Help me with meal plans for lunch.

Dramus · 11-09-2011, 08:52 PM

Hey folks. So I've got some great LC meal plans for breakfast and supper. However I work 12 hours a day, 7am to 7pm, and I need some great ideas for doing lunch. All I have available at work is a fridge and a microwave so the food will sit in my lunch bag for 6 hours minimum before I eat it....

Can anybody suggest some good LC lunch options...and perhaps a snack option to keep the cravings away?

TaDa! · 11-10-2011, 03:50 AM

Dramus, with a fridge and a microwave, the world is your oyster, lol!!!! In your situation, I would totally be making casseroles on a sunday, cut into 6 or 8 squares, place in individual tupperware and bring one a day to work. On the side for snacks, you can bring anything you would have at home for a snack: hardboiled egg, string cheese or baby bell cheeses, minute muffins, etc etc etc.

I like to get casseroles from Linda Sue's website and other places.:

Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Recipes

The ones I use do not have meat in them, so I don't know if recommendations from me are helpful, lol. But here is a good thread of people's favorites:

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/ma...ue-recipe.html

hth!!!

Pauline

Teresa123 · 11-11-2011, 07:23 AM

I'm with Pauline---with a fridge and a microwave there's pretty much nothing you can't eat! I make casseroles, soups, desserts, etc. on the weekend, put them in individual containers/baggies and they're ready to throw in my lunch bag in the morning. Very easy!

Hot Tamale · 11-12-2011, 11:02 AM

I make a lot of quick lunches like egg salad or tuna salad... I also often cook a pound of shrimp, make cocktail sauce and eat it over a few days. I agree with other posters to make up food ahead and pack it into individual servings to save yourself time at lunch. I usually cook a lot on the weekend and then bring several lunches to work on Mondays - including snacks like hard-boiled eggs, cheeses, vegetables with ranch, and Greek yogurt. I also keep an "emergency jar" of lower sugar peanut butter, a few Atkins bars, and some mixed nuts for times I need a snack or don't have time to pack a lot. The key is being prepared so I don't have to scrounge around for food - everything available is usually high-carb junk...and just not an option!

Miss Gigl · 11-12-2011, 05:25 PM

At work I keep a few thing available all the time: pre-cooked sausages, cheese, macadamia nuts, Atkins shakes and Mio drink mix. If I bring my lunch it's usually leftovers, but sometimes smoked salmon rolled around asparagus and cream cheese, lc pita with lunchmeat and cheese, grilled shrimp, chef salad, etc. Definitely check out Linda's site!

myluvbugg · 11-12-2011, 05:56 PM

I always do salads - don't even put it in the refrigerator - don't like cold veggies anyway.

papajack · 11-13-2011, 03:45 AM

When we cook our evening meal we always do enough for there to be leftovers for lunch the following day. I do that because I don't want to take the time out of my day needed to prepare a lunch from scratch.

If I were still working, and had a fridge and a microwave for my use, I would be packing my dinner left-over's along with a salad.

11-09-2011, 08:52 PM	#1
Dramus Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mackenzie, BC Canada Posts: 316 Gallery: Dramus Stats: 378/378/-200 WOE: Atkins (again) Start Date: Now...no..NOW..wait...NOW!!! GO!!!	Help me with meal plans for lunch. Hey folks. So I've got some great LC meal plans for breakfast and supper. However I work 12 hours a day, 7am to 7pm, and I need some great ideas for doing lunch. All I have available at work is a fridge and a microwave so the food will sit in my lunch bag for 6 hours minimum before I eat it.... Can anybody suggest some good LC lunch options...and perhaps a snack option to keep the cravings away?

11-10-2011, 03:50 AM	#2
TaDa! Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 16,294 Gallery: TaDa! Stats: 236.5 /132.5/ 128-133 @5'3" WOE: Atkins Maintenance (Vegetarian + Fish) Start Date: 6/03 & Goal! 5/06	Dramus, with a fridge and a microwave, the world is your oyster, lol!!!! In your situation, I would totally be making casseroles on a sunday, cut into 6 or 8 squares, place in individual tupperware and bring one a day to work. On the side for snacks, you can bring anything you would have at home for a snack: hardboiled egg, string cheese or baby bell cheeses, minute muffins, etc etc etc. I like to get casseroles from Linda Sue's website and other places.: Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Recipes The ones I use do not have meat in them, so I don't know if recommendations from me are helpful, lol. But here is a good thread of people's favorites: http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/ma...ue-recipe.html hth!!! Pauline __________________ Goal Reached May 2006! Percentage Weightloss: 46%! Stats: 47 Years Old & 5'3" tall Weight: 236.5 (43 bmi) / 132.5 / 128-133 (size 4/6 .. 23 bmi) *Weekly Weigh-In 7/10/12 My Journal Year One Weightloss and Chart My Weightloss Story

11-12-2011, 11:02 AM	#4
Hot Tamale Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chaos Ave. & Stress Blvd. Posts: 5,135 Gallery: Hot Tamale Stats: 389/183/174 (-206) WOE: LowCarb & WLS (11/10) Start Date: every 24 hours...	I make a lot of quick lunches like egg salad or tuna salad... I also often cook a pound of shrimp, make cocktail sauce and eat it over a few days. I agree with other posters to make up food ahead and pack it into individual servings to save yourself time at lunch. I usually cook a lot on the weekend and then bring several lunches to work on Mondays - including snacks like hard-boiled eggs, cheeses, vegetables with ranch, and Greek yogurt. I also keep an "emergency jar" of lower sugar peanut butter, a few Atkins bars, and some mixed nuts for times I need a snack or don't have time to pack a lot. The key is being prepared so I don't have to scrounge around for food - everything available is usually high-carb junk...and just not an option! __________________ *The big question is: How badly do you want this!?!* "If it was easy everybody would be doing it." --Me! “All that we are is the result of what we have thought...What we think we become.” Buddha "Things do not change, we do." -Thoreau The "easy way out" is the toughest thing I've ever done. 199 198 197 196 195 193 192 191 190 189 188 187 186 185 184 183 182 181 180

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11-11-2011, 07:23 AM	#3
Teresa123 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8,099 Gallery: Teresa123 Stats: 350+/160.2/145 WOE: Low Carb Start Date: Oct 2006	I'm with Pauline---with a fridge and a microwave there's pretty much nothing you can't eat! I make casseroles, soups, desserts, etc. on the weekend, put them in individual containers/baggies and they're ready to throw in my lunch bag in the morning. Very easy!

11-12-2011, 05:25 PM	#5
Miss Gigl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 4,734 Gallery: Miss Gigl Stats: 312/262/180 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 15, 2002	At work I keep a few thing available all the time: pre-cooked sausages, cheese, macadamia nuts, Atkins shakes and Mio drink mix. If I bring my lunch it's usually leftovers, but sometimes smoked salmon rolled around asparagus and cream cheese, lc pita with lunchmeat and cheese, grilled shrimp, chef salad, etc. Definitely check out Linda's site!

11-12-2011, 05:56 PM	#6
myluvbugg Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 109 Gallery: myluvbugg Stats: 359.4/313.5/200 WOE: Low carb Start Date: 12/13/10 (starting again, and again), 11/2/11 agai	I always do salads - don't even put it in the refrigerator - don't like cold veggies anyway.

11-13-2011, 03:45 AM	#7
papajack Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: georgia Posts: 993 Gallery: papajack Stats: 416/205/? WOE: Atkins Maintenance Start Date: 2003	When we cook our evening meal we always do enough for there to be leftovers for lunch the following day. I do that because I don't want to take the time out of my day needed to prepare a lunch from scratch. If I were still working, and had a fridge and a microwave for my use, I would be packing my dinner left-over's along with a salad.