Topic: Lunch

[Mike]

Have you tried grazing through the day?

[charlie]

Have you tried grazing through the day?

That's what I do... eat one sammich @ 11, one @ 11:45, some pretzels or nuts @ 12:30, fruit @ 1:30, veggies @ 2:00, sunflower seeds @ 4.

I just went to quizno's to replace my missing lunch. Small ultimate turkey club on wheat, chicken bacon ranch sammie, and honey mustard chicken small chopped salad. Haven't eaten the sandwhich yet but the other two disappeared quickly.

[Steve]

Quizno's is OK but if I want a sub other than subway, I'm going to jimmy johns.

[jkim]

I would choose Jimmy Johns over Subway.

[Mike]

/necro

Finally found a lunch template that works for me:

• A few slices of sandwich meat (turkey most often but others once in awhile)
• Some romaine lettuce
• Bell pepper slices (any color but green)
• Some tomato
• 1/2 an avocado
• some zucchini slices
• other stuff thrown in to change things up

Using the lettuce making rolls out of the meat, avocado, bell pepper, and tomato.  Rest just eat as finger food.  I'm really enjoying it.  The bell peppers have a great crunch and require some chewing.  It also feeds my nibbling enjoyment.

[Govtcheez]

There's a site I think would be perfect for you Mike. You put in your calories, macros, and some foods and it makes a meal plan and grocery list for you. When I can find it I'll post it

[Mike]

Tooooooooo much work.  Seriously, I've tried most of them.  Plus I quite enjoy just walking into the veggie section and going "hmm, this, this, and this look good"

[Govtcheez]

Ok, well it's swole.me if you want to look

[Mike]

Not bad.  I like that it has presets for different types of meal plans.  Their calorie calculator put me at 2880 calories for weight loss which is probably 800-1000 calories more than I'm eating now.

Does it have more food items if you sign up?  I'm finding the lack of specific items kinda annoying.  Plus under salmons it is in units of fillet.  I don't buy salmon in fillet units, I buy (and measure it) by weight.

Does this day seem to match

Breakfast @ 8:45: 1 egg, 1 1/2 cup salad w/ 1/2 avocado, 1/4 tomato.  Dressing: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Lunch @ 1:30: 1/4 red & orange bell pepper, 1/4 tomato, sliced turkey breast, lettuce

Dinner @ 5:45: 4.4oz salmon fillet, 1 1/4 cup salad w/ 1/2 avocado, 1/4 tomato.  Dressing: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp vinegar, mustard

??? 

One of the problems I find is that my salads are created like this:
Grab lettuce, chop it up, put in storage bowl.  Add various veggies (carrots, green onions, zucchini), add cabbage (red cabbage really enhances the salads), then mix up.  Grab about a cup up and put into salad bowl and add tomato and avocado and any dressing (usually just olive oil and balsamic vinegar).  There is generally no measuring of individual ingredients so it is a pain to recreate it on sites.


I will say that site is heads and tails above most so thanks for linking it   If nothing else it looks like I'm in the ball park of where I want to be.  Might need to add some more protein.

[charlie]

Not bad.  I like that it has presets for different types of meal plans.  Their calorie calculator put me at 2880 calories for weight loss which is probably 800-1000 calories more than I'm eating now.

You're doing Crossfit and you're eating only 2000 calories (or less) a day?

I'm no expert, but everything I've heard is that that is a recipe for gaining even more weight back down the line. Your dietitian put you on that plan, right?

[Mike]

I'm not on a "plan".  If fact we aren't even measuring calories.  With some exceptions (i.e. I didn't do it on some days) my food journal is here: http://www.mikemill.org/wordpress/?cat=4

I'm not constantly hungry, I'm not getting the shakes, and I have energy for the workout.  So I'm not planning on adding more food/calories to my meals just to get some number.  Well, as long as I can still perform.

That said, I think I'll try to keep a more exacting log the next few days so I can get a better idea.

[Mike]

Here is Monday's for comparison
They didn't have ham slices so went with pork chops.

A somewhat atypical day but not too far away from the norm.  I've been preferring raw veggies over steamed for the last month+.

[charlie]

Ok, cool. If you're not hungry and have energy for your workouts then that sounds good to me.

[Govtcheez]

I've been preferring raw veggies over steamed for the last month+.

I always have, too.  I think it's the texture.

[ober]

Carrots are about the only veggie I eat raw.