I have to pack my lunch often during the week. What are some of your favorite low carb packed lunches? I take a romaine lettuce salad with shredded cheese and diced bell peppers. I cook a large amount of seasoned chicken breast and freeze them in portion sized bags then throw a frozen one in my lunch bag and it's thawed by lunch. I include a mozz stick and 12 almond for a snack. Sometimes I include some celery or turnip sticks. But I am getting bored with this and work like some new ideas.

My pack lunch is pretty much the same every day too. I have 3 slices of bacon, a turkey and cheese rollup, and a few macadamia nuts.

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I have recently began having a few almonds, chicken salad with canned white chicken , manonaise, and celery, and a few cucumber slices. Sometimes i will have a stick of string cheese but often i am full after the almonds and chicken salad.

Thanks for sharing. Some great ideas. I can't wait to try them.

I tend to do a bunch of cooking on weekends, which gives me a variety of leftovers which I can pack up for lunch throughout the week. Throw in the occasional nut, raw veggies, cheese ... etc and I'm generally covered all day.

I have the advantage of a fridge and microwave at work, so I have lots of possibilities. I've been brining my own lunch for many years now since it's the easiest way to know what I'm actually eating.

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My favorite is egg salad with tons of pickles. The girls at work sure complain about it though!

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well, i don't have to pack lunches 'cause i work from home. but my favorite lunches are usually leftovers or a nice salad. i like lighter stuff in the afternoon.

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I work from home also, but I like tuna salad, salmon salad, chicken salad, egg salad, ham salad, etc. And now I have learned to wrap them in lettuce with tomatoes, onions and cheese......the possibilities are endless.

katlupe

I recently had to pack lunch to attend a school field trip with my kindergartner and I packed 2 cups spring mix (helps cut the monotony of ice burg or romaine) topped with hard boiled egg, ham slices (check labels they do make ham without nitrates, it is a bit more expensive but worth it) 1/2 cucumber and 6 grape tomatoes, and pack the ranch separate. And for later snack 1/2 cup cubes jicama (found at wegmans in the produce section, approved for all phases of Atkins.)
salad is about: 8.9 grams of net carbs. and Jicama is 2.5.

I forgot one of my favorites - deviled eggs! Sometimes I carry hard boiled eggs and/or cheese cubes with me when I think I might not make it home from somewhere. Antipasto or chef salads are good too.

katlupe

I usually have salad everyday for lunch. But each week I try to use different topping so I am not just eating the same old salad every week. One week to chef, one do ceasar, one do greek, one taco etc... I also use different kind of lettuce every week. Like one week I will have romaine, and the next week iceburg, then the following week the spring mix. Sometimes I just have bacon bits, shredded cheese and ranch dressing. I alway have some kind of salad everyday.

We get to go home for lunch every day, and we usually just do leftovers from supper the night before. Today, though, was sausage and farm-fresh eggs, fried. Our egg man's chickens are laying again, hooray! And a handful of blackberries. And half a lavash flatbread.

Sometimes for me it's just a protein shake, if there aren't enough leftovers for 2.

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