Ok. Nothing major for lunches. I don't like to excessively focus on
meals, just eat, enjoy, and get on with my life. When the weather is
nice, I like a nice salad - with about an ounce or two of meat, some
cheese, a cut-up egg, some cherry tomatoes, and a bit of dressing (in a
separate container). If you put the dressing on the side, the salad
doesn't get soggy, and you tend to not use as much. Good choices are
light versions of ranch, caeser, balsamic vinaigrette. Just keep an eye
on sugar/fat content, and which is oil is used - olive oil is best, but
canola is okay too.
Soup is good, too, but you really have to watch the salt content in soup. Homemade soup is great, and you can do it up in a large crockpot without having to be there (for later in the week), but when you don't have time/ingredients for that, canned is good too. Just watch the salt.
Sandwiches on whole grain bread are okay, just not lame white bread. It's not really bread, and all that processed white flour will trip you up. Watch what you put in the sandwich, too. Mustard beats mayo. Low-fat meats and cheeses are good. When making tuna/egg/chicken salad type fillings, try to go easy on the mayo. Hellman's makes a canola mayo that's not bad, and is a better choice. Still, fats are fats. Use a small spoon when digging in.
Leftovers are a good way to vary lunches, as long as they're diet friendly. A big container of 3 cheese lasagna probably isn't a good idea. A decent chili is. Stew, chicken cacciatore (low cal version), meatloaf (made low-cal), brown rice, whole-wheat/protein noodles, other starches in moderation and some leftover veggies are good.
Add a piece of fruit and a cold bottle of water/diet drink, and you'll have a lunch that was easy to put together, will satisfy, and help you stay away from the office snack machine.
Lunch doesn't have to be fancy. In fact, IMO, it's better if it's not. Every meal doesn't have to be... "Hey, guys, the circus is in town!" Food has a place. Just not center stage.
Soup is good, too, but you really have to watch the salt content in soup. Homemade soup is great, and you can do it up in a large crockpot without having to be there (for later in the week), but when you don't have time/ingredients for that, canned is good too. Just watch the salt.
Sandwiches on whole grain bread are okay, just not lame white bread. It's not really bread, and all that processed white flour will trip you up. Watch what you put in the sandwich, too. Mustard beats mayo. Low-fat meats and cheeses are good. When making tuna/egg/chicken salad type fillings, try to go easy on the mayo. Hellman's makes a canola mayo that's not bad, and is a better choice. Still, fats are fats. Use a small spoon when digging in.
Leftovers are a good way to vary lunches, as long as they're diet friendly. A big container of 3 cheese lasagna probably isn't a good idea. A decent chili is. Stew, chicken cacciatore (low cal version), meatloaf (made low-cal), brown rice, whole-wheat/protein noodles, other starches in moderation and some leftover veggies are good.
Add a piece of fruit and a cold bottle of water/diet drink, and you'll have a lunch that was easy to put together, will satisfy, and help you stay away from the office snack machine.
Lunch doesn't have to be fancy. In fact, IMO, it's better if it's not. Every meal doesn't have to be... "Hey, guys, the circus is in town!" Food has a place. Just not center stage.
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