What carbs for lunch ?

yourdeadwright · 19-02-2014 04:44PM #1

He folks just wiondering what carbs do you eat for your lunch,
I normally have sweet potato or brown rice with my DInner ,but for lunch i eat 2 slices of home made brown bread,but im going to try and compelety come off eating bread, what do you folks normally eat ?

Stench Blossoms · 19-02-2014 04:59PM

Carrots, broccoli, peas, cauliflower and spinach.

Zillah · 19-02-2014 05:09PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Carrots, broccoli, peas, cauliflower and spinach.

Those aren't carbs...

OP: Marks and Spencers do a nice range of salads that have things like quinoa, butternut puree, cous cous, bulgur wheat, stuff like that. Tend to have a lower GI.

What's your angle - keeping calories down? Fueling workout? Tasting nice?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-02-2014 05:10PM

oat bran, latte flavoured whey, flaxseed

nom nom nom

Hanley · 19-02-2014 05:11PM

Zillah wrote: »

Those aren't carbs...

Do tell...

Zillah · 19-02-2014 05:27PM

Hanley wrote: »

Do tell...

Huh, looking up the numbers, these things are more carby than I realised. Still not really in the league of bread though. Cauliflower and broccoli have 5/6g per 100, for example. Spinach has 3.

Stench Blossoms · 19-02-2014 05:28PM

Oh my god, vegetables aren't carbs anymore??!

Why didn't anyone tell me?! When did this happen?

saucers82 · 19-02-2014 05:32PM

Wholemeal pitta

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 05:33PM

If it's not bread, it's not carbs.

I thought everyone got that memo.

Zillah · 19-02-2014 05:33PM

There's a difference between something having carbs and something being a good source of carbs. It's like that bloody Brennans Bread ad where they describe it as a source of protein. Sure, ok, it has protein, but it would be stupid to say it is a good source of protein.

You can't think spinach providing 3g of carbs per 100g of weight makes it a good source of carbs?

cletus van damme · 19-02-2014 05:34PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Oh my god, vegetables aren't carbs anymore??!

Why didn't anyone tell me?! When did this happen?

yesterday , it was on the news.

OP - if I'm training later I'll have oats with berries at lunch , with my salad, meat and protein shake

If not not I'll leave out the oats/berries and just have salad and shake.
ocassioanlly if rice is left over from last nights dinner I'll have that
But that said my lunch is my breakfast (about 600- 700 cals)

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 05:34PM

Zillah wrote: »

There's a difference between something having carbs and something being a good source of carbs. It's like that bloody Brennans Bread ad where they describe it as a source of protein. Sure, ok, it has protein, but it would be stupid to say it is a good source of protein.

You can't think spinach providing 3g of carbs per 100g of weight makes it a good source of carbs?

The OP probably doesn't want to eat something as carb heavy as bread if he's giving up bread.

Hanley · 19-02-2014 05:39PM

Zillah wrote: »

There's a difference between something having carbs and something being a good source of carbs. It's like that bloody Brennans Bread ad where they describe it as a source of protein. Sure, ok, it has protein, but it would be stupid to say it is a good source of protein.

You can't think spinach providing 3g of carbs per 100g of weight makes it a good source of carbs?

It's a good source of nutrients. Far more important!

But as you flagged in an earlier post it's hard to say what a good source of carbs are without clarification.

...but for most - vegetables are the best source of carbs, because unless you're involved in instense sport and frequent training, you're probably over consuming.

Zillah · 19-02-2014 05:39PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

The OP probably doesn't want to eat something as carb heavy as bread if he's giving up bread.

So? He didn't ask for low-carb food, he specifically asked for "carbs for lunch". Foods in the 3-5g per 100g range hardly count.

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 05:41PM

Zillah wrote: »

So? He didn't ask for low-carb food, he specifically asked for "carbs for lunch". Foods in the 3-5g per 100g range hardly count.

Why wouldn't they?

He's looking for a suggestion for a replacement for two slices of bread at lunch, not something to replace carbs entirely.

runawaybishop · 19-02-2014 05:45PM

I eat a white bread demi baguette from time to time, because eating some bread at lunch isn't going to ruin my whole diet

Today i had buttermilk soda bread with almost equal amounts of butter. Was heaven.

Zillah · 19-02-2014 05:50PM

I cycle to work so I devour all sorts of dirty carbs at lunch :pac:

doctorwhogirl · 19-02-2014 06:19PM

If it's not beige, it's not carbs.

FortuneWookiee · 19-02-2014 06:20PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Carrots, broccoli, peas, cauliflower and spinach.

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Oh my god, vegetables aren't carbs anymore??!

Why didn't anyone tell me?! When did this happen?

Oh FFS you knew well what the OP meant by carbs. You can assume they're eating veg anyway if they're having rice or sweet potato.

It was obvious they were looking for complex carbs but you thought you'd try and be smart.

Stench Blossoms · 19-02-2014 06:25PM

FortuneWookiee wrote: »

Oh FFS you knew well what the OP meant by carbs. You can assume they're eating veg anyway if they're having rice or sweet potato.

It was obvious they were looking for complex carbs but you thought you'd try and be smart.

Actually no I wasn't trying to be smart.

He said 'What do folks normally eat'
I said what i eat.

This was my lunch today.

So that's chicken on top of cauliflower, broccoli, peas and spinach.

So take your FFS and shove it.

bman · 19-02-2014 06:36PM

Zillah wrote: »

Those aren't carbs...

Carrots per 100g - Carb: 10g, Fat: 0.2g, Protein: 0.9g

You can google the others yourself.

Edit: I need to refresh before replying any more!

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 07:14PM

FortuneWookiee wrote: »

Oh FFS you knew well what the OP meant by carbs. You can assume they're eating veg anyway if they're having rice or sweet potato.

Incorrect. The OP said they had sweet potato or rice for dinner. They had two slices of brown bread for lunch and asked for an alternative suggestion..

You can let the OP have a taste of your humble pie.

19-02-2014 07:27PM

Jaysus that's all a bit angry
maybe you need some cake??
Of course veg is carbs. Nothing smart about it
I have veg for mine also
anything much heavier like bread or portatoes and it's afternoon nap time

Ah_Yeah · 19-02-2014 10:10PM

Dathai · 19-02-2014 10:16PM

Baked sweet potato, broccoli and cauliflower.

thegreatiam · 20-02-2014 10:43AM

Dozen creme eggs

Alf Veedersane · 20-02-2014 10:50AM

thegreatiam wrote: »

Dozen creme eggs

Reminds me of taking my last five pounds out of the Post Office. The fiver with Scotus on it.

The local shop had 4 creme egss for a pound at the time.

So I bought 20.

The story ends, inevitably, with me feeling very, very ill.

tmc86 · 20-02-2014 10:53AM

Nice to see this forum hasn't changed

thegreatiam · 20-02-2014 11:33AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Reminds me of taking my last five pounds out of the Post Office. The fiver with Scotus on it.

The local shop had 4 creme egss for a pound at the time.

So I bought 20.

The story ends, inevitably, with me feeling very, very ill.

I have no problem eating 20 creme eggs in one sitting. I'm lucky they are limited to a 3 month selling window or I'd probably be dead

Alf Veedersane · 20-02-2014 11:45AM

thegreatiam wrote: »

I have no problem eating 20 creme eggs in one sitting. I'm lucky they are limited to a 3 month selling window or I'd probably be dead

I was 11 or thereabouts.

My eating capacity was much lower.

The whole episode taught me a valuable lesson though.

Use the brakes on a BMX - don't try and stop it by putting your foot on the back wheel (I got myself a bruised toe on the way to town that morning).

thegreatiam · 20-02-2014 11:52AM

Tesco ballybrack have em 12 for 4 yo yo. I might go for the Cadbury cool hand luke challenge and eat 50.

Edit. If I did that and 50 scoops of whey I wouldn't be far off my weekly macro totals. I might just live of creme eggs and whey til April.

What carbs for lunch ?

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