LizN63 Member

Yes of course, I got it from here: http://justbento.com/handbook/recipe-collection-mains/balsamic-sesame-chicken when I was looking at her red wine vinegar chicken recipe. Personally next time I would use chicken breast because I find thighs too fatty... they might be a lot drier though.

Some really nice bento in here! Here is mine for today, seemed to work out at about 400cal all in. Rice with seasoning, sesame balsamic chicken, car-shaped egg, cherry tomatoes and babybel. And a little soy sauce bottle. Oh the little bag for the boxes made it into this one at the side too!

I agree with what others have said, red meat is 'healthy' (as are carbs) as long as it fits in your overall goals. In fact, I am prone to iron deficiency so I do like including red meat. I have difficulty getting to my (conservative) protein goals even including it. Plus, I like it!

As RodaRose says, what is it you're looking for? It looks like you are looking for dinners and you can heat them at work, in which case I'd recommend batch-cooking any freezable dinners you like to eat - in my case that would be lasagnes, beef stews, cottage pies, fish pies etc. then freezing in portions. What sort of…

That sounds nice, I must look for those. I can't eat eggs without salt, so brined might avoid me having to take salt with me...? I love my lock and lock bento boxes - they have a red carrier you can't see. This was an attempt at a hamburger one. There is also a tomato and basil salad, some carrot and cheese flowers, and a…

Eating slightly over my calories, then eating loads because by then I've blown it anyway so it doesn't matter. And not logging it. Always thinking tomorrow will be better.

Make sure you wash the bottles out properly first. :'(

OP do you lift? Just thinking this might be a way to 'firm up' and lose fat without losing too much 'weight'.

Yes, I log it.

She has 11 month old twins - and she's probably majorly sleep deprived! Keep doing what you're doing, if you've lost 8lbs in less than a month you're doing great x

Those look awesome! I had a bit of a leftovers one today, my rice (still rock hard, no idea why! I packed when hot, didn't pierce the film when reheating... :( ), prawns just with a chilli dipping sauce, some grapes, babybel and a veg gratin cup I found on Just Bento…

Personally I wouldn't log tea unless it has milk or sugar in it. I drink black tea, but I would do the same for plain green. If it's flavoured I suppose it depends what it's flavoured with. Can you scan the barcode?

Ah. I poked a few holes in them like you do for microwave meals :*)

I'm finding sometimes my frozen, reheated rice is rock hard when I come to eat it at lunchtime - what am I doing wrong?? :(

Well.. if you're basically happy with your weight now, why not just concentrate on getting fitter and eat at maintenance or just under? You could slow down your weight loss to be very gradual but get fitter at the same time. If you lift, this will help with maintaining your muscle mass, and possibly will help with loose…

This website is a good place to start http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-basics

Some rice under the chicken.

Awesome, what did you get?

See in the UK that's a bit more risqué...

Well done! That's something I can't often do! :|

This is my attempt at a bento using the monbento box - I can post what it's meant to look like if you want a laugh... ;)

I got my monbento box and you're right, it is big. I might just use the top layer for pieces of whole fruit, cutlery, little yoghurt pots etc. It's pretty though! :D

I think I am saying what you just said in a different way!

Depends what you count as 'exercise' I guess. For instance, the exercise database includes 'light housework'. Personally I would count that in to my activity level and not log it. But perhaps some people say they are completely sedentary and log it separately, then eat it back.

It also depends on what you've set your activity level on here. If you're sedentary then your calorie goal will not have allowed for much extra activity, if any. If you're active then your calorie goal will include a certain amount of extra calorie allowance.

Weird question but could you shift your 'breakfast' to the evening? I often find I'm not that hungry at breakfast and I'm eating it out of habit more than anything else. Either that or yes, I'd eat my own dinner later or split it.

Just got a nice bento box from monbento - they have a sale on you know... ;)

I'm a great fan of bento and I use justbento as well! It makes me more conscious of what I'm taking for lunch and less likely to snack. I've not been doing it recently, must get back into it!

As long as you're eating carrots, why not have some hummus too?

My One does not seem to sync with my iPad but that might just be me!