Healthy meals to carry at work place ?

8 Comments

1. AnonymousJuly 20,2023 at 3:12PM UTC

   Salads with a protein source (chopped chicken, etc.) are always good. Yogurt is suitable for a snack sprinkled with granola if you have refrigeration. Tuna, chicken, or egg salad sandwiches can add some variety. Please stay away from chips as they are high in fat and sodium.

2. AnonymousJuly 20,2023 at 7:16PM UTC

   Lentils soup, beans and rice, veggie wraps, fruit salad, veggies and hummus, boiled eggs are great and very versatile for many meals, keep a variety of nuts (if you aren't allergic) on hand; can be a great protein snack! If you're into sandwiches, try to use whole wheat bread or pita bread, instead.

   The goal with packing healthy meals is to eat lean meat of choice and load up on eating your colors (have a fruit and veggie with every meal and they should make up 50% of your plate).

   Keep fried, sugary and overly processed food at bay!

   Oh and keep a water bottle on hand! Drink at least 30mins to hour before your lunch. This can also help curb your cravings. When you think you're hungry, it could mean your body is actually needing water.

   Good luck.

3. AnonymousJuly 23,2023 at 3:12PM UTC

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4. Zeecil KimmelJuly 24,2023 at 2:45AM UTC

   I have traveled for work for years and once I hit the age in which fat settles around the middle I could no longer eat sandwiches and fries every day. I began making myself healthy and delicious salads with some protein. My salads are so easy but beautiful and the colors make it more fun. I buy a salad bag in Walmart or Target as a base (that makes it v. easy) and then I add grape or cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, olives and a crunch (croutons, crunchy onions) I make or buy a dressing and add something for protein (grilled chicken, salmon, grilled meat or tuna). Wherever I go I get compliments and people ask me where I bought my salad.

   You can also make veggie sticks with dressing - you can cut up a few days worth. My daughter did this for my son, putting the colorful vegetable sticks in a large clear iced latte cup. It looked so attractive who would not want to eat it.

5. Dianna DeeleyJuly 26,2023 at 12:08PM UTC

   If you have access to a microwave, soup is extremely satisfying and it can be healthy. Better yet, you can make a big pot at home. I found these wonderful corningware mugs - 20 oz. with lids that have a vent covered by an easily removable piece - that are microwave safe, don't leak, and carry a big enough serving that you have a good lunch. Bring along a mason-jar salad, and you will have a lunch the envy of your colleagues!

6. AnonymousJuly 26,2023 at 12:51PM UTC

   An apple and two pieces of string cheese for protein, a baked potato or sweet potato sprinkled with Butter Buds Sprinkles (baked potatoes are very good for you but eat them early in the day so you burn off the carbs!) and some tuna, an egg, or low fat cottage cheese for protein. Scrambled eggs that you can make ahead, nuke at work, and drizzle with salsa, protein bars that aren't too high in sugar (I'd cut mine in half). Plus everything everyone listed earlier. I used to be a bodybuilder earlier in life and made myself three mini-meals/day for work. A fellow bodybuilder told me about nuking tuna fish and mixing in a bit of Sweet Baby Ray's. Actually makes the tuna taste more like chicken! Everything in moderation. Now I'm hungry!

7. Gwendolyn FreeJuly 26,2023 at 2:40PM UTC

   I bring avocado spread with wheat bread, boiled eggs, yogurt, cereal, and fresh fruit like pineapple, strawberries and blueberries. For lunch, salad kits and low sodium soups are easy! Sherbet is good for a healthy desert!

8. Donald HongvaJuly 31,2023 at 12:15PM UTC

   The avocado spread is excellent!