Lunch Help

Aine5

Hi guys

Today is the start of my diet.
Going to try really hard this time.
I want to loose at least a stone as I am going to be a birdesmaid in Aug and dont want to be a plump 1

I have done Slimming world before and I found it really good but I just dont have the time to go to classes anymore as I'm working full time & studying part time. I've decided I will follow the plan myself and hopefully shed the pounds.

My main concern is lunch - I know I should try take a packed lunch with me each day however it just never happens. I will dig out a lunch box and try again however there will be some days when it just wont be possible and I will have to go to the local shop to grap something. Trouble is I dont know what I should get. Has anybody any low fat lunch idea's that you could share with me?

EileenG

Stock up on some tins of fish, or eve the Tuna with a Twist sachets, so when you run out for lunch, all you need is some salad, throw your fish on top and you have lunch.

cat_rant

This sounds funny but I do two weekly shops one for the house and one for the office. I will leave diet drinks yogurts & fruit in the fridge in work and lo cal soups and microwavable rice sachets in the press to prevent myself from forgetting lunch. Its more cost effective cos the local spar and sandwich bars are costly if you buy from them day in and out.

Saves you time spent in ques on your lunch break too... :pac:

Aine5

I done a little shop for the office on my lunch, grapes, apples, bananna's, Muller lights, rice cakes etc.

I decided on a salad for lunch, n my treat was a little egg mayo.

Jst dinner to plan now:P Its never ending.

alpha2010

I'm having a similiar problem with lunch

I go to college full time and i used to always go to chiper or get a breakfast roll or something because all the rest of my friends would be going to these places and some days they woud go to the pub and get chips and sausages or whatever

but i have been on diet for 3 weeks now and its been okay but I'm back in college today and i totally forgot i couldnt have the same lunch anymore :P

i need to count points because i got to WW so the best thing for me would be to bring packed lunch but i could hardely go into a pub and pull out my lunch box and today they decided to go into the pub for a drink and some food and i knew i couldnt so i made an excuse so therfore i have had no food today

i dont know what the alternative could be

leahyl

alpha2010 wrote: »

I'm having a similiar problem with lunch

I go to college full time and i used to always go to chiper or get a breakfast roll or something because all the rest of my friends would be going to these places and some days they woud go to the pub and get chips and sausages or whatever

but i have been on diet for 3 weeks now and its been okay but I'm back in college today and i totally forgot i couldnt have the same lunch anymore :P

i need to count points because i got to WW so the best thing for me would be to bring packed lunch but i could hardely go into a pub and pull out my lunch box and today they decided to go into the pub for a drink and some food and i knew i couldnt so i made an excuse so therfore i have had no food today

i dont know what the alternative could be

does this pub not do sandwiches/wraps? You don't have to have chips and sausages! I would have thought most pubs that serve hot food would have a salad bar as well - you could have salad or else a tuna wrap?

Melia

Most places would have soup, right?

alpha2010

they dont do soup, not at the times we go for some reason, they usually have it at 1 or 2 i usually go at 12

yeah they do sandwhiches but like i wouldnt know how many points are in em

like im only new to WW, im even afraid to go out for a meal incase i go over my daily points

Aine5

I hear your pain!
I'd go for a Sandwich and choose loads of free fillings, peppers, lettuce etc along with your meat and maybe try a little harder in the evening time to make good food choices and if the weather is nice try go for a walk or job to burn some extra cals.

columok

Are you in range of any supermarkets? Would you have a tesco or marks and spencer near you?

Lux23

I ate my own food in a pub when I was in college, normally noone would notice or I would have my food and then go in. It only takes 5 minutes to eat a sandwich and while your mates are corrupting their body with chips you can just sip on a diet drink or mineral water.

davyjose

Aine5 wrote: »

I done a little shop for the office on my lunch, grapes, apples, bananna's, Muller lights, rice cakes etc.

I decided on a salad for lunch, n my treat was a little egg mayo.

Jst dinner to plan now:P Its never ending.

I wouldn't consider Rice Cakes and Muller Lights low-calorie food. in fact I'd nearly say you're better off with the egg mayo.

Aine5

I wouldn't consider Rice Cakes and Muller Lights low-calorie food. in fact I'd nearly say you're better off with the egg mayo

I'm following the Slimming World plan and on that Muller Lights are a free food and so is eggs - just not the mayo.

Bugnug

Aine5 wrote: »

Hi guys

Today is the start of my diet.
Going to try really hard this time.
I want to loose at least a stone as I am going to be a birdesmaid in Aug and dont want to be a plump 1

I have done Slimming world before and I found it really good but I just dont have the time to go to classes anymore as I'm working full time & studying part time. I've decided I will follow the plan myself and hopefully shed the pounds.

My main concern is lunch - I know I should try take a packed lunch with me each day however it just never happens. I will dig out a lunch box and try again however there will be some days when it just wont be possible and I will have to go to the local shop to grap something. Trouble is I dont know what I should get. Has anybody any low fat lunch idea's that you could share with me?

Too may excuses and "Ican't" "I don't have time" in here so I am afraid unless you change your attitude you will fail.

Aine5

I think my attitude is pretty good.

I leave the house every morning at 7.00 to make the 45min journey to work, I'm up most morning at 6.15 and its just not possible to make a packed lunch every morning.

I also study via distant learning so any free time is eaten up by that, which means alot of late nights and early mornings.

In my opinion if you want to achieve something bad enough you will succeed.

I think there was one "I cant" in my post.

Darkginger

Just a suggestion - when you're getting dinner ready the previous evening, make a quick mixed salad with tuna or egg or something and pop it in the fridge in a tupperware container. Then all you have to do in the morning is grab it on your way out - voila! one packed lunch

Sapsorrow

Aine5 wrote: »

I done a little shop for the office on my lunch, grapes, apples, bananna's, Muller lights, rice cakes etc.

I know you said they were ok with the plan you're on but regardless all of those foods bar the apple are not conducive to weight loss and there's much better options you could make to accelerate your loss and see a much better result.

Aine5

khrystyna100 wrote: »

I know you said they were ok with the plan you're on but regardless all of those foods bar the apple are not conducive to weight loss and there's much better options you could make to accelerate your loss and see a much better result.

Can you give me some suggestions please khrystyna100

Sapsorrow

Aine5 wrote: »

Can you give me some suggestions please khrystyna100

Ya no probs, like I said anyway apples are grand. Bananas and grapes are very high in sugar, I haven't eaten grapes since the last time when I bothered to look at the sugar content on the label it's quite shocking. Try strawberries (or any berries) tesco had really good ones on special offer lately you get a big punnet for 2.50 or so. Stone fruit like plums and peaches are also better, you oculd try having tinned peaches in juice as a treat/snack with some natural unsweetened yoghurt (but not too often). Yoghurt wise a good one is to blitz some defrosted frozen berries (very cheap in Aldi) with some sweetner (xylitol etc), vanilla essence and plain unsweetened yoghurt. You can make it in big batchs to last over 3-4 days.
Rice cakes are empty calories, they're made with refined rice and are not in the slightest bit filling considering the calories in them. I'd try having 2 oatcakes instead with hummous and salad veggies on top or better still have veg crudite with hummous or other dips (crudite and hummous are so quick to make too), try celery sticks, cucumber, brocoli florets (some people like it raw not me though), carrot sticks, mangetout or sugar snap peas, red pepper, whole cherry tomatos etc. Hummous can be made in big batchs and frozen in little tubs for a continuos supply throughout the week. Boiled eggs can be done in batchs and stored in the fridge for a few days as a quick, low kcal and very filling snack. Nuts and seeds make great snacks (aldi have em cheaper than anywhere else) and are very satiating. Make soup, stews and curries in batchs and freeze em and being them with you in a soup thermous (in argos). Mmmm trying to think of more ideas I'll get back to you if I can think of anything else!

Aine5

Thank you very much for all your great suggestions khrystyna100.

I made a little list of some of your suggestions and took it with me while I did my shopping last night. Really have to say mmmmmmmm Strawberries, that was my treat last night as I watched tv. I would never think of buying them even tho they are yummy. Got peaches & plums etc etc so I'm all ready for a good wkend of eating - healthy:)