I need help.

Hi there, I'm in a simiar situation.. I carry some low cal snacks in my vehicle with me and in my purse - I also have a little cooler for things like cheese strings and tomoato juice when I'm on the road. When I go into a work place for the day, I bring my groceries rather than a premade lunch sometimes. A bag of salad, a green pepper, celery and whatever else I want to put on it. Other times, I cook over the weekend and put everything away in storage containers for lunches and suppers. I make about 5 different meals so I can have some different things throughout the week and this way if I'm late in coming home for supper, my son can throw one of those in the microwave and have a meal.

The big thing for me is to eat every 2.5 - 3 hrs - something small each time - small yogurt or a cheese string or a snack or some fruit and/or dried nuts to carrry me through. Lunches are a small microwaveable healthy soup and a small wrap, supper is a salad and a protein.. if I eat often throughout the day, I don't need to eat a lot at meal times.

I hope this helps.

I love your idea about carrying small snacks, I've seriously just started this website and my life is so hectic between being a mom, working and going back to school. It can be crazy sometimes!

I agree that the key is to have good food on hand. I find myself eating worse food when I don't have a plan in place.

Are you on the go between different office sites all of the time or do you have a place you can stop to heat up some lunch? If you are just on the go all of the time, the easiest route may be to pack snack-type foods -- string cheese, cut up carrots/celery/cucumber or fruits, cheese & crackers, yogurt. I'd get a little cooler you can take in the car and use that. There are also some decent fast food choices out there for the days that just won't work out -- but I'd look at websites to get nutrition information and plan those out. Don't just trust that salads are healthy for you! Also, it took me a while to figure out that it is just as easy to swing by a grocery store to pick up some fruit, yogurt or other portable option as it is to go through the drive-through!

I find myself caught on the go a lot and have taken to keeping a box of special K bars in my car for those times I don't have time to stop for a proper snack. As others have suggested, keep a snack container or cooler so you are never stuck without snacks. I think the trick is to keep yourself from getting so hungry you don't care what you eat (been there!) and end up making a choice you later regret. :sad: