What's for lunch??
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My plan for lunch is a bean burrito with some veggie nuggets. I'm not a vegetarian but I do enjoy eating chik nuggets. Also, on the bean burrito, I put on some cheddar cheese and Hidden Valley BBQ ranch on a whole wheat wrap. It's DELISH! I use El Paso fat free spicy refried beans. It's in a can.
I always have homecooked leftovers to make sure I save the $$$ (for Cathe workouts 
) and to eat healthy.
Today I am having spaghetti (no heavy sauce, just enouth to "color" the noodle) and 3 chicken nuggets with a cup of skim milk. I have not been drinking milk so I am now adding it at my lunch meal.
Oh, and 4-5 14 oz cups of water.
Blessings from our home to yours...Runathon
) and to eat healthy. Today I am having spaghetti (no heavy sauce, just enouth to "color" the noodle) and 3 chicken nuggets with a cup of skim milk. I have not been drinking milk so I am now adding it at my lunch meal.
Oh, and 4-5 14 oz cups of water.
Blessings from our home to yours...Runathon
intensitylisa
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:9 Lean Cuisine canelloni.;-)
This strikes me as so funny! I take my hat off to all you ladies who are so organized you already know what you will be having for lunch!!! I can't plan my meals like that. After all, how do I know what I will feel like having later on? So, it will be whatever I can see that is tempting, and healthy, in my cupboards and fridge whenever I get the urge to eat, which, with kids at home again (school is out already!?!?!?!!?) and a stack of errands to run, could be anytime from now until 5pm!!!
I have fruit, yoghurt, salmon in a can, cucumber, tomatoes, bread: lunch wil be some kind of combo or a variety of these things eaten in dribs and drabs throughout the day.
Does anyone really eat "lunch" anymore anyway? I thought all the fitness mags told us to eat 5 or 6 small meals per day?!?!?!?! Personally, I am not much of a fan of the 3 meals per day lark, and just graze when I feel like it, but not less than an hour before a workout.
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Clare
I have fruit, yoghurt, salmon in a can, cucumber, tomatoes, bread: lunch wil be some kind of combo or a variety of these things eaten in dribs and drabs throughout the day.
Does anyone really eat "lunch" anymore anyway? I thought all the fitness mags told us to eat 5 or 6 small meals per day?!?!?!?! Personally, I am not much of a fan of the 3 meals per day lark, and just graze when I feel like it, but not less than an hour before a workout.
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Clare
Well for me I don't look at food as breakfast, lunch & dinner & snacks in between. I eat 6 meals a day so by 1 its meal 3 already for me. At 1 today I'll eat 4 oz. of chicken grilled/string beans & corn/brown rice. I'm pretty disciplined & plan my meals for the week; cook up a lot of stuff on Sun. & package everything in Rubbermaids. Its quick & easy. Kathy
Connie1
Cathlete
I'm like Clare and Kathy, except I probably don't stop at 6 meals. I just snack a lot. But at work my time is regimented so I have limited opportunities to eat there. There is an official lunch time so I'll have a roast beef sandwich I make or a Lean Cuisine type dish, and maybe a Yoplait Whip for dessert.
I keep 2% cottage cheese in the fridge at work and at home, Breton whole wheat crackers, a jar of peanut butter, Lean Cuisine things, Alvarado Street bread (very heavy whole grain bread) and sometimes even fruits and vegetables. My fruit and veg skills are lacking.
I keep 2% cottage cheese in the fridge at work and at home, Breton whole wheat crackers, a jar of peanut butter, Lean Cuisine things, Alvarado Street bread (very heavy whole grain bread) and sometimes even fruits and vegetables. My fruit and veg skills are lacking.
kathryn
Cathlete
>Does anyone really eat "lunch" anymore anyway? I thought all
>the fitness mags told us to eat 5 or 6 small meals per
>day?!?!?!?! Personally, I am not much of a fan of the 3 meals
>per day lark, and just graze when I feel like it, but not less
>than an hour before a workout.
>
>This wasn't much of an answer! Shutting up now.....
>
>Clare
>
Clare,
With this semester's teaching schedule, I don't really have any "lunch," but like you, I graze throughout the day. My closest-to-lunchtime grazing for today will probably be some raw veggies (peas, red/yellow/orange peppers) and some hickory-smoked soy jerkey.
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>the fitness mags told us to eat 5 or 6 small meals per
>day?!?!?!?! Personally, I am not much of a fan of the 3 meals
>per day lark, and just graze when I feel like it, but not less
>than an hour before a workout.
>
>This wasn't much of an answer! Shutting up now.....
>
>Clare
>
Clare,
With this semester's teaching schedule, I don't really have any "lunch," but like you, I graze throughout the day. My closest-to-lunchtime grazing for today will probably be some raw veggies (peas, red/yellow/orange peppers) and some hickory-smoked soy jerkey.
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naughtoj
Cathlete
Clare...
Those who fail to plan, plan to fail!!!!
I know every day by 7:30 AM what I will be eating for lunch. And it DOES NOT MATTER what I feel like. It just IS. I take leftovers from the previous nights dinner or what not...sometimes just a yogurt protein shake. BUT, I always pay close attention that I have a carb, a protein and a fat. That is the most important. Now, dinner....well, that is another story. My planning gets worse and worse as the day goes on. My diet is awesome 8-5. I guess that would be true of most people. '
I can't imagine planning my food out though. I even have BACKUP food at work, just in case. I will NEVER be left without food. Needless to say, in the three years I have been at my current job, I have hit the snack machine maybe 10 times. I am always in awe of those that are there everyday!!!! I always wonder why they just don't buy their own food! It is weird how we are all so different!
And, for lunch today, I had a red pepper, two light string cheeses and 8 almonds!! For breakfast I had a light non fat yogurt with cottage cheese mixed in and for mid morning meal I had a bowl of Corn Bran with fat free milk and a shot of OJ to help me absorb the iron in the cereal. Told ya it was scientific!!
Janice
Those who fail to plan, plan to fail!!!!
I know every day by 7:30 AM what I will be eating for lunch. And it DOES NOT MATTER what I feel like. It just IS. I take leftovers from the previous nights dinner or what not...sometimes just a yogurt protein shake. BUT, I always pay close attention that I have a carb, a protein and a fat. That is the most important. Now, dinner....well, that is another story. My planning gets worse and worse as the day goes on. My diet is awesome 8-5.
I guess that would be true of most people. 'I can't imagine planning my food out though. I even have BACKUP food at work, just in case. I will NEVER be left without food. Needless to say, in the three years I have been at my current job, I have hit the snack machine maybe 10 times. I am always in awe of those that are there everyday!!!! I always wonder why they just don't buy their own food! It is weird how we are all so different!
And, for lunch today, I had a red pepper, two light string cheeses and 8 almonds!!
For breakfast I had a light non fat yogurt with cottage cheese mixed in and for mid morning meal I had a bowl of Corn Bran with fat free milk and a shot of OJ to help me absorb the iron in the cereal. Told ya it was scientific!!Janice