Ideas for healty Deli Eating

dabhal

Any ideas for sandwichs etc that I can get made up in the local deli/spar etc that are low in fat and healthy/filling aswell?
Only one I know of is a tuna/sweetcorn wrap or sandwich.

Dabhal

eclectichoney

well i always get like a chicken sandwich / wrap whatever without butter/mayo etc. keeps the fat down and then you can just add stuff like salad / veg whatever. the calories/fat in butter and mayo is really high so avoid that (and cheese) and you can't go wrong. stuff like tuna and chicken also fill you up.

rainglow

Tuna in deli sandwiches in usually in mayonnaise (goes on the sandwich like a paste) so it probably isn't the healthiest option. Chicken tikka and sometimes even plain chicken usually come in mayonnaise too so you're better off asking at the counter.

The healthiest thing would be chicken breast or turkey (either broken up pieces or slices) with loads of veg and minimal spread, be that butter or mayo. Skip cheese. And always brown bread, it'll keep you feeling full longer.

MojoMaker

LOL, and then have 2 pints on a Friday evening and see 5 days butter/mayo avoidance go down the tube.

Get real lads!!

irlirishkev

MojoMaker wrote:

LOL, and then have 2 pints on a Friday evening and see 5 days butter/mayo avoidance go down the tube.

Get real lads!!

Better that than 5 days butter/mayo consumption AND 2 pints down the local on a Friday evening.. don't you think :rolleyes:

logic1

I wouldn't worry too much about a serving of butter or mayonaisse. A tablespoon of regular mayo is about 100 calories. As long asd you're not heaping it in there every day you'll be grand.

I'll often put half a tablespoon into my tins of tuna even while dieting just to make it palatable.

Main thing about healthy sandwiches is the bread used. Wholemeal or wholewheat bread, never white. I usually fill it with plain tuna or skinless chicken breast and some salad, onions that kinda lark.

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Jefferson Darcy

There's a new John West Tuna - packed in spring water - tastes a million times better than the brine version.

logic1

Jefferson Darcy wrote:

There's a new John West Tuna - packed in spring water - tastes a million times better than the brine version.

haha yeah I bought a tray last week. Always get funny looks at the checkout

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Jefferson Darcy

logic1 wrote:

Always get funny looks at the checkout

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That'd be the strange gym gear you're wearing.

dabhal

thanks for the replies
So far we have chicken/tuna and veg of some sort.
Won't really get me through 5 days without becoming extremly sick of eating chicken and tuna sandwichs/wraps.
Any other ideas?

Jefferson Darcy

I make my own stuff at home. Get a grill like a George Foreskin, its very handy. I do either minute steaks, chicken or turkey breasts or salmon (and sausages occasionally). Marinate the meat well and it'll be very tasty. I use an olive oil, chili, garlic, black pepper, rock salt, soy sauce mix. The meat will cook through in 10 minutes or less and won't be dry or tough if you do it properly.

I also do some cous-cous, brown rice or brown pasta to go with the meat. Pesto, chili/garlic mix, etc to flavour. All very quick and easy.

I make a lot, and then have enough for the next day to have at work, hot or cold. Saves me wasting money at the canteen.

logic1

Jefferson Darcy wrote:

I make my own stuff at home. Get a grill like a George Foreskin, its very handy. I do either minute steaks, chicken or turkey breasts or salmon (and sausages occasionally). Marinate the meat well and it'll be very tasty. I use an olive oil, chili, garlic, black pepper, rock salt, soy sauce mix. The meat will cook through in 10 minutes or less and won't be dry or tough if you do it properly.

I also do some cous-cous, brown rice or brown pasta to go with the meat. Pesto, chili/garlic mix, etc to flavour. All very quick and easy.

I make a lot, and then have enough for the next day to have at work, hot or cold. Saves me wasting money at the canteen.

Excellant suggestions. If you're relying on the Deli counter for your lunch everyday you're either going to get chubby or bored.

Personally I also cook the night before and do enough to last me the next day. Nothing special chicken, salad, steak. I don't get bored with food easily but there's quite a good e-book I have aswell for when I'm feeling creative.

http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/bodybuilding-recipes.asp

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goin'_to_the_PS

you should try get to subway, they list all the callories in the differant subs, its lovely as well but costs a fortune :mad:

Sangre

I never really got all this dieting malarky, you should allow yourself something that you actually like to eat,within reason obviously, firstly it won't seem like such a chore and you would be less likely to snack. I wouldnt be worrying too much about the sandwhich you're buying but the temptations of getting a packet of crisps instead. Suggestions wise, Id probably recommend chicken tikka, lettuce, cucmber, mixed salad, or tuna/plain chicken. Ham can also be good.

To me its kind of worrying about whole milke compared to low fat milk, or low fat mayo.

Transform

The main point about the bead is that white bread is basically the cocaine of the food industry! The commercial stuff is absolutely terrible e.g brennans bread, its filled with presevatives, sugar, cheep soya flour, veg. oil etc. It is very addictive and causes havoc with your blood sugar levels which with repeated exposure and other high GI (thats Glycemic Index - means they are converted into sugar quickly) foods can cause obesity, weight gain and diabetes. A french baguette is digested at the same rate as a sugar laden lucosade!! Yes, the tuna and chicken will slow down its digestion rate a little but most of the time people feel lethargic, in need of more food and irritable after consuming foods like white bread which are digested quickly.

In regards the low fat milk and mayo thing - mayo, make your own and milk - wouldn't touch the stuff myself (no it is not a great source of calcium - there is more calcium in a cup of almonds than a cup of milk and the countries with the highest milk consumption rates happen to have the highest rates of osteoporosis), so make the necessary changes and most of all please be patient and consistent in workouts becuase for most who even read this
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE MORE IS SAID THAN DONE!

BaZmO*

Transform wrote:

the countries with the highest milk consumption rates happen to have the highest rates of osteoporosis)

Is this true??

B.

logic1

BaZmO* wrote:

Is this true??

B.

I think the study carried out showed countries with the highest dairy consumption actually had a higher rate of hip fractures per capita.

Edit to add some references:

Harvard University's landmark Nurses Health Study, which followed 78,000 women over a 12-year period, found that the women who consumed the most calcium from dairy foods broke more bones than those who rarely drank milk. Summarizing this study, the Lunar Osteoporosis Update (November 1997) explained: "This increased risk of hip fracture was associated with dairy calcium. ... If this were any agent other than milk, which has been so aggressively marketed by dairy interests, it undoubtedly would be considered a major risk factor."

A National Institutes of Health study at the University of California, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2001), found that "women who ate most of their protein from animal sources had three times the rate of bone loss and 3.7 times the rate of hip fractures as women who ate most of their protein from vegetable sources." Even though the researchers adjusted "for everything we could think of that might otherwise explain the relationship ... it didn't change the results." The study's conclusion: "[A]n increase in vegetable protein intake and a decrease in animal protein intake may decrease bone loss and the risk of hip fracture."


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