Under 300 calorie ideas that don't need a fridge

Hard boiled eggs. Leave them shelled until you're gonna eat 'em and they do not have to be refrigerated. Tuna packets (not can, but pouches rather) are filling and are typically about 70 cals each (I eat two of them with lettuce, tomato, pickle, salt, and pepper).

Other then the obvious "bring a lunch box/cooler & ice packs"... LOL Just kidding.

Cereal bars
Rice Cakes
100 Calorie packs (There are SOOO many of these out there)
Lance Whole Wheat Crackers
Brothers Fruit Crisps
Luna Bars (Great for Women)

Hope that helps... I will post more if I think of them.

Can you carry a cooler in your car? If not, a small insulated lunch bag? If not,

* Nuts with fruit
* Dried high fiber cereal with fresh fruit
* Drive thru side salads [if you trust fast food!]
* Celery with almond/peanut butter
* High fiber bars [Fiber One, etc.]
* Protein powder that you can mix into a bottle of water/milk [can pick up the fluid on the road]

Hope this helps. I'll be looking back to see what others say, too! :flowerforyou:

I'm huge on protein bars!! I found this one I really like called Supreme Protein.. they are freaking yum!
They have big bars and half sized bars. I love them because they taste like candy bars and it makes it so I'm not finding myself in front of the vending machine.. which I can see from my desk. lol..
Lets see.. you could get those lean cuisines that are pasta.. I tried them once, but I don't remember the calories though. they didn't need to be refrigerated. You just add water and pop them in the micro wave. lol.

Food doesn't go bad as quickly as people think! There's a lot of stuff you could take out with you, if you store things in good airtight containers you will be fine, and if you keep it in a bag or somewhere shaded and don't leave it exposed in the heat then it will keep throughout the day without making you ill.

Obviously there are some foods which are more prone to giving you tummy upsets ie; shellfish, raw egg, rice etc if not stored correctly so I would avoid those types of foods.

You could make yourself salads up still, unless you like them cold then they will be fine, and if you don't think you can keep meat or fish in them then you could do bean salads, roast vegetable salads, noodle salads, pasta salads, greek style salads with feta and olives, pretty much anything! If you like dressings then find some small container you could take some in, you can use a jar like those ones you get mini jams in or something. Sandwiches like someone else mentioned.

You could make some homemade meal bars rather than buying shop bought ones and put the kind of things you like in them, crudites are good, you could have them with a small pot of hummus or something. A lot of stuff you see at the supermarket is not refrigerated and if it isn't there then it will be fine for you to carry with you and eat so that might help give you ideas when you are out shopping.

I think you should buy a cool box if you can take one with you, you can get some really good lunch box sized ones now.

Natural or low sugar peanut butter. I put a table spoon on something called a Wasa Crips. It's like a really hard cracker or flat bread. The wasa crips are only 45 cal per cracker (2 and half inches by 5 inches) I use the multigrain. No fat, Cholesterol, sugar. I buy the little food service containers with lids and portion the peanut butter out ahead of time. I also drink low sodium V-8 juice. THe laughing Cow baby Bell light swiss wedges. They are in wax. I grab them and keep them in my purse if I know I am going to be gone for a long period of time. They keep well. But I do keep them refrigerated. I hope this helps.