Is it me or....

i spend entirely too much time on the internet looking for new recipes as i hate eating the same thing all the time. though i do end up with a lot of salads because they are so easy and guaranteed low cal. there really is a wealth of information out there though on low cal, quick and easy lunches.

I batch cook on Sundays. I make containers of food that I can grab and go for lunch throughout the week. This week lunch is chicken and stir-fry veggies.

I usually eat the same thing everyday. I know it's boring, but it's easy. The weekends vary a lot, but during the week I don't want to thing about it!

You don't have to eat salad! The idea for me is to have something ready to go, so I don't get to work and head for a vending machine or fast food joint.

This is a great idea. I've been too lazy to cook a lot at once. I need to start doing this because I am usually too tired to think about my meals during the week.

I know how you feel. I bought a 5-pack of ocean perch from the grocery store last week, and since I was th only one eating it, I had a lot of perch over the course of the week. I love fish, but I'm so sick of perch!

I batch cook on Sundays. Some weeks I make crock pot oatmeal to take for breakfasts all week, other weeks Ill have cereal, or overnight oats. Not much variety in breakfasts, but by switching every week or two I dont get sick of it.

For the first 3 months of the year, all I brought for lunch was raw carrots, broccoli, and bell pepper with watered down light ranch dressing, about a cup of fruit, and an ounce of cheese. I was completely satisfied with this for 3 months..until one day I snapped. I still like those foods, and they make one of my 4 lunch rotations, but now I steam them sometimes or bring a different dressing. That rotation is about 500 calories for lunch.

I now batch cook chili with lots of beans and corn and just a little ground meat (beef or turkey) and bring a small piece of cornbread. That totals 400 calories so I usually add a piece of fruit or some dark chocolate to bring it to 500.

I will also buy lunch meats and small rolls for "splurge weeks" with about 600 calories per lunch. Plenty of people think that food is really bad for you...but anything in moderation I think is ok. Sometimes I need these weeks to stay sane!

Ill batch cook different soups or casseroles as well. And if all else fails, Ill bring cereal and milk for lunch.

I try to keep my lunch to about 500 most weeks, some weeks 600. But I have plenty of variety and no longer get sick thinking about lunch. I crave salad once in a while, so i will eat it then...but I do not want to feel punished every single day by eating it.

I should also say I dont have much weight Im trying to lose and I work out 2ce a day most days so my calorie counts are a little higher than what I see a lot of people are trying to stick to.