Lunch box meals help

[nancymm72 13]

I have gained some weight on but not lot. But know I have started knew job with the prison I have never had to take meals with me to work so I need help on meal ideas for 5 days and two extra if I have to stay over. And I'm trying to lose the weight I gained

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[Jazzy1125 1,010]

17 minutes ago, nancymm72 said:

I have gained some weight on but not lot. But know I have started knew job with the prison I have never had to take meals with me to work so I need help on meal ideas for 5 days and two extra if I have to stay over. And I'm trying to lose the weight I gained

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When was your surgery? I am only 7.5 weeks out so i can only recommend back to the basics.. I havent ventured outside my food choices much because i still cannot eat a lot. Try taking meat/cheese rollups. Pepperonis and cheese. It really depends on how far out you are and what your stomach can tolerate.

[nancymm72 13]

I'm 3 years out almost and I have never had to make lunch

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[sideeye 1,440]

How many meals do you need to pack in one go?

[nancymm72 13]

At least one meal day If something happens I cant leave my husband can bring in a meal

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[sideeye 1,440]

I've been using Protein Shakes (Orgain chocolate) as a safety net; I store a couple in my work fridge so if I don't have the time or brain space to actually make lunch, I know I have something. I'll typically throw a couple of cheese sticks in there too - again, emergency rations. Otherwise I just try to stay higher-protein for away meals. Sometimes I'll snag kimbap or something, but I usually end up regretting it - for some reason rice manages to make me feel simultaneously overstuffed and unfull.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

Yeah, I'd have emergency rations stored in my locker, then just bring my daily lunch.

I'd do easy (things not requiring a knife... haha) and repetitious.

turkey rollups

lettuce wraps

tuna/cottage cheese/egg salad and cucumber slices

boiled egg + leftover meat diced with grape tomatoes

Soup in a insulated thermous

Salad in a jar

leftovers from the night before

[Swanton_Bomb 522]

I don't bother with bringing things to heat up, I just bring my own tiny version of a Starbuck Protein box, bringing things like cold cuts, cheese sticks, cottage cheese, tuna or chicken salad, cold leftover shrimp or chicken. You can do hard boiled eggs if you dig those, nuts, cut up veggies and hummus and fruit since you are a few years out and probably eating fruits and veggies. I also keep emergency food at work, as FluffyChix recommends: tuna packets, Peanut Butter, low carb crackers, Protein Bars. I work in a busy urban area so I can always run out and grab something, but I try not to do that often because that just makes me face tempting sights and smells like pizza, fast food and bakery goodies at a time of day when I am usually under stress and my resistance is low. Pinterest has a lot of suggestions.