If you are a WOHM, what do you eat for lunch?

[Anonymous]

I started a new job last year and quickly gained weight. My old job had a cafeteria with a good salad bar and other healthy options. The new job is also more demanding and I've had less time for exercise. I'm eager to eat healthier in the new year but I'm at a loss for lunch ideas. If you bring or buy healthy lunches what specifically do you eat. Also interested in healthy snack ideas but mainly focused on lunch.

[Anonymous]

Soup. Make my own or Progresso.

[Anonymous]

I make a pot of spicy pinto beans that lasts the entire week. Tasty, healthy, and filling.

[Anonymous]

Do you have access to a fridge or microwave?
Do you have any diet/allergy restrictions?

If you have access to both, you're pretty unlimited on your options.

salads you can put in all sorts of things. Greens (spinach, romaine, iceberg, whatever your preference), some protein (chicken, tuna, turkey, ham, hard boiled eggs), more vegetables (celery, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, asparagus, zucchini, squash, broccoli, cucumber), fruits (cherries, grapes, raisins, orange slices, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, apple), other misc extras (chickpeas, sprouts, cheese, nuts). Get a small container to keep your dressing separate until you're ready to eat lunch.

oatmeal with various nuts, berries

chicken breast with salsa, brown rice, vegetables

1/2 sandwich with soup or salad on the side

It might seem really strange, but I'll make big batches of smoothies (whatever fruit I have, a little greek yogurt, baby spinach, ice, wheat germ, a little milk) and pour small servings into breast milk bags. Then I label them and stick them in the freezer. A nice little green drink to defrost and have as a side with my meals or as a light snack.

The cold weather is perfect for soup. I make a very simple (but delicious!) vegetable soup. So easy to make, and then I freeze extra. Planning on making soup chicken soup today and freezing some of it as well.

And soups are very easy to fill with vegetables!

[Anonymous]

I have access to both a fridge and a microwave. I like to minimize how much prep I have to do at home bc it's hard enough getting out in the am.

[Anonymous]

Leftovers, soup, oatmeal, cottage cheese, sandwich, grilled chicken on english muffin, cereal, I buy sushi one a week - usually easy to find a place that has 2rolls for $6.

I plan for the NY to add 1 salad a week.

[Anonymous]

Leftovers, sandwiches (turkey with spinach, pb&j if I'm running late), salad, or soup (make my own or boxed). I kept single-serve oatmeal in my office in case I don't bring lunch. I do have a cafeteria where I work, but it's a lot cheaper to bring my own. Hummus with pita and veggies is also really filling and easy.

[Anonymous]

Celery and carrot sticks, grape tomatoes, bell pepper strips and a little dressing for a dip. Cut up veggies on the weekend and pack some for everyday.

[Anonymous]

Lunch -

Leftovers (small portions)
Weight watchers smart ones meals
salads

snacks -
fruit
veggies/dip (greek yogurt dip, humus)
baked tostitos and dip (same as above)

[Anonymous]

Trader Joes Lentil vegetable soup
Chobani fat free yogurt w/fruit (either I mix my own fruit with the plain or grab a cup with the fruit already in it)
Small salad with edamame, grape tomatoes (Bags of lettuce are a lifesaver and Ken's Lite Northern Italian is yummy)
Pita chips with hummus
Baby Bel cheese and fruit are my go-to afternoon snack

[Anonymous]

I make a lot of soups/stews on the weekensd and freeze them in small portions in Ziplocs. I take a baggie out a night or two before to thaw in the fridge, then I put the food in Pyrex bowls with lids, which I take to work.

I usually make tomato soup, beef and barley soup, pork and hominy stew, chicken and rice soup, black bean chilli, red beans and rice, lentil soup, etc.

I also take snacks with me -- sunflower seeds, fruit, veggie sticks, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have access to both a fridge and a microwave. I like to minimize how much prep I have to do at home bc it's hard enough getting out in the am.

I'd make the lunch the night before and store in your fridge till the morning. If you're packing leftovers from dinner (this is a low-prep option), you should pack the lunch when you already have the food out at dinner time.

[Anonymous]

Salad with lean protein, black bean soup. Wrap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make a pot of spicy pinto beans that lasts the entire week. Tasty, healthy, and filling.

Hope you work in an office where you can shut the door vs. a cube! An entire week of beans!

[Anonymous]

Cottage cheese with a little vanilla yogurt and raisins, fruit, and a hard boiled egg.