Calling all of those that make their lunches for the week.

I precook all of my meals for the week on Sunday including lunches and dinners. I cook Turkey Lasagna which freezes and divides perfectly, Baked chicken, Turkey Taco's, Turkey Meatloaf, Grilled Chicken strips with veggies, etc. I get to have a different lunch everyday with no sodium and no regrets. I a;lso have more time to work out every night because dinner is heat and serve for the family.

Sorry Im not one for variety during the week. I usually make a pot of soup freeze it and voila! Either lentil soup, ground turkey and veg, this week chilli. Or Ill make a bunck of chicken breasts, brown rce and veg and freeze that.

I just make an extra serving or two at supper, package it individually in microwave ready containers, and grab one on my way out the door to heat up at lunch. It is almost easier than buying something like Lean Cuisine, I get my own cooking so I know what is in it, and it is no more work because I was cooking at supper anyway.

I often make tuna with light mayonaise, relish, celery and onion. If you use a big can you can get a few meals out of that. I also have been making lettuce wraps. I pack a few leaves of romaine and some lunch meat and throw on some miracle whip when I'm ready to eat it. For a side I also have laughing cow cheese ( usually 50 calories or less per cheese wedge). I put that on slices of cucumber. Hope this gives you some ideas

I have started making a list on the weekend and making it as grab and go as I can in the mornings. I have started bringing my breakfast and lunch and two snacks every day . So for a typical day this is what i'm doing... Breakfast i'm having half an english muffin with 1 tsp of almond butter (great source of protein) or they sell these things called "crumpets" in the refrigerated section which is kinda like a bagel ... and i have one of those toasted spread with laughing cow cheese and a slice of canadian bacon on top...lunch i'm doing boars head ham and cheese sandwich on bagel thins or nature's own light wheat bread. for snacks i'm doing almonds. or cottage cheese or yogurt.

i sometimes make the weight watchers taco soup an you can eat it for a couple of days & can freeze it as well. I occassionally make some low calorie turkey salad and take it for lunch for a few days. not sure if you can freeze it or not, mine dont usually last that long as my children eat it as well.

I love the Orowheat sandwich thins...like a blank canvas for lots of leftover possibilities: ground turkey sloppy joe mix, turkey cranberry with light swiss, leftover roasted veggies with a little fat-free feta cheese, tuna salad with lite mayo, stir-fry leftovers.

The "thins" themselves are only 100 calories with 5-6 grams of protein and fiber each. Not too bad. Good luck to you!! NOT eating is NOT good. Feed yourself. ((o:

I have the same thing everyday for lunch and it is rather boring but it fills me up and allows me to get my heart healthy omega 3, since my family will not eat fish. I make tuna salad (low sodium packs) and this is what I do, I mix 5 paks of tuna, fat free mayo and celery chopped finely and mix togethor well and I also add some onion powder. I then divide it amongst 5 small containers w/ lids and put in fridge. I get 10 hint of salt ritz crackers with it per day.

Tuna Salad
10 Ritz hint of salt crackers
1 yogurt
small salad w/ Wishbone spritz
1 Fiber One 90 Calorie bar

All this fills me up for the day until I eat my supper. :flowerforyou:

When I want something high in calories that will keep me full I go for a PB&J on whole wheat w/ a banana and 60 calorie yogurt
and then for the entire day I set aside a bowl of:
1/4 cup of walnuts, 1/4 cup of almonds, 2 brazilian nuts, scoop of flax seed and rasins or dried cranberries making my own trail mix and munch on that all day. Makes me know how much exactly I am eating for snacks. (keeps me not hungry and I always have something to munch on).

I have started eating oatmeal for breakfast (at my desk) with my coffee. My favorite is Quaker Hearty Medleys-Apple Cranberry Almond..maybe not as much protein as some people prefer.

Today, I am eating soup. This one is a Progresso Light soup, but, I could easily make Chicken Noodle Soup or something else low-fat on the weekend and store it in single-servings...easy to grab on the way out the door in the morning. I keep a variety of food in my desk. I have Special K snack bars, Instant grits (with cheese), green tea, low-cal hot cocoa packets, I also usually have a potato or 2 in there, fat-free pretzels, things like that, so even if I "forget" to grab lunch, I don't have to hit the closest fast-food joint.

I bring breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the day. I usually have oatmeal or a cottage cheese double (breakstone's cottage cheese and pineapple) for breakfast. and then i'll make a salad (with fixings separate so its doesn't get wilted) with either tuna, or leftover chicken on top. Then, I also bring a banana or some fresh veggies for snacks throughout the day.

I found this jambalaya recipe on Hungry Girl: http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/1603

I haven't tried it yet (maybe tonight since I bought the ingredients over the weekend), but it sounds awesome. It would also be easy to portion it out for lunches!

lunch this week is grilled chicken (with a melted slice of american cheese), a baked sweet potato (with a little salt) and broccoli.... all made on sunday!

Two days a week I don't have a way to heat my lunches, so I stick to old-school sandwiches with fruit--apple or banana so there is no prep required--and an ice pack. Somedays a slim fast shake and fruit or a few crackers makes an easy lunch. Also, lunchables for adults, lol..."Deli Creations" come in little packs just like kids lunchables and come in all kinds of varieties like Ham and Swiss, Ham and Cheddar, Turkey and Cheddar sandwiches. South Beach Diet has some good chicken wraps (also by the lunchables at the grocery store) that have grilled chicken, cheese, dressing, and a little tortilla wrap.

You could also make chicken salad, with canned chicken, miracle whip, celery, grapes, etc. and spread that over a sandwich or just eat it with crackers. (or tuna salad, etc.)

I used to have the same problem. Each week I work four 12hr shifts back-to-back. I wake up early and get home late, so the last thing I wanted to do between shifts is cook for the next days meals. However, in the last few months I've gotten really good at preparing my meals before my set of shifts start. These are foods I always have in my fridge/freeze/pantry now (they're all really easy to pack quickly before bed or early before work)
cottage cheese, blueberries, greek yogurt, all bran buds, frozen mixed berries, frozen mixed veggies, ryvita thin crisps, tuna salad, grilled chicken breast/salmon (we grill a new batch every few nights), washed lettuce and other salad ingredients, roasted veggies (good for a few days), quinoa salad, vegetable/shrimp/tofu stir fry with whole wheat pasta (this takes 15 minutes to make and is good for about 5 days), skinny cow cheese, whole wheat english muffins, hummus, whole wheat pita's, baby carrots.
I take turns packing all of these foods, and eat my breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks at work. They give me lots of energy and help me save a ton of money!
Hope that is somewhat helpful!