I'm curious, whats in your lunch box?

Being sleeved put the brakes on eating out as much as I use to. So, I've found myself packing my lunch waaaaay more than I use to.

I bought a bag that I like and some colorful portion control containers. Which helps a lot.

So what have you done to help with packing your lunch? What are your favorites, must have's, cant stands and OMG-I-wish-someone-would-have-told-me-sooner! for your lunch?

Just trying to eat with an open mind and new options.

Edited September 11, 20178 yr by ChelleBelle35

9 hours ago, ChelleBelle35 said:

Howdy TJ!

I love dill. But what are parm whisps?

Baked parm

Ok. Nice. You know, I think I threw those in a salad one time before I was sleeved.

Thanks for sharing.

There was a whole rack of little 6oz baking ramekins at Kohls on clearance one day so I bought them out. Haha. I use them for cooking things as they make the perfect little 4 oz controlled sizes. I LOVE ricotta bakes. (Eggface recipe) with little cut up pepperoni, spinach, and a teaspoon of pizza sauce (which has way fewer carbs than pasta sauce). I bake 6 of those and use them for lunches and dinners during the week because they reheat quickly. I also make chicken salad with walnuts and dried cranberries, I eat that with a fork or on lettuce wraps. I also really love cucumber tomato salad with red onion and that blush wine vinaigrette in the fancy bottle. I forget what it's called. Sometimes I throw feta cheese in there too.

Mostly I snack all day (5 small snack-meals instead of 3), and I know that's considered bad, but for what I do for a living, it works well. I just prepack a lot of steamed veggies, fruits, nuts, cheeses, and deli meats and sort of make little plates with those that take 10 minutes to eat. Oooh, and kalamata olives. Ok, now I'm hungry....

Reading your response made me hungry too!

The Ramekins sound like the way to go for meal prep.

I recently discovered The World According to Eggface. And, Im liking it.

Id definitely eat your lunch!

I try to start mt day with a protien shake. For lunch, I usually eat a packet of low sodium tuna. I pack a little bit of mayo and relish with a sprinkle of seasoning in it to go along with that. I love plums, and muscadines when in season. I also pack pickle spears, lightly salted cashews, and a cheese stick (or some variation) just about everyday. I keep jerky handy too!

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Hello all! Im 4 weeks post op as well! So looking at some of these post I have to ask, you can eat Nuts, Fruits already?

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I eat Greek yogurt for breakfast every morning so I have to switch my lunch up or I would lose my mind. I bring a number of different items. Sometimes I do little protein packs with meat, cheese and nuts and put them in a container. I will sometimes make a sandwich using the Very Thin bread by Pepperage Farm or leftovers.

On 9/14/2017 at 10:00 PM, niseys4 said:

Hello all! Im 4 weeks post op as well! So looking at some of these post I have to ask, you can eat Nuts, Fruits already?

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I had some almond chicken the other day and I had no problem. I was told to hold off on the peanuts though.

Feel your pain, am also 4 weeks post surgery, really battled with vomiting and not being able to eat. Not sure I have lost weight either. Anyone suggest a post op diet week per week. My guidelines say I can eat pureed food, but I cant!

My typical lunchbox has:

• Breakfast | chia pudding : 2 Tbsp chia seeds + 2 Tbsp PB2 (powdered peanut butter - I LOVE it) + 1 scoop unflavored protein powder (unjury) + 1/2 Tbsp honey + 1/2 C skim milk = (326 calories, 30g carbs, 12g fiber, 16g sugar 8g fat, 36g protein) - This is easily my largest meal of the day and it takes me at least half an hour to eat it while working at my desk.
• Lunch | random leftovers - today's was 1/3 Chipolte - Chorizo Burrito W/white Rice and Cheese (3.0 oz) = (203 calories, 14g carbs, 1g fiber, 0g sugar 10g fat, 14g protein)
• Afternoon Snack | 1/2 cup of either : 4% Cottage cheese -- Or -- 4% Greek yogurt
• Fruit | today's was an apple

Snacks in my drawer:

• Tuna packs + whole wheat crackers - My colleague lets me keep a little mayo in his mini-fridge
• Blue Diamond Smokehouse almonds - I go NUTS over these!
• Luna Protein bars
• Unjury protein powder - chicken soup flavor - great for when I don't have the chia pudding and need some extra protein
• Turkey jerky - a little bite helps keep me from trying to eat a whole snack when I know I don't need one

I'm only a week out, so my lunch consists of a container of oikos triple zero Greek yogurt and a spoon!