New and need some help!!

Welcome! They say it's good to eat items from the outside edges of the store. Like vegetables, fruits, meat, dairy, etc. Foods with one ingredient are good to eat. Canned, processed, frozen food, etc sometimes tend to have more ingredients, salt, etc in them.

You can also look at other people's food diaries to get ideas. Some are open to the public and some are closed.

Some of my brown bag lunch standards include:
-A cup of couscous with a bunch of roasted veggies (tomato, eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash) with a bit of good parmesean
-A cup of pasta with roasted eggplant and tomatoes and an ounce of mozzarella.
-Turkey sandwiches with a mayo/mustard mix and tomato.
-A cup of rice with half a cup of black beans, half a cup of corn, salsa, and a squeeze of lime.
-A big mixed greens salad with grilled chicken breast and balsamic vinegarette
-Pita with hummus, tomatoes and cucumbers
-Small, measured portions of leftovers from dinner
I'll also pack myself a cup of fruit, usually melons or berries, for an afternoon snack.

If I'm working with what is offered in my work cafeteria, I just try to stick to small servings, and avoid the added calories. That usually winds up being about 2-3 oz protein, 1/2 cup starch, ample veggies, and about 1-2 cups of the lame iceburg lettuce and carrot "salad" they offer, with some fat free italian dressing. Usually my cafeteria offers some sort of fruit as well.

I rarely get lunch out, because I worry about all the added, hidden calories in restaurant food. But Panera and Ruby Tuesday's have some good calorie controlled options.

Today it was from the cafeteria, so it was a 3 oz bone in baked pork chop, 1/2 cup of instant mashed postatoes, 1/2 cup of baked apples, and salad.

It's not gourmet, but it fits in my calorie allowance.

I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas for a good lunch? Perhaps even a good website I can use to guide my meal planning. Anything at this point! I struggled bad today trying to figure out what to have for lunch!!! I have breakfast and dinner down pretty good! Thank you SO much!!

Hello and Welcome!
It's very hot this summer in Minnesota, so I try to eat "cool" things for lunch...my favorite so far has been cottage cheese with fresh veggies cut up - I use yellow and orange bell peppers, grape tomatoes, carrots & celery. The whole plate is not only delicious and nutritious, but it is pleasing to the eyes.

Land o' Frost lunch kit works well for me.

You have 1 flour tortilla, ham and cheese. The cheese and ham are already portioned out. Total 220 calories.

Then I just add a salad and some light dressing.

Also, just a plain sandwich with turkey and mustard is easy. Filling and rewarding to know it isn't that many calories.

I think it is more of a portion control and wondering if something is really worth the calories.

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I'm addicted to this website.
When I need food Porn I go here as well lol!

Batch-cook soups, stews, chili on your downtime ...... poach chicken breasts ...... use some, and portion out & freeze some for a later date ......

During the winter, we roast a lot of veggies ..... during the summer, we grill a lot of veggies ..... they're good hot, cold or room temp .....

Best of luck :drinker: