A Question Of Lunch
More on trying to eat according to the new nutrition guidelines and a bunch of different approaches to the experiment.
"He found it impossible to eat healthily while eating out, but saved money by avoiding 'frou frou restaurant meals.' Lunch was a daily dilemma, and he was forced to 'hit the same vegetable-heavy places repeatedly, rather than the variety I usually revel in.'"
It's a daily dilemma for me as well. There are a lot of food options near where I work but unless I want to eat a salad bar or a Subway sub every single day, I'm stuck. Lately I've been having a lot of Caesar salads. But I don't think they fill me up enough and I feel like they too are "bad." Lean Cuisines are processed, full of sodium, and don't fill me up either. What to do?
"He found it impossible to eat healthily while eating out, but saved money by avoiding 'frou frou restaurant meals.' Lunch was a daily dilemma, and he was forced to 'hit the same vegetable-heavy places repeatedly, rather than the variety I usually revel in.'"
It's a daily dilemma for me as well. There are a lot of food options near where I work but unless I want to eat a salad bar or a Subway sub every single day, I'm stuck. Lately I've been having a lot of Caesar salads. But I don't think they fill me up enough and I feel like they too are "bad." Lean Cuisines are processed, full of sodium, and don't fill me up either. What to do?
posted by mo pie at 9:41 AM
4 Comments:
I think many of us struggle with what to do during the lunch hour. Personally, I get so obsessed with saving points for the night so I don't run out, I practically starve during the day. A can of tuna with mayo goes a long way towards filling the gap for me, though.
I usually take 2 pieces of fruit, a wholemeal pitta bread and homous. And a yoghurt.
Eating out optins are pretty limited round my way.
I found that if I can add some protein to the salad that helps a great deal. So I try to toss in some lean chicken or turkey and drink a glass of soy milk with the meal. This helps fill me up and keep me that way. :)
~Andie Pandie
Late and tangential:
...unless I want to eat a salad bar or a Subway sub every single day...It's an interesting sign to me that I am Out of Touch With America that I would find it completely plausible to eat the same thing every day. When I've been left to myself, I usually do -- or at least rotate between a small number of usuals and the occasional odd treat. It's only in contact with other people that I feel the pressure to constantly shift what I'm eating to avoid -- what? boredom, maybe?
Don't get me wrong, I love food and I love variety, but I can also love the same food over and over again.
Oh, ew. Not like that.
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