This has been my lunch 6 out of 7 days a week for the past 20 years. I’m never bored and hardly ever have that midday slump that I get when I eat other things for lunch.
3 Likes
These are great suggestions and have given me motivation to eat more salads for lunch! And cut down on sandwiches on bread. I’m also going to start intermittent fasting again. That really helpe, I did it for several years. I’m not sure why I stopped.
Yogurt and fruit, or a veggie burger with a side of carrots, or maybe leftover protein from dinner and riced cauliflower or spinach. Sometimes I will get a box of salad from the grocery store (public salad bars feel high risk to me, so that’s not very often) Looking forward to fresh produce season !
My current health journey requires no more than 30 carbs a meal and 20 for two snacks a day. And I have a sat. fat limit as well, but I don’t count calories. Sticking just to that, I’ve lost 11 pounds in about 8 weeks. Clearly not for everyone, but also it seems that I was over-carbed and under-proteining so have been trying to fix that. I am failing miserably at the snack part but am working on it!
2 Likes
I will have sandwiches a couple of days a week, but I only use the thin sliced Dave’s bread which is 70 calories a slice. I put chicken breast, veggies and light mayo on my sandwich and with some fresh fruit on the side it satisfies me. Other days I eat leftovers or salads for lunch.
1 Like
I eat lunch around 1pm. Then just a bite of cheese or a yogurt before bed. No dinner. Lunch is a full meal, meat, veggies or pasta, etc.
1 Like
I am NOT an expert, and have never done intermittent fasting, but a friend of mine did it for a long time and recently stopped because she said she (or “they” - meaning some expert) realized it wasn’t really good for you. I thought that was interesting, so figured I’d pass it along.
Most likely, it was no better than simply cutting calories. Possibly worse because it typically shifts the bigger meal closer to the inactive time in the evening.
3 Likes
IF (intermittent fasting), I assume, is off-topic for this thread, but please do a deep dive on recent research before proceeding.
3 Likes
Today I stopped for the $5 Friday sushi deal at the grocery store.
Other favorite lunches:
- leftovers from prior night or meals out
- avocado toast**
- salad with a poached egg++, shredded cheese
- sliced cucumber with scant cream cheese and smoked salmon
- can of sardines on one piece of bread
- low fat cottage cheese, best with chives from the garden
- soup, especially home made lentil soup
- occasional sandwich, esp if we have Dave’s thin bread
- Little John sub when my husband orders delivery
- half banana with 1T peanut butter
** My variation of avocado toast - Smashed half avocado, 1T hummus, everything bagel seasoning… spread over toast, sometime with halved cherry tomatoes. Typically I double the smashed ingredients in order to use whole avocado, refrigerate the extra for another day.
++ My poached eggs (for breakfast or lunch) are very simple. Break egg into custard cup or Corelle mug, optionally sprinkle with parmesan, cover with paper towel, microwave 30sec. Once in a while the egg might explode, but the paper towel minimizes the mess.
1 Like
This is what my intermittent fasting looked like. Skipped breakfast, big meal at 11, snack at 2, dinner at 6. I didn’t do all days, but most days. Basically just skipping breakfast.
So, I’m going to attempt to incorporate a lot of your suggestions. I made chicken salad today and tried to put it on cucumber slices but it wouldn’t stay on. So, I just chopped it up and mixed with the salad and ate it with spinach lettuce.
I’m determined to lose that 7 lbs before summer. That profile pic of my stomach really did the trick.
4 Likes
Try cucumbers and blueberries with some plain greek yogurt for dressing. This is one of my go to lunches. Or chicken with cranberries, celery and yogurt (I hate mayo…)
1 Like
Do you have a link or certain recipe for the pancakes??
First off, your all lying 
. This can’t be “that” healthy of a group. Lol.
Lunch today was white tuna in water with a slice of harvarti on skinny wheat bread. It was more like a tuna melt. I used less than a table spoon of low fat thousand island dressing instead of mayo since I like it better. 
3 Likes
Lol I see this as a virtue-signaling thread. People who regularly get the no. 7 combo at McDonald’s aren’t going to come on here and post about it!
11 Likes
#5 breakfast, oops…
1 Like
I used to love McDonald’s breakfasts … The pancakes and sausage platter. Whatever number that was!
1 Like
Someone here on CC turned me onto them. They’re Paleo, which I’m “mostly.” 
But I now add a scoop of teff, whey protein, a scoop of mixed seeds (chia, hemp, flax) and wheat germ, vanilla, cinnamon and a scoop of pumpkin.
I don’t have any issues with gluten, but I try to avoid it. I don’t think it’s good for you.
3 Likes
Thx. Have to try it. Sounds good.
I’m getting some great ideas here!
Sometimes I make a grain bowl. The base is a whole grain ( I prefer farro or brown rice). I put in a bunch of chopped raw veggies( whatever I have on hand) , a quarter cup of seeds or nuts, maybe some chopped olives. I top it with kale or spinach.
I usually use olive oil and vinegar or mix up a homemade dressing.
2 Likes
No lying here. Haven’t been to McD since our road trip last June! 
And that was just because it was a convenience only (next door to a charging station). Was surprised they took credit cards now. Lol that tells you how often we eat there. Don’t eat out for lunch often. Only when it is a freebie 
Some leftovers are healthier than others, depending on what I made the day before. Today it was rice pilaf.
3 Likes