Losing weight, eating better, but Lunch Time...

The_Kew_Tour

Ok. So basically joined a gym 2 months ago. I have lost 2 stone and feeling fitter and better and notice the difference. Still have about 2-3 Stone to shred. But I'll get there.

My eating habits have improved. I have fruit, porridge or scrambled egg in morning. Mostly go gym in morning before work(3-4sessions pw) Might have fruit after it with Mooju choc milk 500ml if do weights. I'll vary it though, maybe sometimes I'll have porridge when go into work, with bit of honey.

When I go home after work eat salad, chicken maybe fish, sweetcorn maybe odd day have a steak with sides mostly veg, odd day potatoes, but not have that often.

I gave up coke, although might have bottle with takeaway which I have once a week.(that's my treat and I have stuck to that pretty well)

I also try to have a snack if feeling Hungary and have things like walnuts, yougart, strawberries, maybe a chicken pita

Drink water quite a bit and I swapped from coke and it's been big help.

I'm seeing good results but it's at lunchtime in work where I would like to improve my eating habits. I tend to bring in soup with bread. I'll vary that with lasagne or made up stuff from
tesco.

I really want to change that if I can!! Any advice or tips on this?

Sorry for long post. But want to give idea where I am and where I'd like to go.

Thanks in advance.

deadybai

Try and prepare your lunch you self the night before or do a weekly prep on sunday. If you trying to lose weight stay away from lasangne. That is loaded with carbs and saturated fats. Probably the worse thing you could eat when trying ot lose weight :P .

If the soup your eating is homemade then thats fine with bread but make sure its not full of salt. Canned soup is packed with salt and would be bad for to eat long term. Also make sure the bread is wholemeal brown bread and don't eat too much of it. Be careful of eating too much fruit as it contains sugar as well as your honey and modju.

What I would recommend for lunch is to mix Protein, Carbs and healthy fats. What I tend to have is Cous cous, half and avocado and some tuna chunks. I would say to have some broccoli with brown rice and maybe sweet potato . You can cook it the night before and put it in a container.

Presuming your lunch is at 1, try have a small snack around 4 o clock. Yogurt can be good but be careful of low or 0% fat yogurts. They can be high in sugar content to retain the nice taste.

If you cant bring lunch to work go to a local deli at lunch time and have them make you up a salad with plenty of veg and some chicken and/or eggs.

Maybe try and get rid of your bottle of coke a week too and have water with your takeaway. If you cant give it up maybe try have a can of coke with your take way instead? Fizzy drinks are just a big no-no for anyone looking to be healthy or lose weight.

My main point from this post is what I said about having protein, carbs and healthy fat at lunch time. You can still have your soup and bread (provided its healthy like I mentioned above) and have something like a chicken salad for lunch provided you burn enough calories in the gym. I would say that with just eating soup and bread you will be fairly hungry soon after which isnt a good thing.

Lux23

I normally bring my leftover dinner into work, I try to have the same portion size at lunch and dinner. It can get a bit boring so I might get soup and sandwich on a Friday. Personally I see people eating really small lunches everyday, if I did that I would be starving by the time I get home.

Zillah

500ml chocolate milk is probably over kill. There is a lot of variety between brands but the main difference between regular and choc is sugar. If you're trying to lose weight then getting a bunch of sugar into you after working out is probably unnecessary. Regular milk would be fine. Or nothing. I know chocolate milk is popular for recovery but that would be more for people bulking.

As for lunch: if you're eating a good dinner then make 1.5 servings and throw the rest into a tub for lunch. Heat up. Don't just hope there are leftovers, make enough for lunch too. Not all meals are suitable, but a lot of dinners are even better after being left to marinade overnight.

I'd often grab random handfuls of cheese, chopped veg, and nuts (you could add some deli meats if that's your thing), and throw them into tupperware, then put a splash of soy sauce and olive oil in there. Yummy salad. Super quick.

Sandwiches are great. I don't mean a slice of cheese on some crappy bread. I mean a really nice sandwich, put some effort into it, look up recipes online. Be smart to separate wet things from the bread.

The_Kew_Tour

Cheers for the advice all.

I think a few of your points in each I think I will add or remove.