Whats is your lunch box ?

Ok Im trying to get some ideas of what everyone packs (if they pack) for lunch for work.

Please let me know of your breakfast items snacks and lunch items.

Thanks!!!

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  • dwarfiegodsmack
    dwarfiegodsmack Posts: 317 Member
    hi :o)

    my diary is open if you want to take a look. i pretty much eat the same breakfast, lunch and snacks each day and my suppers vary.

    you'll see that i have choclate and ice cream most days lol
  • yankeedownsouth
    yankeedownsouth Posts: 717 Member
    Today was sloppy joes on a piece of toast, lettuce with avocado and yogurt dressing, and a pear.

    I usually try to eat leftovers for lunch; they satisfy me more than cold sandwiches or pre-packaged things.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I pack lunch and snacks (sometimes breakfast) - current choices are:

    Lunch: sandwich made with cinnamon raisin bagel thin, some sort of lean deli meat (loving pastrami at the moment), a slice of pepperjack. Paired with an apple or some baby dills or cucumber slices. Once in a while I just pack leftovers from last night.

    Snacks: Pure Protein chocolate peanut butter bar, banana, greek yogurt, 100 cal pack of cocoa or cinnamon roast almonds

    If I pack breakfast, it's either baked egg cups, breakfast casserole or steel cut oats that I cook up in the crockpot
  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
    i keep lettuce, mayo, mustard, shredded rotisserie chicken or sliced chicken/turkey, and sliced cheese in the fridge at work. one of these days i want to try the mason jar salad thing, but that requires motivation on the weekends.
  • formerfatboy1
    formerfatboy1 Posts: 76 Member
    07:30- 2 scoops cinnamon whey protein with 1 cup of coconut mik and a cup of black coffee w/ Multi vitamins..
    10:30-More black coffee with a cup of vanilla Frap some Branch chain amino acids and some peanut butter.
    1:30-113 grams of Lean ground turkey with a cup of broccoli and some fish oils and CLA's w/ whey protein.
    4:30-113 grams of lean ground turkey 1 cup of broccoli and more fish oil and CLA'S.
    7:30-More protein and some Greek yogurt and more peanut butter.
    then fast for 12 hours till the following day.
  • engodwin
    engodwin Posts: 516 Member
    Breakfast - cereal, eggs, cin toast, bagel with cream cheese, lara bar
    AM Snack - Fruit, yogurt
    Lunch - Sandwich, leftovers, salad
    PM Snack - Lara bar, fruit, yogurt, seeds/nuts, protein shake

    Obviously not all in one day those are just samples of what I may have.

    You can add me as a friend if you'd like my diary is open to my friends :smile:

    I like constructive criticism, and positivity!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Today it's 4oz of deli turkey breast, a string cheese, mayo/dijon mustard for dipping.
  • sbjmorgan
    sbjmorgan Posts: 158 Member
    I prepack my food even though I'm at home all day because it helps me stay on track.

    Sometimes it's a Greek salad with tuna and a sweet potato on the side, sometimes it's a turkey sandwich with chips and carrots, sometimes it's a stir fry. Today is stir fry with chicken, snow peas and broccoli, with some chips and salsa because I need to get rid of the chips and it's grocery day tomorrow, lol. But I stick with those three lunches a lot, unless I have tastier leftovers like tacos, then tacos win.
  • Jg04811
    Jg04811 Posts: 102 Member
    This week I have been stuck on salad and soup.

    Breakfast: packet of oatmeal/fruit
    Lunch: salad and soup (usually progesso light's) (salads are a mix of greens, no salt sunflower seeds, little light ranch and any veggies I have around the house)
    Snack: fiber one cookie and or sugar free pudding cup
    Dinner: usually a veggie and a protein
    Snack: only if I have calories left for the day a fruit pop (fruitara)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I cook a big pot of beans on the weekends...either black beans or pintos and they are a staple of my lunches along with 1/2 an avocado, some kind of veg and some kind of meat protein (generally whatever I grilled up the night before as I usually make extra)

    I do sandwiches once or twice per week to mix things up...
  • rachelrb85
    rachelrb85 Posts: 579 Member
    Breakfast: English muffin with peanut butter, english muffin with egg and cheese, toast with fruit, cereal or oatmeal
    Lunch: Leftovers, sandwich (turkey, tuna, PB&J ), salad with chicken or steak tips
    Snacks: Fruit, almonds, string cheese, greek yogurt, protein shakes or bars
  • MeganDominique
    MeganDominique Posts: 229 Member
    Today it is soup, woke up to snow this morning :indifferent:

    Normally if I am home its : 1 ww wrap (100 cals) with lunch meat of choice (this week turkey) + 2 fried or poached eggs and a side of veggies :)

    On the go : leftovers from dinner, soup from the crockpot if possible so just need to reheat, turkey or chicken breast + hardboiled egg, apple + celery with peanut butter, garden salad, ceaser chicken salad( home made) , mixed veggies, fruit salads , turkey sammich.

    Really I just love food, if im not at home its going to be something different every day :)
  • cuckoo_jenibeth
    cuckoo_jenibeth Posts: 1,434 Member
    I, like a lot of others here, eat leftovers mostly. However, today is 2 oz shaved deli meat, 1 light string cheese, dippin' stix carrots and ranch, red grapes and a sugar free pudding cup! All for the low, low kcal count of 312!
  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    My diary is open so take a look if you'd like.

    My breakfast normally consists of eggs, toast and peanut butter but I have been getting up late the past week so I am only having my toast.

    My lunch is usually some kind of salad. Spinach with leftover taco beat and beans or chicken. I usually use salsa as my dressing. Sometimes depending on what I have at home I will make chicken salad to have with fruit. Mine mainly consists on what I have leftover on top of spinach!!

    Look through my diary though and maybe you can get a few new ideas.
  • lenarashminraj
    lenarashminraj Posts: 53 Member
    today, turkey sandwich with 4oz grilled turkey on 100% wheat bread with onion and tomatoes with ranch dressing.. my diary is open, you can have a look :)
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    Hi! Here's today so far which is a pretty average day for me:

    Breakfast at home (after 4 mile run):
    Oatmeal made with 1/2 cup quick oats, 1 cup unsweetened coconut/almond milk blend, 1 tbsp or so each of raisins and brown sugar and a ton of cinnamon. Coffee with natural bliss cream. I also have a giant bottle of water with a Nuun electrolyte tab in it after running. (about 350 cals)

    The rest I take to work:
    Mid-morning snack: Perfectly Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip protein bar. I literally eat this 5 days a week. It's so good. (170 cals)

    Lunch: Starkist tuna salad packet and 7 Roasted Veggie flavored Ritz crackers, 3/4 cup leftover mashed butternut squash with a little butter and cinnamon, 1/2 red bell pepper dipped in a Sabra individual hummus cup. (about 420 cals)

    Mid-afternoon snack: Fage 2% strawberry greek yogurt. I might also have an apple and/or cheese as well since I'm already wanting my snack and I finished lunch an hour ago. :) (about 200-250 cals depending)

    Dinner will probably be homemade shrimp and veggie stirfry with brown rice...and I never forget dessert!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I eat breakfast at home and usually lunch at home too. Today my lunch was totally "packable" though...a PB&J on wheat and some baby carrots.

    Yesterday's lunch was not quite so lunchbox friendly...a salad with tuna, almonds, and 1/2 apple chopped up on top and then a whole banana mixed with some nutella spread to create a sort of "choc-hazelnut pudding"...kind of a gross texture but makes up for it completely...by being delicious.

    When I DO pack a lunch to take to work it's usually due to bad weather in the dead of winter. I live close to my office but I refuse to drive on ice so I just stay in for lunch break...normally I pack a ton of snacks and eat them all at once while reading a book alone in our tiny lunch room. An example would be hummus, sno peas & carrots or celery, a few crackers, cheese wedge or string cheese, fruit, and a square of chocolate. Things that are easy to eat while holding a book, and to pack away if I get full and DO wanna snack later.
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    I pack the same thing every day and just eat the food whenever I get hungry. I don't eat it all at once. I usually eat the bars and one of the apples around 9AM because I'm hungry then and then will eat the rest of it whenever "lunch" happens.

    - 2 Apples ~calories depend on the size
    - Yoplait Light and Fit Yogurt of some flavor ~ 90 calories
    - CLif Kidz Iced Oatmeal Bar ~150 calores
    - Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar ~220 calories
    - Morningstar Garden Veggie Patty. ~ 170 calories


    Some times I change it up and switch one of the apples out of 10-15 almonds. I'll also add two peices of wheat bread and a Laughing Cow Lite Creamy Swiss wedge if I feel like making a sandwich out of the veggie burger.
  • trimom10
    trimom10 Posts: 388 Member
    I'm following a high protein diet with lots of veggies, which requires advance planning and prep. It's soooo worth it though!

    Breakfast: I keep eggs at work and bring the rest for an egg scramble each day - two or three eggs, sweet red and green peppers, mushrooms, kale, ham or chicken or salmon, and avocado (sometimes)

    Lunch: lean protein (skinless, boneless chicken breast, salmon, tuna, or shrimp) and two veggies (think a rainbow of colors) or salad (always made with spinach or mixed greens, never iceberg)
  • markja
    markja Posts: 270 Member
    1/2 cup Ranch Style Beans
    3 oz beef
    3 tortillas

    Ya know, you can actually live off of Ranch Style Beans.
  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,440 Member
    Every weekend, I either make:

    A big batch of soup in the crockpot, portion it out, stick the recipe in MFP, boom, done for the week,

    or

    A big batch of mason jar salads- you pack the salads with the dressing on the bottom, insulating layers of protein and soggy veg, then the lettuce on the top- lettuce stays crispy all week.

    Work lunches every day, no hassle, no thought.
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    I used to actually make a dinner over the weekend, then portion it out in 5 containers that I could microwave at work. Among other things, that simplified my morning routine because my lunch was already packed.

    For emergencies or weeks I didn't make a lunch over the weekend, a regular sandwich was my fall-back.

    Now, I just enjoy the benefit of being close enough to home that I can go there for lunch and skip packing lunch, altogether.
  • JazzieG13
    JazzieG13 Posts: 11 Member
    Today (like most workout days) - Spinach/Kale salad
    2 cups organic baby spinach,1 cup kale, 5 grape tomatoes, 1oz part skim mozzarella, 3oz grilled chicken, 2TBS sunflower seeds, 1/2 carrot shaved, 1/2 green pepper, 1/2 red pepper all tossed together with non fat greek plain yogurt dressing with 4 medium pureed strawberries stirred in. My beverage was 1 1/2 scoops whey protein in 10oz water.

    In the late afternoon, I usually eat a small handful of almonds with a piece of fruit.
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
    Suggestion!!



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    It's like your own little low calorie food provider right on your phone!

    I've been following them and it's really cool (:

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  • throoper
    throoper Posts: 351 Member
    Breakfast - coffee and milk plus a fried egg or a green smoothie (spinach, green apple, lime juice, fresh ginger, a little protein powder, water)

    Lunch - either a big spinach salad with chopped peppers and cherry tomatoes and grilled chicken or other lean meat, or a reasonable size portion of healthy leftovers - or a Lean Cuisine or Subway 6" sandwhich in a pinch

    Snacks - part skim string cheese, apple, banana, raw almonds, cherry tomatoes, mini peppers, laughing cow cheese wedges
  • Gameofthrone
    Gameofthrone Posts: 1,522 Member
    Usually left overs for lunch, something light for breakfast (like a banana or pb sandwich.)

    Today I brought a banana & pineapple juice for breakfast
    Leftover breaded chicken with crushed up garlic filling & a handful of sweet potato fries.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Honestly what I eat most often for lunch is a breakfast burrito. The frozen type either store bought or homemade. They're usually around 300-400 calories.

    For breakfast my new favorite thing is the breakfast sandwich maker I bought recently! $25 and it cooks a perfect breakfast sandwich in 5 minutes! Load it up with some veggies, a nice egg for protein, some ham or sausage and yummy!!

    My diary is open - but I was on vacation for 2 weeks (and didn't log) and hadn't been to the grocery store when I got back until last night so you'll have to look back about a month to find how I normally eat.
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    Okay today was, banana, bean soup, 4 hard boiled eggs, cashews, dried apricots, spinich and cucumber salad.

    Still paying for the bean soup.
  • pangepange
    pangepange Posts: 49 Member
    I usually pack up whatever leftovers I had for dinner to bring to work for lunch. My lunch tomorrow is a salmon fillet, macaroni&quinoa&cheese casserole, and a side creamy poppyseed spinach salad.

    If I don't have enough for leftovers, I tend to make a deli sandwich on brown bread. Kind of boring, but I usually have the ingredients in the fridge.