Any ideas for a filling healthy lunch?

[Anonymous]

i take my lunch to work every day. It never seems to satisfy me for long and I find myself eating bad snacks in the afternoon. I am looking for a filling, healthy lunch that can carry me through the day.

[Anonymous]

Salads with grilled chicken and black beans

[Anonymous]

Plan to snack. If you eat lunch at noon, that's at least 5 hours that you have to wait, probably more like 6+. Of course you want a snack.

I try to do a smaller lunch (soup + salad, frozen meal plus something extra, sandwich + fruit, etc (like 300-350 calories)), then plan a protein snack (200 or so calories) in the afternoon - cheese and crackers, humus and veg, a yogurt, another piece of fruit, etc. Also sometimes a hot tea in the afternoon helps. Chewing gum helps, too, if you can do it at your desk.

[Anonymous]

I pack 3 - 5 snack bags of cut up veggies and fruit and a sandwich - sandwich thins, 3 slices of meat, 1 - 2 thin slices of cheese and mustard. Sometimes I will throw in pretzels and hummus.

I eat that throughout the day and I'm usually pretty set when I go home. If I get hungry, I'll grab a 110 cal granola bar or something.

[Anonymous]

Bring the leftovers from last night's dinner (assuming it's healthy, since you're interested in healthy eating.) I'm so much more satisfied/full if I eat leftover black bean/rice bowl or leftover Thai veggie pasta or whatever compared to a small sandwich.

I usually bring a cheese stick, cottage cheese, or hummus and veggies as snacks on days that I don't have a filling leftover-based lunch handy.

[Anonymous]

Bring veggies! I eat two orange peppers and half a cucumber with a protein of some sort and I am full until 4 or 4:30. I have a hard boiled egg for a quick snack with a cup of green tea and can make it to dinner time at 9-9:30.

[Anonymous]

I always have an apple and a banana on my desk. Maybe a bag of carrot sticks. Sometimes a cheese stick. Sometimes a small bag of nuts. By the end of the day, they are definitely gone. But at least they were healthy!

[Anonymous]

I have a hefty salad with a good serving of protein (usually left over from dinner the night before) and olive oil or a non fat free dressing. Holds me to dinner.

[Anonymous]

I eat every 2-3 hours:

7:00am breakfast
9:30 ish- string cheese
11:30 ish- piece of fruit
Somewhere between 12pm and 1pm- lunch (usually a lean cuisine or Amy's light n lean)
3ish- yogurt
We eat dinner around 6:00pm

[Anonymous]

The same thing happens to me. I bring a salad with protein every day for lunch. The protein is key. I also bring either homemade vegetable soup or a big container of cut up veggies for late afternoon snack. Both are filling. I always eat an apple on my way home in the car. This prevents me from arriving home really hungry and making bad food choices before dinner is ready.

[Anonymous]

I plan on several small meals.

1) breakfast at home
2) lunch at around 12:00 - leftovers from last night of protein + veg
3) afternoon meal at around 3:00 - 2 boiled eggs and some veg.
4) late afernoon snack 4:30-5:00 - almonds and a piece of fruit
6) Dinner around 7:30 - protein plus veg. Save some for the next day!