drained tuna. Add a half cup of greek yogurt and some berries on the side and you're good to go.

I also like PB2 (powdered peanut butter that you reconsttitute with water and it's lower in calories and fat than regular) on whole grain bread with a banana and have veggies like celery, carrots, cucumbers and red peppers on the side.

These both fill me up but I still have an afternoon snack of a piece of fruit and a tablespoon of almonds or walnuts just to get me by.

I sometimes buy a cooked rotisserie chicken and eat on that for a few days at lunch. Usually I eat frozen mixed veggies with it or I will buy low calorie bread and make a sandwich out of it. Lean pockets and a can of green beans is another thing I eat. You can also microwave a sweet potato for about 5 minutes. Sugar free jello is usually my dessert.

Look online for different types of salads - there has been an explosion of possibilities lately. Recently read one here that seemed really good (Chicken Cheese Crunch) http://fitbie.msn.com/2013/04/03/healthy-salad-recipes?blog_cat=juice-bar

I do have a microwave at work... but I usually only use it to reheat potatoes / chicken. Lately my lunches have been a mix of a few things...

Tuna wrap - I use a small amount of organic mayo and the 80calorie fiber one wraps, and then I bring a salad (spring mix or baby romaine) with feta and balsamic dressing.

Chicken / Avocodo Salad - spring mix or baby romaine salad, with a piece of bacon ripped up into bacon bits (I get the precooked bacon for this) and then at lunch time cut up half an avocodo, and add some perdue short cuts with balsamic dressing. If I have extra cals to burn I throw in a few croutons as well.

Lately I've realized I haven't been getting enough carbs, fancy that... so I'm trying to add in more potatoes / sweet potatos and brown rice to my lunches. Today I'm warming up some potatoes I had cooked previously in olive oil and garlic salt, cottage cheese, and a salad. Another great option if you have a microwave is uncle bens ready rice.

If you like hardboiled eggs those are an awesome addition / option as well, they just bother my stomach so I don't eat a lot of them.

Edited to add between meal snack options -
Fruit, or Cottage Cheese with fruit
Yogurt
Banana or Apple with PB or Almond Butter
Nuts

My favorite lunches:

1 apple, sliced
2T of PB to dip it in
2 slices of proscuitto, each wrapped around 1 laughing cow cheese wedge
1 string cheese

or


2-3 cups of spinach
4oz chicken breast cooked in buffalo sauce, diced up
sliced red onion
2T light bleu cheese dressing

with 2T hummus and some crackers/pita chips to dip it in (or raw veg)

Fruit you can grab and go, like bananas, apples, oranges, pears, etc. or if you have the time to wash and portion out other fruits like strawberries, grapes, blueberries, the list goes on and on. Same thing with veggies. You can even buy fruit and veggie in pre portioned plastic baggies from the store.

For a lunch I am currently doing wraps. Buy some precooked and sliced chicken or turkey (or use any leftovers if you want) and load up with your favorite veggies, some lowfat/low cal dressings and some spinach. Low moisture/part skim cheese or even light laughing cow cheeses work well. You can make 5 and refrigerate them and bring to work.

I also found a recipe for a "power salad" that contains a high dose of protein and fiber, that includes red onion, bell peppers, corn, tomatoes, and black beans. You could make a big batch of that and portion out for the week.

Tuna/chicken salad are also good suggestions.

If you like tuna/chicken salad, try this:

Peel cucumber, cut it into thick round slices, scoop out the inside and stuff it with Tuna/chicken salad. Instead of mayo, use avocado as the binder.

I'm a snacker, so I bring a variety of snacks and then I just grab them through out the day when I am hungry;

Avacado with a can of chicken mixed with a little miraclewhip
carrots and Bolthouse yogurt ranch dressing
apple with peanutbutter
cheese stick
salami
oranges
olives (i'm addicted to olives)
left overs from dinner
yogurt
cottage cheese
cucumbers
jalapenos with peanutbutter is delicious
nuts
dried bananas
Banana with peanutbutter
pears
strawberries
couscous (its great cold)
If I am feeling adventurous and have more time I might throw a salad together
and tea

I pick a few of the above each day.

I have a llarge sized apple (2 servings), 1 whole bannana about 1.5 to 2 servings and dip it in in 1 serving 2percent Fage Yogurt maybe a couple clementines also.

I like to bring for lunch...

Tyson Frozen Fajita Strips
Uncle Bens Brown Rice (microwaveable bag 90 seconds)
Pictsweet Frozen Steamable Broccoli
Smart Balance Butter (for my rice and broccoli)
Tony Chachere's for seasoning


Very easy to fix. Not much preping needed.

1/4 cup of raw, unsalted nuts make a great snack. Mix a tablespoon of reduced sugar craisins and you have a tasty trail mix. I mostly eat sandwiches for lunch but in a whole wheat pita pocket to save on cals. Plus I have two pieces of fruit, general one that's 50-100 cals and a quarter cup of berries.