A Week Of Lunches ~ Monday
I’m not eating very well at present. In an effort to combat this, and probably because I’m in a silly sort of mood today, I’ve decided to post pictures of my lunches for one week. Discuss, suggest…heck, even mock my choices. I’m ready. Sock it to me.
On The Menu Today
The “I’m Starting The Week Healthy If It Kills Me” Salad Plate
We have two hard boiled eggs, some beetroot, lettuce, halved grape tomatoes, carrot sticks, salsa and a grainy bread roll. AND I did even better, only inhaling the heel of the roll (yay me!) Oh, and I put a little reduced-fat margarine on it, splooshed a smidgeon of fat free Italian dressing on the salad and poured myself a glass of weak-ish diet cordial.
I tried to make a concious effort to conform to that whole ‘half a plate of vegetables, quarter protein, quarter wholegrains’ deal. I think I did pretty darn well. This was an enormous plate of food but as I’m sitting here with a full belly I can tell I hit the right ratio. I’m satisfied but not bustin’ out of my jeans. Always a good thing.
I can’t guarantee I’ll keep this level up all week mind you! I have Errands Day planned for Friday which usually means the food court. The photo on that day is likely to be pretty pathetic because I’ll only have my phone’s camera to play around with :)
So what’s a typical lunch for you guys? What’s your ideal ‘healthy’ lunch?
Cheers,
Lizzie
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Just an Aussie mother to three, wife to one, special needs advocate, sometimes crafter, always procrastinator and awesome baker. Well maybe not bread. Bread alludes me.
Hi Lizzie,
I think your lunch looks yummy. I often make up a salad like you see here http://libby.withnall.com/2008/01/31/clean-eating/
In winter I’ll sometimes have soup. If I need something quick it’ll be something in mountain bread - egg and lettuce, cheese & salad, mexi-beans & cheese, etc.
Best of luck with your healthy lunches.
Libby
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hey, at least you’re not eating fattening food, apparently vegetables don’t have hardly any/zero fat anyway. You chose wise and very healthy. As for my household, now if only I could get my dh to eat veges *sigh*
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My ideal healthy lunch would be something that someone else has prepared for me.
I am happy if I have a salad sandwich or roll packed full of lots of salad type stuff.
A bowl of soup of some description (if working a cup of soup) to go with it
I love sushi but seem to still struggle making it and it is not easily bought here (what I can get is very expensive)
Katrina - LOL, yes, anything that someone else makes me is far better than something I could make myself. I had an awesome chicken and salad wrap thingamy at a food court a couple of weeks ago and sure, I could have made it cheaper myself at home, but sometimes the ‘treat’ part is in the ‘being served’ rather than ’serving’ part :P
Cheers,
Lizzie