Brown Paper Bag ideas

CuteMommy88
CuteMommy88 Posts: 538 Member
edited September 29 in Food and Nutrition
So I am starting nursing school in a couple of weeks which puts me out of the house Monday through Friday all day, meaning I am either going to have to pack a lunch or gain tons of weight eating out everyday. So what are some ideas for packing lunches??

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  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    quinoa salad--boil your quinoa and then add whatever you like--I mix in left over veggies, a touch of olive oil, and crumbles goat cheese. I make a batch every sunday and take it to work all week. It's good hot or cold--yum!
  • waverly9876
    waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
    I just started packing my lunches since I am nannying full time. I pack the following: oikos vanilla greek yogurt, pure protein-chocolate deluxe bar, blueberries (or any fruit I have), banana, half of an english muffin and 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, string cheese or laughing cow cheese wedges and special k crackers.
  • hwjssc
    hwjssc Posts: 194 Member
    I take my lunch every day to work..I love sandwich thins with fat free turkey or 98% fat free ham...and I LOVE pringles fat free chips:)
  • CuteMommy88
    CuteMommy88 Posts: 538 Member
    quinoa salad--boil your quinoa and then add whatever you like--I mix in left over veggies, a touch of olive oil, and crumbles goat cheese. I make a batch every sunday and take it to work all week. It's good hot or cold--yum!

    I have actually never tried quinoa!!! I will have to give it a shot!!!
  • CuteMommy88
    CuteMommy88 Posts: 538 Member
    Thanks for the ideas!!! I definitely will be taking a lunch because I am not down with eating fast food everyday LOL
  • jid314
    jid314 Posts: 71
    I'm only a calorie counter, but....I pack Healthy Choice soups (Chicken Tortilla - 280 cal, Chicken Noodle - 180), Starkist Tuna Kits (comes with a package of tuna, 6 round crackers, and a mint - 200 calories), bags of chips (individual bags for portion control - 140 calorie Harvest Sun multigrain bags), Lean Pockets (Hot Ham & Cheese / Philly Cheese - 270 cal). The first 3 are all the time, the lean pockets are occasionals.
  • SimplyDeLish
    SimplyDeLish Posts: 539
    Time is my enemy...so once a week I cook a huge batch of something - a turkey breast, baked chicken etc. Then I can eat all week.

    I love to take: Veggies with a piece of chicken, a chicken salad, cowoy cavier with a chicken breast, etc. Whatever you make for dinner - just make enough for lunch the next day and you'll be set. Carry some protein bars and a bag of baby carrots for those times you get the munchies...then you won't buy the kind of stuff that can make you gain weight!

    Good luck and congrats on going to nursing school!
  • TiniTurtle
    TiniTurtle Posts: 595 Member
    i gained 20lbs in nursing school & it's taken me a long time to take it back off ♥ i'm glad you're thinking ahead to pack lunches, there will be constant temptation! baha & good luck in school girlie!
  • kje2011
    kje2011 Posts: 502 Member
    quinoa salad--boil your quinoa and then add whatever you like--I mix in left over veggies, a touch of olive oil, and crumbles goat cheese. I make a batch every sunday and take it to work all week. It's good hot or cold--yum!

    I have actually never tried quinoa!!! I will have to give it a shot!!!
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  • Cosmic_Unicorn
    Cosmic_Unicorn Posts: 150 Member
    I am also a student and I prefer to take a big bag of snacks with me rather than some sort of lunch-meal. That way I get less ravenous waiting for lunch time and I don't binge on vending machine chips when I smell everyone else's classtime snacks. I bring fruit, veggies, almonds, granola bars, and the like.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    I'm a nursing student too and I have really busy days! I pack fruit in Tupperware containers, peanut butter sandwiches on sandwich thins, homemade trail mix of cereal, nuts, raisins, etc. If you invest in a real lunchbox and Ziploc/Tupperware containers, you can pack yogurt, salads with dressings, etc!
  • sarahliftsUP
    sarahliftsUP Posts: 752 Member
    I packed my lunch a lot when working this summer and liked having a morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack in case I got hungry and wasn't able to leave to go home.

    Snacks: apples, greek yogurt and fruit, small serving of almonds, grapes, carrots and/or green peppers with hummus or tzatziki sauce, cheese strings, granola bar (hard to find ones with low sugar though, I think Kashi trail mix isn't bad).

    For lunches I would pack sandwiches (egg, or mixed veggies.. cucumber, tomato, cheese, pickle, lettuce, but would cut up and build just before I was going to eat it so it wasn't soggy haha), salad, wraps. Some nights I would purposely make a larger portion for supper in order to pack for my lunch too.
  • Lissajoy08
    Lissajoy08 Posts: 35
    A sandwich thin w/ lean turkey is my lunch everyday! I sometimes add some baby carrots, grapes, or the fat free pringles... I add some lite chipotle mayo to my sandwich to give it a litte kick too!
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