Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the options! Really would like more non salad options. I'm not a natural salad eater, so if I eat salad more than a couple times a week, I feel like I'm punishing myself. I wish carbs had fewer calories!

And I hear what everyone is saying about packing my own lunches, but I already pack lunches for 4 kids and I can't bear to pack myself something too. Plus getting up and walking away from my desk is sort of a high point.

Why not pack your own lunch and still go on a walk.

Some of these options...Starbucks, I am looking at you, aren't going to help you lose weight

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the options! Really would like more non salad options. I'm not a natural salad eater, so if I eat salad more than a couple times a week, I feel like I'm punishing myself. I wish carbs had fewer calories!

And I hear what everyone is saying about packing my own lunches, but I already pack lunches for 4 kids and I can't bear to pack myself something too. Plus getting up and walking away from my desk is sort of a high point.

You can't bear to pack your own lunch and your kids. Rough life.

I know you said no salads, but thought I’d mention an option not yet in this post...Cava. You can build and preorder your mail on their app and it calculat s the calories fro you. So you could add, remove, edit to meet your calorie goal. Ordering in advance also helps prevent the impulse splurge. I always ordered the pita until I saw it added almost 200 extra calories to my lunch. Good luck! Eating out is tough when you are counting calories. And I hear you with the lunches. I pack my lunch 4 out of 5 days a week, plus my husband’s plus my kids’ lunches and snacks. Not fun but does keep my eating in check.

Starbucks egg and cheese protein box. Very filling.

Panera broth bowls
Panera Mediterranean veggie sandwich
Bowl at Rice Bar

There’s a nutrition calculator on the District taco website, you can plug things in to figure out what you can get for 400 calories.

Or get whatever you want in your Chipotle bowl and eat half.

Chipotle bowl with no rice, half serving of beans, beans, lettuce, just fajita veggies and half serving of cheese

I think a cup of tomato soup and a piece of their bread at cosi is right around 400 cals. Bonus is that it's also cheap. Cosi also has a couple sandwiches in that range, and the calorie content is displayed on the menu boards.

I also like pret for low cal lunches. Other times I'll go to a deli and buy a yogurt and something else (like a small bag of pita chips), but that's not very filling.

Sweetgreen's Spicy Thai salad is around 400 calories. So yummy and filling.

Potbelly Mushroom Melt is 350 calories. It’s in my lunch rotation.

I lost a lot of weight a few years ago eating Chop’t and California Tortilla every day. Big spinach salad with low cal dressing or 2 chicken tacos on corn tortillas

ABO vegetable soup + 1 breadstick

You should be able to get a decent turkey sandwich that's about 400 calories. Just don't get it with Mayo and only get one slice of cheese instead of multiples.

You can also get a good bowl at Chipotle that is about 400 calories - black beans, barbacoa, lettuce, roast veggies, salsa. That will fill you up! Just avoid rice and carbs.

Broth based soups are your best bet.