I'm planning on starting phase one when I move back into my college dorm after I finish Spring Break this week, but I'm having trouble planning my meals, especially breakfast, since I have a meal plan and have to eat out of our university's cafeteria every day.
Here's the menu for Monday and Tuesday of the week I get back from break (Lunch and Dinner have a salad bar and a sandwich bar):
Your cafeteria doesn't offer too many SBD friendly selections, especially for Phase 1, but I think you can be successful if you stick with the scrambled eggs for breakfast every morning. For your other meals, this is what I would suggest;
Tuesday
Lunch - salad bar, split pea soup, garden burger w/o bun
Dinner - salad bar OR Caesar salad, small slice of baked ham, broccoli
Salad bars may be your best bet, as they usually offer hard boiled eggs, chickpeas, and a good assortment of veggies. Make sure to stay away from croutons, bacon bits, and use a salad dressing that has less than 3 grams of sugar per serving. If you aren't sure, drizzle your salad with oil and vinegar. If cheese is offered, use it sparingly as it is probably a full fat cheese.
Make sure the baked ham doesn't contain sugar or honey.
Wednesday
Lunch - salad bar, green beans, black bean burger w/o bun
Dinner - salad bar OR Caesar salad, stir-fry vegetables
do you have a fridge and microwave at your dorm...if so i'd suggest making the egg cups and refrigerating and grabbing them in the morning instead of using the cafeteria for breakfast but other than that scrambled eggs is your only other option
Transfer to Duke, where I work, they have a great cafeteria.
For breakfast, you can get the pre-cooked stuff like scrambled eggs, sausage etc. Eggs and omlettes can be made to order any fashion, with any vegetable or even egg beaters. They also have vegetarian stuff.
During lunch there is:
- An Indian section
- A sushi section
- Two western entrees (ie American food)
- A huge salad bar
- Design your own burrito
- Mongolian grill
- Japanese hibachi grill
- Italian section
It's expensive for us employees but I'm glad I have a wide variety of stuff to choose from when I don't bring my own from home.
Sounds like you have some good advice here! You might also be able to find something at the sandwich bar, depending on what they offer - just skip the bread, of course! Turkey or chicken cold cuts are probably fine, though they may be high in sodium so don't have it all the time and drink plenty of water when you do. Not sure what else the sandwich bar would have... if you know offhand what they tend to have, let us know and we can give you some suggestions.
I'm planning on starting phase one when I move back into my college dorm after I finish Spring Break this week, but I'm having trouble planning my meals, especially breakfast, since I have a meal plan and have to eat out of our university's cafeteria every day.
Here's the menu for Monday and Tuesday of the week I get back from break (Lunch and Dinner have a salad bar and a sandwich bar):
Monday Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs
Lunch
Split Pea Soup, Mixed Vegetables, Three Bean Pilaf, Garden Burger (no bread)
Dinner
Caesar Salad (no croutons), Broccoli Spears, Baked Ham (no sauce/sugar), Stuffed Zucchini (depending on what it's stuffed with)
Tuesday Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs
Lunch
Green Beans, Grilled Vegetable Wrap (wrap in lettuce instead of tortilla), Chicken Burger (no bread), Blackbean Burgers (no bread)
Dinner
Caesar Salad (no croutons), Egg Foo Yong, Stir-fry Vegetables, Steamed Crookneck Squash, Rotisserie Chicken, Beef Gumbo (no rice - if it has rice you'll need to skip it)
Any suggestions or guidance would me much appreciated! Thank you
Just my 2 cents from the foods you've provided...
ETA: Modified for phase I.
Is there any way you could buy a few snacks/foods, especially for breakfast? Breakfast looks to be pretty slim pickins for phase I.
Last edited by grneyedmustang; 03-24-2009 at 02:08 PM.
I'm going to try to stick to the suggestions you gave me whenever I eat in the cafeteria, and I'm also going to try to buy some food that I can easily prepare (without using a stove or oven) for breakfast. I don't think I can handle eating only scrambled eggs everyday for two weeks.
Postits, it's totally do-able. I worked at a college when I started SBD and I often ate lunch and dinner there, as I was a grad asst. and it was free for me. You can usually find cottage cheese at the salad bar, though it's usually full fat. I ate cottage cheese with tomatoes and/or cucumbers for breakfast in Phase 1 as I hate eggs. I made salads and put the lunch meat from the sandwich bar on it if I couldn't get a grilled chicken breast (you could usually order one, but sometimes it took longer than I had time for). Also, try meeting with your school nutritionist or the person in charge of your cafeteria (or whomever they suggest seeing if you have special dietary needs) and ask them what they suggest. Most schools are used to special requests and are willing to work with you. However, having some stuff in your room will really help you out.