Food recommendations

[tmurphy 2]

So are there any other members that have physical jobs, I do construction and I need help with ideas of food to eat for Breakfast and lunch, that has the proper nutrition and low calorie..... Easy to take on the go and keep in a lunchbox.

[donna12 742]

have you seen those 3 x 3 frozen cold packs that you can put in your lunchbox? I keep them in my freezer. Anyway, maybe some chicken salad with low fat mayo or tuna salad with low fat mayo and low fat crackers, string cheese for snack. Just a thought.

[Banjo257 920]

Yogurt, cheese sticks, rolled turkey slices.

[Kekeboo 47]

I bought a Thermos and make low fat chili or Soup. it's still very warm, sometimes hot at lunchtime. The thermos I got is from Target in the camping section, they had a good variety of different sizes, I bought the smaller one for Portion Control.< /p>

[dee257 1,516]

baby bell cheeses....

Trisket crackers,,,,

rolled ham with lowfat cream cheese...

[kassie2012 7]

porridge pots are great, just add boiling water! keeps you full for a good while and low fat. If you are really hungry you can add half a chopped banana to it, yummy x

[roziecakes 20]

For breakfast I premake oatmeal at the beginning of the week, and separate out portions. I eat that with half a banana. I also might have raisin bran Cereal. I don't do dairy though; I use almond milk. I honestly really like eggs for breakfast. I don't eat bread because for me it sticks really bad, so no toast, but I cook 2 eggs and put a little salsa on them, or avocado. Avocado is great because it has good fats in it.

For lunch I like to have sliced turkey, and a vegetable of some kind; cucumbers, etc. or salad. I know that might not be easy to take with you on a construction site, as the veggies might wilt; but try to bring a cooler with an ice pack. I like to make potato Soup too; you can put that in a thermos. I don't personally do dairy, but you can add low fat cheese to all those suggestions. I used to like cottage cheese as well. (The reason I don't do dairy is because I'm breastfeeding, and my daughter is intolerant, I'm not against dairy or anything, ha ha).

I'm a big fan of cooking things ahead of time, and freezing portions, or storing portions. One of my favorite lunches is brown rice, chicken (chopped fine), salad mix and salsa. It's like a burrito bowl without the tortilla or Beans. (I don't eat Beans because they give me really bad bad gas that gets trapped in my pouch... ow!)

Hope that helps!

[gldngrrl 70]

baby bell cheeses....

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Those cheeses are a favorite hiking snack! They.hold up in 90deg summer weather ( the wax gets a little soft...) and a recent snowshoe outing. Yum. And there.are "light" ones too.