Lunch ideas under 200 cals?

I'm really into salads in a jar at the minute. The dressing is at the bottom and everything is layered so it stays crispy! Or if you have a sandwich toaster you can make a great one for less than 200 cal!

I use to do shifts too, I feel your pain!! When the tiredness hits midway through and you need that boost...yuck! Can you snack as you work? Keeping an extra apple or some sachets of soup use to keep me going and stop me binging when I got home. It also kept me away from the sweets and cakes that were always available!!!!! Good luck!!

Do you tend to have big dinners? Even when I'm on 1200 a day, I eat around 350 for lunch... what's your calorie limit?

For under 200 calories I make a big romaine salad, throw in some peppers, onions, cucumber and 4 ounces of boneless chicken breast and 2 or 3 tablespoons of Olive Garden Lite or sour cream and salsa.

My quick lunch would be 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 2 servings of no sugar added diced peaches with some cinnamon. At 170 calories and it packs easy, put the cottage cheese and cinnamon in a bowl large enough to hold all of it, but do not add the peaches until you eat. The cinnamon makes the peaches taste like a peach cobbler.

A few ideas:
1. Lean cuisine (portabello steak and pimegrante chicken) = 170 calories.
2. Low Fat Dannon Greek Yogurt = 80 calories
3. Have lean ham (2 slices) and kraft american cheese (1 slice) = 110 calories

*Allrecipes.com has lots of other great ideas.

Cabbage and white bean soup - my recipe is only ~168 calories for 2 cups of soup (so room for a sprinkle of hard cheese or some extra lean protein added! Mind you I didn't do the exact measuring, just used the recipe builder on here). I always make a large batch or this or some other soup on Sunday and separate it out into 2 cup containers that seal well. That way I can just grab it in the morning and not worry. Fills me up just fine.

1 head cabbage
1 yellow onion
1/5 small can tomato paste
1 can butter beans
1 can great northern beans
4-5 celery stalks chopped thin
All the seasonings you want so long as they are low in salt. (I make mine spicy so I eat it slower)
throw everything except beans in a pot with just a bit of oil and garlic to brown the cabbage a little, then fill with enough water to cover and add the beans. Simmer it till the celery is tender as you like. I usually get about 12 cups or 6 servings from this.

Soups are great, if you leave out the creams, flour and potatoes they are pretty cheap calorie-wise and you can pack them full of the nutrient and protein you need to stay healthy.

I like light lunches sometimes too because I like having more calories available towards the end of the day. Just a personal preference because it works for me.

Some ideas:
* Roll-ups using deli meat and cheese
* Lettuce wraps with tuna salad, chicken salad, or deli meat & cheese
* Salads with a light dressing (or a flavored vinegar)
* Tuna salad on celery sticks
* Fruit with cottage cheese or yogurt
* Soup
* Turkey Chili
* 100 cal hamburger/hot dog bun with deli meat, cheese, and whatever other sandwich ingredients you like
* Frozen meals (Smart Ones, Lean Cuisine, etc.) with extra veggies added or on the side for munching
* Veggies w/ hummus