Favorite Go To Foods?

Hi there! I've lost 100 lbs so far. My go to's are eggs, apples, greek yogurt, frozen broccoli or green beans with chicken breast, field greens with tuna, almond butter on toast. Kind of boring but very effective!

I don't always have a refrigerator and often work in a vehicle, so I look for things that don't go bad, don't spill, and don't need to be heated. I've had good luck with popcorn mixed different blends of spices. Carrots work well (only time they got nasty was on 90 degree day when I left the ziplock on the dash). The sodium level is ugly but as long as you don't add water Campbell's condensed soup don't spill.

snacks:
nutella spread on cookies/bread/ anything..
flavoured baked chip cracker
dark choc chip oat cookies (105 cals for 3 piece)..
ice creams..
fruit salad..
peanut butter choc oatmeal bar (pre made in the weekend)
peanut butter honey bar (pre made too)

I rarely eat processed foods. I try to mostly eat whole foods (or minimally processed foods), as they make me feel good and I'm more confident about what I'm putting into my body. I'm also gluten-free, so I don't eat bread, most cereals, or flour tortillas. Still have LOTS of yummy food options.

Favorite healthy foods:

Breakfast-
Plain yogurt with my homemade granola, berries & a tsp of honey
Egg and veggie scramble with a corn tortilla & cilantro or arugula (1 whole egg & 2 egg whites, low-cal veg)
Oatmeal with 1/2 scoop protein powder, banana & craisins

Lunch-
Big salad with lots of low-cal veggies, a little protein (lean chicken/pork/beef/tuna/cottage cheese/boiled egg) and seeds (sunflower/pumpkin/sesame/hemp), very small amt of homemade vinaigrette dressing

Dinner-
Usually some type of lean meat with veggies or homemade soup
Tacos - corn tortillas with a little protein and lots of veggies, avocado & salsa

Snacks-
Boiled eggs
Light string cheese
Celery and laughing cow cheese or peanut butter
Veggies and hummus (carrots, cukes, celery, tomatoes, peppers)
Apple with peanut butter
Cottage cheese with fruit or tomatoes
Air popped popcorn

Good luck with your restart! You can do it!

Some of my faves are really low-cal, others have a bit more but provide some satiating & useful protein. I think everything on my list comes in under 175 calories per serving.

• Individual cheese portions (string cheese, Supremo Queso Fresco, Belgioso Mozzarella Balls (mini/pearls), etc.)
• Sharwood's spicy puppodums (good replacement for snack chips/crisps, lower cals & more protein)
• Raw veg: Jicama, cucumber, 1/4 avocado.
• Popcorn from plain kernels with a bit of actual parmesan cheese
• Dry-roasted lightly-salted soybeans
• Dry-roasted peanuts or pistachios in the shell (it's a plus that they take time to eat)
• Tangerines, guavas, grapefruit.
• Crispy chickpeas (home-made or purchased) or the dry crispy snap peas.
• Cottage cheese with cumin, turmeric, and hot pepper sauce.
• Greek yogurt with frozen fruit.
• Hot herb tea - for me, rooibos & chocolate pu-ehr are mysteriously especially satisfying.
• Half a cup of fruit kefir or 3/4 cup of hot skimmed milk with vanilla extract (but a little cocoa powder or even cocoa mix doesn't add much calorically if vanilla milk sounds icky to you).

Breakfast:
-1/3 cup (dry measurement) oatmeal with 2-3 tsp brown sugar
-Egg (Mc)Muffin: English muffin, 1 scrambled egg, 1 slice deli ham, 1/2 slice american cheese
-1 piece honey wheat toast, 1/2 pat butter, 1 scrambled egg (on top)

Lunch:
-3 cups romaine lettuce, 2 oz. chicken breast, 1 tbsp dressing of choice (regular fat)
-Small baked potato, 1/2 pat butter, salt and pepper, 1/4 cup shredded cheddar, slice of deli ham (chopped)
-1 cup rice (white or brown), 2 cups chicken broth, pepper

Dinner:
-Taco salad: 3 cups romaine lettuce, 1/4 cup shredded cheddar, 2 oz. taco meat, 1 crushed hard taco shell, 1 tbsp. ranch
-Baked/grilled tilapia/cod fish (with seasoning of choice: teriyaki, lemon pepper, etc.), 1 cup brown rice, 2 cups broccoli**
** I basically do a version of this for a lot of dinners. Here are different choices for the protein, veggies, carbs:
-Proteins: Buffalo chicken sausage (or any other flavor), grilled chicken, pork tenderloin (basically any lean meat)
-Veggies: grilled brussel sprouts, no-salt-added canned green beans (cook with 1 chicken bouillon cube)
-Carbs: boiled or baked potato with 1 pat butter, salt, pepper

Snacks:
-Quaker granola bars (thin mint, yum!)
-string cheese
-apples, apples, and more apples (honey crisp)
-carrots and celery
-greek yogurt (chobani flips, oikos banana cream and apple pie)