ridger
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- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Ideas of what to pack? Totally sick of sandwiches, flask keeps water hot about 75% of the time for some reason. Also wanting to lose some more weight, have two stone off but wanting another 4 off 
Packed lunch
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IH 684
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- Location
- durham dales/cumbria border
Pasta with tuna.
Tinned mackerel in tomatoe sauce and crackers.
Home made smoothie. Banana, carrot, Apple, strawberry, spinach, yoghurt, fresh orange blended together.
There's 3 days away from sarnies
Tinned mackerel in tomatoe sauce and crackers.
Home made smoothie. Banana, carrot, Apple, strawberry, spinach, yoghurt, fresh orange blended together.
There's 3 days away from sarnies
- Location
- Hampshire
I eat high fat low carb. Started a few years back and the weight fell off me.
It is a pain though when you need to take lunch to work. I generally make an omlette whith tomato, mushrooms, ham etc, and eat it cold.
I have an ex icecream container where I make a salad also to go with it.
Have been on packed lunches all week on the forager, really enjoyed going out tonight for steak and chips with a big salad. (I know I shouldn't have eaten the chips!)
It is a pain though when you need to take lunch to work. I generally make an omlette whith tomato, mushrooms, ham etc, and eat it cold.
I have an ex icecream container where I make a salad also to go with it.
Have been on packed lunches all week on the forager, really enjoyed going out tonight for steak and chips with a big salad. (I know I shouldn't have eaten the chips!)
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Last couple of weeks Ive been taking a box of chopped fruit ,,nice mix of anything thats juicy ,,alot more refreshing when its hot and more appertising than manky sandwiches .
Pop it in the fridge over night and its still cool come dinner if I put it in the shade
Pop it in the fridge over night and its still cool come dinner if I put it in the shade
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
I don't like fish but il try the rest of those I know I feel much better with the two stone off and I don't want it back on again eating bread and crisps and rubbish
I know I feel much better with the two stone off and I don't want it back on again eating bread and crisps and rubbish
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Do you like ryvita or crispbreads ,,they are very tastey with the right fillings and dont go soggy
llamedos
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Home made veg soup is a good one, next to no calories at all.
Couple of sticks of celery, a carrot, 1/2 onion, cook those a little to soften them first on a low heat, with the tiniest bit of oil, then add chopped red/green pepper, a few sliced green beans, a courgette, bit of cauli, bit of sweet potato, have a mess about using different veg you like, some shreds of savoy cabbage, or a few leaves of spinach, add just enough stock to 1/2 way up the veg, and then a tin of chopped tomatoes, and some basil, a pinch of thyme, & Fresh parsley.
Once it is cooked share it out into tubs & freeze it, then just microwave it and put it in a food flask.
Or use a small cob loaf, hollow it out chuck almost all the dough away, and fill that with salad of your choice, including dressing, really pack it tight, but dont need to eat the loaf, just use it as the serving dish for its contents, but bet you cant resist eating the outer
Instead of a crispy BLT sandwich, try parma ham, much less calories, just flash the ham under the grill, if the grill is hot enough it will be crispy in less than a minute, and is around 1/2 the calories per 100 gms, + you get twice as much volume.A real treat
The diet starts tomorrow
Couple of sticks of celery, a carrot, 1/2 onion, cook those a little to soften them first on a low heat, with the tiniest bit of oil, then add chopped red/green pepper, a few sliced green beans, a courgette, bit of cauli, bit of sweet potato, have a mess about using different veg you like, some shreds of savoy cabbage, or a few leaves of spinach, add just enough stock to 1/2 way up the veg, and then a tin of chopped tomatoes, and some basil, a pinch of thyme, & Fresh parsley.
Once it is cooked share it out into tubs & freeze it, then just microwave it and put it in a food flask.
Or use a small cob loaf, hollow it out chuck almost all the dough away, and fill that with salad of your choice, including dressing, really pack it tight, but dont need to eat the loaf, just use it as the serving dish for its contents, but bet you cant resist eating the outer
Instead of a crispy BLT sandwich, try parma ham, much less calories, just flash the ham under the grill, if the grill is hot enough it will be crispy in less than a minute, and is around 1/2 the calories per 100 gms, + you get twice as much volume.A real treat
The diet starts tomorrow
simmy_bull
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
That sounds good never tried soup at work like that might be trying that one.
I like soup, but if I have it for dinner, no matter how many slices of toast I have with it, I'm starving by the time it gets to milking
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Don't bother with a lunch box if you want to loss weight, take 3 bottles of water and a young eastern European woman with you to work, she maybe not do anything for the diet, but will take your mind off food and wanting to eat, the water will keep you going till you are finished work ,
On a more serious note drink as much water just before eating any food as you can, there is feck all in water but it stops you eating that much as water fills the stomach and leaves less room for food
On a more serious note drink as much water just before eating any food as you can, there is feck all in water but it stops you eating that much as water fills the stomach and leaves less room for food
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Mum makes a lot of soup, but as I see it its just veg and a bit of water. Not much feed valueI like soup, but if I have it for dinner, no matter how many slices of toast I have with it, I'm starving by the time it gets to milking
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Toast has more calories in than straight bread, but you may know thatI like soup, but if I have it for dinner, no matter how many slices of toast I have with it, I'm starving by the time it gets to milking
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
How is that then?
The amount of butter I slather on, it should do
(no I didn't know that )I don't calorie count. I either do a bit more or eat a bit less if I'm chubbing up a bit
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
It is to do with the heat changing the value of the calorific energy in the bread, someone else might do a link, but I can't with the phone for now
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Why is the weight so much easier to put on than get off does drinking loads of water actually work or does it run straight through
does drinking loads of water actually work or does it run straight through
- Location
- North West England
Jacket spud, salad, tin of tuna drained and seasoned with salt, pepper and a splash of vinegar.