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02-19-2010, 03:19 PM
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NEVER EVER going back
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006
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So what's your FAVOURITE lunch
that is healthful of course and one that you eat regularily on your journey.
My FAVOURITE lunch is...
1 full can of tuna, drained and mixed with mustard, wasabi paste, lemon pepper seasoning and put on top of rice cakes spread with laughing cow cheese. I usually have a small side salad or a red pepper OR 15-20 cucumber slices with...
calories?
tuna- 120
rice cakes- 80
laughing cow- 70
wasabi and mustard - 0
cucumbers- 20
total calories: 290 calories. And it's a HUGE amount of food!!!!
so what's yours?
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02-19-2010, 03:30 PM
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Positive Focus
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,047
S/C/G: 225/ticker/125
Height: 5'1"
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Spicy brown rice tuna suhi roll - 363 calories for 12 pieces - that's a LOT of food!
I love sushi and as long as I get brown rice and avoid the tempura, it's all good!
My meals are pretty spread out. Breakfast is typically 250 calories, mid-morning snack about 150 calories, lunch about 350, afternoon snack 15 calories and dinner about 500 calories.
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02-19-2010, 03:37 PM
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Strong is the new Pretty!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Jacksonville, Arkansas
Posts: 2,237
S/C/G: 245/ticker/1??
Height: 5'2"
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I make a quiche with egg beaters, spinach, tomato, bell pepper, onion, low fat ricotta, and an italian cheese blend. Even with a crust it is only 178 cal. for 1/8 of the pan. It is soooo good. I love to have a slice of that with a spinach salad. I also love to cook a chicken breast and dice it up and toss it with a bit of buffalo sauce, then I put that on top of some spinach and add some low cal ranch that I make using plain yogurt, yum yum yum. My third fav. lunch is a turkey and spinach sandwich on a multi-grain sandwich thin with low call swiss cheese and some steamed veggies with a little plain yogurt on them.
Ok, so I'm spinach obsessed!
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02-19-2010, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 720
S/C/G: 252/210/145
Height: 5' 4"
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Baked sweet potato or yam, frizzled cabbage, piece of wasa with provolone melted on it. Complete heaven! Calories for wasa + cheese = 70, cabbage maybe 40 cals, sweet potato depends on size - probably 200 or so. I call it a 350 calorie lunch.
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02-19-2010, 03:46 PM
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Loser :-)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 707
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Height: 5ft8
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My favorite is my big salad. 2 cups lettuce mix, 1 cup baby spinach, a handful of sliced mushrooms, sliced carrots, celery, a tomato, maybe a chopped apple if I have one, then top it with a sliced chicken breast or two hard boiled egg sliced, finished off with balsamic vinaigrette.
The other day I used just baby spinach, two boiled eggs with hot balsamic vinaigrette dressing and made a wilted spinach salad. It was SO good.
I calculated my biggest salad once and it came to 350 calories. I get so full when I eat these salads that I usually have a twinge of guilt for "overeating". I typically associate the feeling of fullness with over doing it calorie was as I over ate as a rule in the past. I'm working on my wrong thinking along with my wrong eating!
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02-19-2010, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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My lunch is the same almost every day - a really big salad with a couple of types of lettuce, carrots, cucumber, radish, onion, a hardboiled egg, some chicken and an ounce or two of avocado. I also use a fair amount of dressing plus some bacos, and I have a medium whole wheat pita with it (or sometimes, cold cooked pasta or rice or potato in the salad itself).
It's a lot - anywhere from about 525 to 700 calories depending on how much of everything I add (I weigh and measure it all as I assemble it). But it's my main meal of the day, my breakfast is around 200 and supper is usually around 300-400. I'll make the salad lower in calories if I know I'm going to have a bigger than average supper. And I usually don't have a snack during the day, I enjoy my salad more and feel happier and more satisfied having the big salad with lots of things I love than I do if I try to cut back on the salad and fit a snack into my schedule instead.
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02-19-2010, 05:07 PM
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natalie
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: norcal
Posts: 591
S/C/G: 260/171.2/145
Height: 5'7"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Michelle98272
My favorite is my big salad. 2 cups lettuce mix, 1 cup baby spinach, a handful of sliced mushrooms, sliced carrots, celery, a tomato, maybe a chopped apple if I have one, then top it with a sliced chicken breast or two hard boiled egg sliced, finished off with balsamic vinaigrette.
The other day I used just baby spinach, two boiled eggs with hot balsamic vinaigrette dressing and made a wilted spinach salad. It was SO good.
I calculated my biggest salad once and it came to 350 calories. I get so full when I eat these salads that I usually have a twinge of guilt for "overeating". I typically associate the feeling of fullness with over doing it calorie was as I over ate as a rule in the past. I'm working on my wrong thinking along with my wrong eating!
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What do you mean by "wilted spinach"? Sorry, I've just heard ladies on here talking about wilted lettuce and I always thought that was bad haha.
And my favorite lunch is some grilled chicken tenders on whole wheat bread (with spicy brown mustard, light mayo, and a sandwich sprinkle), feta cheese, and a quarter of an avacado. I usually have BBQ pop chips and an apple on the side, and a glass of diet pepsi. It's so nummy =] It's sort of a lot of calories, but I stay full for a really long time. I'm trying to make my dinner a smaller meal in the day cos I can't fall asleep if I eat too close to dinner. I get like restless leg syndrom or something lmao.
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02-19-2010, 05:36 PM
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It's OK to be hungry
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 366
S/C/G: 297/T/170
Height: 5'3"
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Lately I've been hooked on tuna and a couple 100 cal. mini bagels! YUM! Each 100 cal. bagel is only 1pt, and a whole can of tuna in water is 4. I put a little sweet pickle relish and light mayo, and I'm good to go!
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02-19-2010, 05:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Dallas
Posts: 520
Height: 5'5.5"
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What a great thread! My current favorite is the beefy cheesy quesadilla from Hungry Girl's 200 under 200 with a spinach and broccoli slaw salad and Waldorf Farm calorie free ranch dressing.
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02-19-2010, 05:54 PM
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Loser :-)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 707
S/C/G: 273/251/175
Height: 5ft8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oodlesofnoodles
What do you mean by "wilted spinach"? Sorry, I've just heard ladies on here talking about wilted lettuce and I always thought that was bad haha.
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Wilted lettuce=bad. Spinach that has been wilted by a hot vinegary dressing=oh heck yeah, this is good!! LOL
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/sou...inachsalad.htm
Here is a link for spinach with a hot bacon dressing...as I'm on a quest for a little bit more healthful eating, hot bacon grease doesn't factor in....but the boiled eggs and hot balsamic vinaigrette dressing makes a nice substitute. You still get the hot acidity of the vinegar without a ton of fat.
Last edited by Michelle98272; 02-19-2010 at 05:57 PM.
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02-19-2010, 06:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 655
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Height: 5 ft 6 in
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Michelle98272
My favorite is my big salad.
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Me too!
I get my boyfriend to cook up some chicken on the weekend (he cooks it various ways, but it's usually kind of like pulled chicken with some sort of spices). Then I put it into half-cup containers and freeze it.
Then I make my salad with lots of dark green leaf lettuce, little cubes of low-fat mozza, green onion, cherry tomatoes, add the chicken after warming it in microwave and low-fat sundried tomato dressing.
I will sometimes switch the chicken for a boiled egg and avocado.
I seriously love my salads sooo much! If I'm super hungry I add a cup of lentil soup or something afterward.
Actually I have a question about my chicken - is a half-cup of pulled chicken breast a good amount for a salad? I know people say "one chicken breast" and I know the size of that, but what about pulled chicken? how much is a good amount?
~CGH~
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02-19-2010, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,294
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I don't really eat a meal at all, but in my lunch box every day I pack:
200 grams of chicken breast (baked with onion soup mix)
300 grams frozen strawberries
250 grams baby carrots
2 sticks of string cheese
That's about 700 calories, but it's a ton of food. I just graze out of my lunch box from 10 until 3 or so--couple carrots here, a bite of chicken there, half a thing of string cheese.
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02-19-2010, 06:41 PM
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Loser :-)
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 707
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shmead
I don't really eat a meal at all, but in my lunch box every day I pack:
200 grams of chicken breast (baked with onion soup mix)
300 grams frozen strawberries
250 grams baby carrots
2 sticks of string cheese
That's about 700 calories, but it's a ton of food. I just graze out of my lunch box from 10 until 3 or so--couple carrots here, a bite of chicken there, half a thing of string cheese.
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Ummm....chicken is meat. I'm just kidding!
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02-19-2010, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 810
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It is pretty cold here in winter. It is nice to have a hot bowl of homemade soup. Today it was beef and barley-132 calories, a piece of wasa, with yogurtcheese and a tsp of jalapeno jam-100, an orange-80, and some herbal tea w/a tsp of honey-17calories.
Total-330
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02-19-2010, 06:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,294
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Height: 5'5"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Michelle98272
Ummm....chicken is meat. I'm just kidding!
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? I said meal. Like, I never say "this is lunch" or "this is dinner" (I do sorta have breakfast). I just nibble nibble nibble.
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