Overwhelmed with food choices

[KittyCathy22 73]

Having a hard time figuring out what to eat. Im just really overwhelmed because my break is so short at work. What does everyone eat at work? I can eat normal foods now

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[tamila0624 11]

why eat on a break just have a yogurt at lunch or half sandwich then I stopped eating around 5pm nothing after that food is not important if your hungry just some Protein will work

[Jaez 10]

I've heard that preparing meals at home and bringing them to work for lunch works much better than trying to find something on the fly. I've been looking at great recipes online if you Google Bariatric Eating. I have a driving job so I never know where I'm going to be at lunch time so I definitely will have to bring something from home. Most recipes are as simple as having the previous nights leftovers which I'm sure you'll have a lot of leftovers with a small eating capacity or you can make something new to take to work.

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[Sophie74656 1,572]

I eat a variety of things. Sometimes i bring a small salad or some cold cut slices with cheese. Yogurt and a string cheese...veggie sticks and a dip or just some leftovers from dinner

[Christinamo7 4,042]

sometimes I pack a cheese stick, some baby spinach and some lunch meat, and roll the two around the cheese stick. or cottage cheese and a few strawberries, or sometime less than 1 ounce of almonds and a few dried cherries. or a Protein bar.

I pack my cooler in the morning with two Snacks and lunch, and if I am the late person, with a small snack size dinner as well since I wouldn't be able to leave until clinic is done. Also pack my Vitamin Water zero and my refillable Water container.

I eat my Breakfast on the way in in the morning so some days I leave with all my food for the day. not my favorite thing, but it is better than skipping meals and trying to figure out "healthy-ish" choices from fast food or vending machines.

[heidikat72 935]

check out the blog "the world according to eggface" - tons of easy great food ideas!

other suggestions: yogurt, tuna or salmon packets (both come in a variety of flavors, high in Protein, low calorie and don't need refrigeration so easy to take on the go).

maybe try to plan out a few days in advance at a time so you don't feel overwhelmed in the moment of trying to figure out what to eat right then.

[Valentina 2,642]

I love the tuna pressure packs. They come in 5 or 6 flavors, don't need to be refrigerated and can be carried easily. I have one most days for lunch. Sometimes I use a leaf of lettuce and have a tuna wrap and other times, I just eat the tuna straight out of the pouch.