Scrumptious September 2013 - Take Your Lunch To Work Thread

why_not_2

Hello,
Can I join please :-)

I have 16 working days in September, and will aim for all of them as I'm trying to establish a habit.

Loving the inspiration in the first post!

bigbeff

Hi. I'm going for 20 days please

cardi80

Can I join too? can you put me down for 17 please?

I'm normally pretty good at taking my lunch in (with only the odd slip up) and I am more interested in all the inspiration from everyones lovely lunches!

SiberianHusky

Hello - I'm new to the forums and this is getting me inspired!

Would I be able to put my name down for 20 days please?

Absolutely love the first post with all the ideas - gives me hope that I may well be able to do this!

kittiej

Hi to all newcomers :hello::wave::hello:, I will add you all to the 2nd post.

Really glad the first post is giving you some inspiration but don't forget if you have any gems to share then the more the merrier and don't forget to tell us if you've been ambitious and tried something new as suggested by Suziebabe :T

datlex

Always take lunch in with me. Work Mon to Fri. So think that's 21work lunches. One tip I have is to make sure you have a good quality lunch box - one of the liquid and air tight ones. I've found with others some lunches leak and make a mess.

kittiej

Ooo yes what a good point datlex.

Hello :j I'll add you to the list

itsmethatswho

Hi, Can I join in please? I have 19 working days in September. I'm saving for my wedding, and it gets so expensive buying lunch everyday, so this should help save the pennies.

Tiglath

kittiej wrote: »

Tiglath have you been given any diet sheets or anything? I know what it's like having problems with food, the only time I've felt OK inside is when I've been on a low carb diet but it's oh so very boring!

Good luck!

Thanks - my GP has said she thinks I'm wheat-intolerant but not celiac based on recent bloodtests, but just to get on with it. I've discovered today after a deliberate challenge that rye bread/pumpernickel has a spectacular effect on me, so I'm just going to go glutenfree. My stepdaughter is celiac so I know a fair bit about it - just have to be consistent with it. Unfortunately oats and even glutenfree crackers have upset me recently as well, so lowcarbing is my only real option. That's all my body wants to handle at the moment. In the past I've had nutritional tests suggesting I should avoid all grains, rice, corn, soya, legumes, nuts, shellfish, the nightshade family, mustard ... I just gave up at that point.

My private health insurance through work said they might fund food allergy testing but the GP would need to fax them a letter to consider, so I might draft one up for my appointment with her next Tuesday.

kittiej

Yeah my mother has coeliac disease and it's hereditary apparently, she gets bread on prescription and it's like cake!

I found that cutting carbs eases that horrible gurgling, bloating feeling but I find it's expensive. Good idea about the letter at the ready.