What does your work lunch usually look like?

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  • lalee115
    lalee115 Posts: 185 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    there's only so many times a year I could choke down subway

    I am SO glad this isn't just me. I don't know what happened to this place. I feel pretty sure I used to enjoy Subway; but it seems like every time I've been there in the past year, it tastes like eating cardboard with mustard on it. NOTHING has any flavor. Even the tomatoes just taste like water.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    lalee115 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    there's only so many times a year I could choke down subway

    I am SO glad this isn't just me. I don't know what happened to this place. I feel pretty sure I used to enjoy Subway; but it seems like every time I've been there in the past year, it tastes like eating cardboard with mustard on it. NOTHING has any flavor. Even the tomatoes just taste like water.

    For me it's mostly the smell. The smell of the "bread" baking is more than I can bear!
  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 688 Member
    Mostly leftovers. I usually cook 3 meals throughout the week for dinners and then have the leftovers for lunches or other dinners. If I'm out of leftovers or want something different I'll make something else that is usually like a grain, veggie, meat combo, or sometimes a sandwich.

    I go out some but it's usually situational, with friends or coworkers, rather than building it in as a regular part of my week. I spend a lot less when I pack lunch.
  • _piaffe
    _piaffe Posts: 163 Member
    Currently: 1/2 avocado (~125g) on toast (Ezekiel, which I keep in an office fridge freezer) with pink Himalayan salt and a ton of cracked black pepper. Greek yogurt-based a.m. and p.m. snacks.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    _piaffe wrote: »
    Currently: 1/2 avocado (~125g) on toast (Ezekiel, which I keep in an office fridge freezer) with pink Himalayan salt and a ton of cracked black pepper. Greek yogurt-based a.m. and p.m. snacks.

    YUM!
  • brrrrito
    brrrrito Posts: 39 Member
    i make my lunch ahead of time every night! i have a Planet Box that i absolutely LOVE. i post all of my lunches on my instagram if you ever need any inspiration - my username is Brrrrito !
  • williammuney
    williammuney Posts: 2,895 Member
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  • smotheredincheese
    smotheredincheese Posts: 559 Member
    I usually make a salad wrap with either feta cheese or chicken/shredded ham, and protein bar or breakfast biscuits for an afternoon snack. Sometimes I bring a piece of fruit too but it has to be something soft like a banana because trying to eat a crunchy apple quietly or peel an orange is pretty awkward to do at your desk.
    Once a week I treat myself to a sandwich and a slice of cake from a deli down the street.
  • powercycle
    powercycle Posts: 22 Member
    Lunch if most often leftovers. I used to bring a lunch with 1 or 2 snacks. But I found my snack choices were lacking in protein. Granola bars & fruit mostly. (Or junk from the vending machine in the afternoon if I ate all my snacks in the morning.)

    Last week I changed my eating habits a bit to eat 5 relatively equal portioned meals a day. Basically cut out snacking.

    Today's lunches:

    #1
    grilled steak (left over)
    brown rice
    steamed broccoli
    raw baby carrots

    #2 (more left overs)
    Italian sausage
    white rice
    corn
    2 clementines.

    Last week was mostly chili & rice. Eating that much rice lately is different, most weeks I'll have leftover spaghetti sauce from the big pot I make most weekends.
  • cariduttry
    cariduttry Posts: 210 Member
    i cook on sundays for the week, both lunches, & suppers. lunch is always 150g white rice, 150g baked chicken, & 210g steamed cauliflower (sometimes i sub other veg but i prefer cauliflower) during the work week. i top lunch with either chef tim's sweet balsamic vinaigrette (OMG, so good) if i have extra calories or spicy mustard if i don't.
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    My company provides lunch for all employees every day. And, not like ordering pizza...this is a full buffet with an amazing salad bar, soup, several entrees and sides, etc. prepared by in-house professional chefs. It's a nice benefit, but you have to be careful. Working here is how I gained weight in the first place.

    So, now every day for lunch I hit the salad bar. It's really good, so my go-to salad is romaine, peas, broccoli, olives, artichoke hearts, zucchini, grilled chicken, dried cranberries, and honey mustard dressing. This every day has helped me stay at a calorie deficit.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I almost always have leftovers from dinner the previous night. Today I'm having jambalaya. If I don't have leftovers, I will get a salad from Chipotle or a hummus sandwich from a sandwich shop.
  • ndoshirx
    ndoshirx Posts: 2 Member
    I eat the same lunch daily.

    1 bean burger
    1 40gram protein shake
    1 fruit
    1 liter of water

    Keeping it the same keeps my nutrition easy to manage.
  • Mike_take2
    Mike_take2 Posts: 2,150 Member
    I always take meals/ snacks for the day with me.
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    Right now it is usually...

    Skyr with fruit
    or
    Pasta Zero with spicy ginger garlic sauce and steamed Kirkland brand stir fry veggies
    or
    cabbage based salad with bell pepper, onion, grilled veggies and sometimes grilled meat with Bolthouse Farm's avocado and cilantro dressing.

  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    lalee115 wrote: »
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    there's only so many times a year I could choke down subway

    I am SO glad this isn't just me. I don't know what happened to this place. I feel pretty sure I used to enjoy Subway; but it seems like every time I've been there in the past year, it tastes like eating cardboard with mustard on it. NOTHING has any flavor. Even the tomatoes just taste like water.

    For me it's mostly the smell. The smell of the "bread" baking is more than I can bear!

    I thought I was the only one who hates the smell of Subway bread. I like bread, but something about the Subway stuff (and I think it's partially also the smell of warm lettuce from sandwiches being toasted and the reheated chicken smell...) just makes me nauseated.

    I'm not really a food snob and I eat fast food occasionally, but Subway just grosses me out in a ton of ways and I'd rather eat one of those sad plastic-y single cheeseburgers off the dollar menu at McDonalds.

    As far as my work lunches go, I rarely bring food. I mostly order whatever is kale-and-spinach-y from Jugo Juice, one particular salad from a local chain in my office tower, or just have coffee and eat a big dinner when I get home. I usually go to the gym at lunch so I don't really spend a lot of time or effort on food and just try to grab something quick, under 500 calories, with a vegetable or two in it.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    maaaasha wrote: »
    Do you make it at home or buy take out?

    Always bring my lunch from home. Been doing that for over 10 years now. Grilled chicken in a salad, or grilled chicken with bbq sauce, or a "lean pocket", or turkey/cheese/lettuce in a pita pocket...stuff like that. Always 300 calories or less.

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