It actually costs more for me to bring lunch than to eat out. But I usually eat healthier foods when I bring my lunch costing around $4 (hot pocket or frozen panini / can of soup / can of coke). At Wendy's I usually get a crispy chicken and a small chili for about $2. Add 30 cents for a coke and around 50 cents for gas. Eating out a lot can be a big budget buster.
Just curious, what frozen entrees to you get from Trader Joe's? I go there weekly but their frozen meal selection ain't great IMO.
Pad Thai
Vegetarian Rice & vegetable bowl
Chicken Enchiladas
Vegetable enchiladas
Burritos
Really good chicken\cheese tamales
(not frozen)
I occasionally pick up the indian meals packaged like MRE's, great with a pita,
Also there's a Red Curry Tuna packaged the same way that's good with corn tortillas
Vegetarian Rice & vegetable bowl
Chicken Enchiladas
Vegetable enchiladas
Burritos
Really good chicken\cheese tamales
(not frozen)
I occasionally pick up the indian meals packaged like MRE's, great with a pita,
Also there's a Red Curry Tuna packaged the same way that's good with corn tortillas
I hate eating fast food, but I suck at cooking and I am lazy so I continue to do it. 4-5 times a week.
More like a neutral meal. Not good for you, not bad for you.
That meal has not only very few basic vitamins and minerals, but is nearly devoid of phytonutrients. It lacks essential fats, soluble fiber, and it's simply not enough food.
A packed lunch could contain a nice sandwich, mixed nuts (walnuts, peanuts), some fruit, yogurt, for a fraction of the price. And you wouldn't have to risk coming back to work late and fatigued.
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I never go out for lunch (unless I have some business lunch, which happens maybe once a month).
I pack my lunch every day. PB&J or lunchmeat.
If I eat fast food now, I feel like crap around 2-3PM.
I pack my lunch every day. PB&J or lunchmeat.
If I eat fast food now, I feel like crap around 2-3PM.
Spare me the lecture, I said healthier than fast food, not healthy. But a ham and cheese hot pocket has 280 calories, 7g of fat (3.5 saturated). Combined with a can of soup (~200-300 calories / 2g of fat) it's a pretty damn healthy lunch. Especially considering I only eat two meals a day...
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Homemade is cheaper and better tasting than eating out, not to mention that you don't have to wait twenty minutes to get your food.
Believe what you want. But your body cannot escape the reality of your diet. I can't comprehend why you think a low calorie/fat, 2 meal/day diet is good for you. You're not even getting enough saturated fats, let alone omega3 and omega6.
You're eating yourself into a life of exhaustion and an early grave, and telling yourself it's healthy.
Originally posted by: Legend
Believe what you want. But your body cannot escape the reality of your diet. I can't comprehend why you think a low calorie/fat, 2 meal/day diet is good for you. You're not even getting enough saturated fats, let alone omega3 and omega6.
You're eating yourself into a life of exhaustion and an early grave, and telling yourself it's healthy.
Whatever, shall I hold the bullhorn while you stand on your soap box? It's kind of hard to make sweeping generalizations based on what a person eats for lunch...
Oh yeah, a low calorie, low fat diet goes against all things dieticians teach us about healthy eating. If only Americans would stop killing themselves by eating this way.
Yeah...it's expensive. I actually had a Quarter Pounder from McDonald's this evening because I had a coupon for it (99 cents). I wasn't impressed. I then looked to see how much it is without a coupon. It was $2.59. That's ridiculous...and it wasn't even all that good!
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Originally posted by: Legend
Believe what you want. But your body cannot escape the reality of your diet. I can't comprehend why you think a low calorie/fat, 2 meal/day diet is good for you. You're not even getting enough saturated fats, let alone omega3 and omega6.
You're eating yourself into a life of exhaustion and an early grave, and telling yourself it's healthy.
Whatever, shall I hold the bullhorn while you stand on your soap box? It's kind of hard to make sweeping generalizations based on what a person eats for lunch...
Oh yeah, a low calorie, low fat diet goes against all things dieticians teach us about healthy eating. If only Americans would stop killing themselves by eating this way.
Americans are dieing a different way. By consuming too many processed grains devoid of nutrients and soluble fiber, typically in a powder form such as flour which has a huge surface area for digestion. It results in instant digestion that floods the body with glucose, which is stored as body fat because your body doesn't want it all at once. It leaves people feeling exhausted, and hungry more frequently. Overeating, not exercising, and having all of your foods injected with corn syrup doesn't help.
My "sweeping generalization" from you was based on what you listed. The foods you listed were basically calorie counted restrictions of the same foods that are causing the problem. Your emphasis on low fat and low calories suggested along with having no foods in your diet with any nutrients demonstrated you didn't know what healthy is.
As for low calories, your 2 meals a day with only 500 calories for one either suggested you were dangerously limiting calories which results in muscle atrophy or worse, or that you were cramming in a ton of food for one meal.
What reputable dietician recommends low fat and low calorie diets? The fat phobia, "fat makes you fat" is total nonsense from the 80s. It's a good thing that the media has been slowly correcting that in the past 10 years.
Here's some foods that are very high in fat, and are extremely healthy. And there's scientific references to back it up.
Almonds
Cashews
Flaxseeds
Olive Oil
Peanuts
Pumpkin Seeds
Seasame Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Walnuts
Salmon
These foods are rich in essential fatty acids: Omega3 and omega 6. The foods you listed only had trace amounts of omega 6, and a bit of bad saturated fats (as opposed to palm oil, eggs), and trans fats.
That's another thing I don't understand. It takes like 5 minutes to make a lunch. But it takes at least 30 minutes to drive out and wait in traffic, and then wait in line to finally pay a premium for crappy food. Doesn't sound very convenient to me.
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