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Hello grab and go meals for nurses?

Banafsheh123
Banafsheh123 Posts: 1 Member
in Getting Started
Hello I’m a registered nurse and work 5 am to 2 pm five days a week. A bit hard to have a same time lunch. Any grab and go meals recommendations

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  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 353 Member
    I prep my lunch the night before while making dinner. Generally a salad, soup or sandwich. Then depending on what it is, add more cut up veggies, some greek yogurt or cottage cheese and almost always an apple. Put it all in a small lunch bag, into the fridge and grab it as I am walking out the door in the morning. Saves me time, money and I know the calories and ingredients of what I am eating.
  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,824 Member
    edited December 2024
    Order Uber eats. Choose your level
    of healthy. Saves time. They deliver to hospitals.
  • trnny313110
    trnny313110 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi all do you know of any other nurse support groups on Fitness Pal
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,109 Member
    edited January 28
    If you’re not up to prepping, many large grocery chains carry Zenshi prepared sushi. You could have a nice spicy California roll and a pair of vegetable avocado wraps for about 650 calories.

    It’s not super high protein but you can eat some, stick it in the fridge and come back to finish it up easily without tainting the plate by having eatien half, since it’s cut slices.

    Me, I usually grill or roast a meat Sunday evening, dice it, and throw it in a low cal:low carb wrap with bbq or teriyaki sauce, lettuce and cherry tomatoes. Very high protein, and again, cut in half you can come back and finish the other half later.
  • wishingiwasfishing5037
    wishingiwasfishing5037 Posts: 14 Member
    I used to live off mason jar meals. … overnight oats, salads, just add water soups and even mini meals.. all layered in mason jars. I worked 3 12’s in a row so I only had to prep for 3 days.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,109 Member
    edited January 29
    Sorry typed in calories wrong on that sushi. Spicy California roll 340. Avocado “sushi” wraps are 90 or 100 each, including sauce. I always eat both.
  • Hobartlemagne
    Hobartlemagne Posts: 617 Member

    I like the simplicity of bodybuilder type meals. Chicken/broccoli/rice.
    I will change it up some- this week I roasted a pork tenderloin and sliced it into meal sized portions and put in to-go boxes with rice and oven roasted broccoli. brussels sprouts and quinoa are nice substitutions

  • patriciafoley1
    patriciafoley1 Posts: 270 Member

    I you want something you don't have to prepare and can carry in and heat, I like the Realgood frozen low carb entrees. They make a nice lasagna bowl for 270 calories, and like 4 carbs. Their ingredients are real, not chemicals. Jimmy Dean I believe makes a nice low calorie breakfast sandwich that you can microwave.

    I also think pork tenderloin is delicious and I invariably lose a lot of weight on the days I eat it, because its low in fat (and so tender) (and inexpensive). You can, as the other poster said, add some brown rice you've prepared and veggies for a great dinner.

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