Lunchbox Ideas Please Help

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fudgecube
fudgecube Posts: 37 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone!

I'm in desperate need of some low cal lunchbox ideas, ideally about 300-400 cal along with as many 100 cal snacks as you can think of!

All suggestions are welcome, thank you in advance :)

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  • louised88
    louised88 Posts: 159
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    Are you in the UK? Marks has some lovely salads, the nutty grain and veg is delicious and really filling. They're a bit pricy, but they normally have 2 for EUR4.25 here, i'm not sure about the UK. You could try a few and then make your own version?


    Or try making soups with lentils? Again, really filling and you can play around with spices and flavours,or add some chicken for protein.

    I love making salads with quinoa or lentils or mixed beans, and trying different dressings :)

    Snack a jacks are great, as is popcorn. Or a hardboiled egg.
  • bella7966
    bella7966 Posts: 49
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    Hi I take salads to work and normally buy asda smart price prawns and do a big sald and that normally comes to 250 or less calories. I also buy the microwave packs of chilli and chicken casserole with less than 200 calories a pack. Snacks i like alpen light bars 70 cals. I also like kitkat as only 107. I also get options hot chocolate as only 40 cals and good for the chocolate cravings. I have snack a jacks as well. Hope this helps.
  • DeeVanderbles
    DeeVanderbles Posts: 589 Member
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    I usually just have a sandwich for lunch with some kind of low-fat or low-sodium meat and a slice of cheese and that usually fills me up.

    I typically snack once between breakfast and lunch and once between lunch and dinner. A lot of times this will include a piece of fruit like a banana, clementines, an apple, etc., or a thing of yogurt.

    Sometimes I will also bring in some cut up veggies to munch on like celery, cucumbers, green peppers, etc. There are a TON of low-cal options for you to snack on.
  • MelanieSkittle
    MelanieSkittle Posts: 43 Member
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    I keep my lunches around 3-400 calories by making bento style lunches, with an emphasis on lots of colorful vegetables. Bento is a kind of hobby for a lot of people, all about making creative and fun lunches, but it is also great for portion control. There are a lot of great blogs out there, but here are some of my favorites:

    http://www.cookingcute.com/

    http://www.beneficial-bento.com/

    http://justbento.com/

    As for snacks, I usually make myself a cup of plain herbal tea (no calories) and I also have a handful of grapes/strawberries or a lite string cheese.
  • fudgecube
    fudgecube Posts: 37 Member
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    Thanks for the suggestions so far guys, especially love the bento box idea! Some of the things you can do to make a boring lunch better look amazing!!!
  • lsminkey
    lsminkey Posts: 16
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    i like bell peppers with string cheese!

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