healthy lunch options??

Madame Razz

Howdy all,

I've finally decided to get my ass in gear and improve me diet and hit the gym again....i've been a lazy lump long enough!!

BUT i work away from home a lot and am not office based. i often have very early starts in the morning so sometimes i dont have time to prepare lunch to bring with me; added to which i like to stop up and go somewhere for lunch as it gets me out of the car.

So my question is this:

Whats a healthy option in a restaurant for lunch?

apart from salad??

Is soup and some brown bread good; homemade nice soup no cream??

Its something i like quite q lot and would happily have just soup for lunch, but if theres a healthier option id like to choose that instead, and get myself into shape again!!

eve

I know that people will disagree with me here but I go to Subway and it works for me. They have a number of 6 inch subs under 6 grams of fat. I usually stick to ones that are under 350 calories (can depend on how my day is looking), plenty of salad (skip the gerkin and jalepenos), maybe a little sauce. Find it a much better than deli's where one demi baguette (roughly 12 inches) is 400 calories before you add butter/mayo or any fillings> :eek:

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How Strange

I would go for soup, salad with chicken if possible or some lean meat or fish without sauce and vegetables.

jam_mac_jam

maybe make it the night before. If you are feeling bored with similar stuff all the time, I love this website for bring food http://justbento.com/

if you are buying food apart from salad maybe have your large meal during the day meat or fish with veg and then it does both in that it gets you out of your car but also you are eating better than sandwiches. Then when you get home in the evening have something smaller. or if you want to go for something smaller omelettes, non pre made soup (insomnia do a very good one), baked potato with salad or salsa is nice and filling also.

Piste

The Avenmore soup is very nice and quite low-cal, a decent bowl is 115 calories if you have the tomato one.

Loopy

Piste wrote: »

The Avenmore soup is very nice and quite low-cal, a decent bowl is 115 calories if you have the tomato one.

Agreed - their Carrot And Coriander Soup is delicious too..

Saruman

eve wrote: »

I know that people will disagree with me here but I go to Subway and it works for me. They have a number of 6 inch subs under 6 grams of fat. I usually stick to ones that are under 350 calories (can depend on how my day is looking), plenty of salad (skip the gerkin and jalepenos), maybe a little sauce. Find it a much better than deli's where one demi baguette (roughly 12 inches) is 400 calories before you add butter/mayo or any fillings> :eek:

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I doubt anyone can seriously disagree especially since their advertising in the US has reflected this for years. Ever hear of the Subway Diet? A Fat kid called Jared started eating nothing but Subway and lost a load of weight. He went on Oprah about it, i saw the show years ago, must have been off sick or something. Anyway roll in a bit and Subway hire him to do commercials and in fact i still see him on TV when im in the US.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/02/48hours/main603484.shtml

BraziliaNZ

I'm sure Jared was on ads in ireland too a few years ago. Yes subway is a great option as you get a load of salad and not many calories. You'll get the usual crew in here moaning about the bread but again it's light enough in cals compared to other breads. Jalapenos loaded ftw.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X0wH-pe-ZN0&feature=related

olaola

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Jalapenos loaded ftw.

Their Jalapenos taste hotter than the jars you buy yourself... all the better!
Anyhoo - you can load up on the low calorie tasty 'wet' veg - so you don't have to put mayo or dressing on it.
O'Briens is ok for this too - and you can get ballymaloe relish here also.