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Packed Lunch for work
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you're completely right and i should stick to it, i'll make more of an effort from now on. i just bought some wheat and yeat free bread, which should be okay if i toast it !samsara wrote:It can be really difficult to stick with a rigid diet at first whether self imposed or for medical reasons. I really understand that but you will feel so much better if you do actually stick to it properly. And it gets easier to the point that after a while you're not bothered about the things that you used to crave. That was brought home to me recently when I made a chocolate cake for my family. I didn't fancy it at all. My 9-yr old asked me to try a bit because it was so delicious and although I wouldn't normally I had a small bite and discovered that I'd completely lost the taste for chocolate cake (got rid of it when my boy wasn't looking!). I used to miss pizza too and it's a great favourite with my boy so I've endured many a meal resisting the urge to steal it from him. Nowadays it's really not a problem and I can happily sit in pizza express with friends while they stuff huge pizzas and I get the salad. Trust me - if you can stick with it completely for a week then a month will go by without noticing. Reward yourself with something else that won't make you feel ill. :T
I love the salads in pizza express.
i did make a wheat free pizza a couple of times, not quite as good but better than nothing..0 -
nic82 wrote:Further up the most someone mentioned about gluten free bread. Several years ago I was put on to a gluten-free diet by my doctor and bought some of it. It really did taste like cardboard (not that I've tried cardboard, but you get my drift!!).
However, I did find that it tasted perfectly fine when toasted, so if you have got a toaster at work and some toaster bags, it might be a good way of being able to enjoy a sandwich?
yes it does taste acceptable toasted, even though the loaf is as heavy as a brick
i bought some lunchtime and will try it for brekkie tomorrow 0 -
This thread got me thinking about the packed food that people bring to work.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=159061&page=1&pp=10
Some of the blokes get the most wonderful packed lunches/sandwiches made by their wives.
Others (who are on a diet) survive on two packs of batchelor's cuppa soup.... (some healthy lunch :rolleyes: ).
We take half a litre of orange juice and a pitta with Marmite or bovril on it for brekkie. Yogurt, grapes, a banana and kiwi fruit for snacky food. And for lunch during the winter half a bagel and half a tub of M&S fresh soup (soon to be replaced by a h/made version next week - wish me luck!) During the summer the soup is replaced by my Mum's Kitchen Sink salad.
What do you take / send to work as lunch? :jGood, clean fun....MFW #11 2015 £7657 / £8880
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Hi Wirenth,
There are some good ideas on this thread Lunch for work. Good luck with the homemade soup.
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leftovers, are good, if there is a microwave at work.Pawpurrs x0
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DH takes Cheese and pickle sandwiches (it never changes), a packet of crisps and two kitkats. He makes his own btw.
On the days I make them the look of delight on his face when he comes home is a sight to behold Organised people are just too lazy to look for things
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Wirenth wrote:Others (who are on a diet) survive on two packs of batchelor's cuppa soup.... (some healthy lunch :rolleyes: ).
Two? that's not a diet, LOL.
I like sainbury's instant rice pots. Sweet and sour or Balti. 42p each, 47 calories and 0.1g of fat. They aren't labelled "be good to yourself".0 -
Today I had branflakes for lunch! I just took an extra portion in and used milk that's always in plentiful supply.
Normally, I'd take in a sandwich with a low fat yoghurt and two or three pieces of fruit. OH and I are branching out into salads though.Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 declared0 -
When I was working before becoming ill, I used to buy lunch from a local deli...delish. Easy to do from home though and much cheaper:rolleyes: My favs were:
Brie & grape on either ciabatta or deli roll
Jacket spud with curry or cheese and coleslaw
Hot steak sandwich with buttered red onion
Chicken, sun dried tomatoe and pesto on warm pannini
Toast with cottage cheese and pineapple
Salt beef, horseradish, watercress and mixed peppers
mouths watering thinking about it..LOL
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It's just really curious to see how many different types of things people bring for lunch.
Some have really healthy, lovely homemade stuff. :drool:
And others have very little.
Good, clean fun....MFW #11 2015 £7657 / £8880
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