Monday, June 8, 2015

Healthy Lunch

In recent months I have been working on getting my lunch under control. I find that I forget that 100 calorie packs add up, you know if you eat 5 of them that is 500 calories not like 200. So in the last few months I have been trying to find options that I like and don't feel like I have eaten a million and five calories. Here is one of my current faves, I have estimated the calories for each part (I may be a scientist but these are just best guess numbers).




Tortellini with parmesan cheese and tomatoes: ~206 (tortellini), ~40 (parm), 5 (tomatoes)
Carrots and Hummus:  32 (carrots) and ~35 (hummus)
Nectarine: 62 calories

Total: 380 calories

A couple of things about the tortellini dish, I take the small package from the grocery store and cook it and then divide it into 4 portions, in this case. I keep it in the fridge and add some cheese and tomatoes in the morning and leave for work. I do tend to bring a few other options just in case I get really hungry in the afternoon. No one wants a hunger monster to show up in the office. I also tend to drink water which has zero calories! Yay!

Afternoon snack: goldfish crackers or a banana

I almost always have a snack at some point in the afternoon but I try to keep it around 100 calories, since that is what they are currently recommending. I eat cereal and coffee (with creamer) for breakfast.

What do you eat for lunch? I will try and share my other most favorite lunch soon.

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