Sandwich of some variety - PB&J or meat + cheese usually on whole wheat bread
2 x greek yogurt cups
2 servings of fruit
serving of nuts

Typically 7-800 calories

Sandwich.. P&B or some meat (chicken/turkey) on wheat
Like 5 or 6 of those cuties (Clementines)
mixed nuts.. no peanuts since I don't enjoy them.
or some popcorn.

My drink of choice is Vietnamese Coffee... keeps me awake for afternoon meetings.

Usually a PB&J if I remember to pick up bread at the grocery store when I run out (No PBJ's lately haha)
Cup of yogurt
Apple
Carrots
Fruit Snacks
Wheat thins and/or pretzels

Subway footlong... $6.

That's what I do. No chips no soda, turkey & load up on veggies. No sauces.

Last night's leftovers.

Mustard has virtually no calories.

Breakfast in the office (after work out)
Vivolife perform (protien shake)
Guacamole
2 poached eggs
Mushroom coffee
Mct oil
Salt

Lunch
Salad
Oil
Balsamic vinegar
Olives
Sundried tomatoes
Chicken or fish
Vivolife thrive (greens drink)

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When I do pack lunch which isn't often these days, it's a Subway footlong too, except the chips go with it (Baked Lays). Sometimes I take the 6" with double meat instead of the footlong.

Kids don't take salad to school for lunch. Except the ones wanting to get beat up.

basically this whole list is junk food except the top two and the last one

Always:
1 PBnJ on wheat
2 bananas
2 apples
2 water bottles 24oz
2 cans diet Mt Dew

Most days:
2 hard boiled eggs

6oz Chicken w/ some sauce for flavor
1/2 c. Brown rice
Salad

I typically cook in bulk 1-2 times per week. It makes packing easier.

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Can of light tuna fish with a little mayo and lemon juice or grilled chicken breast
2 slices of Dave's wonder bread
Apple
Orange
4 to 6 ounces of unsalted mixed nuts

A fair point haha!

Thanks for the response people! I like some of the ideas here, I've tried pb&j but I found it to be a bit too many calories for low nutritional value for me so I switched to salad. I think rice could work, I might add that in as a good filler some days.

I would love to grab a sub or something every day and avoid this tedious lunch-packing, but I work in an expensive area of NYC and definitely cannot afford eating out around here.

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Very similar in fact - (though my wife made me stop buying fruit snacks)
Sandwich (meat and cheese - pb&j isn't filling enough)
Fruit
Protein granola bar
Yogurt
Granola
Peanut Butter Pretzels
Trail Mix
Carrots and Hummus
String Cheese

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Huge salad with kale, mixed greens, turkey, carrots, broccoli slaw, tomatoes, walnuts, raisins/cranberries, celery salt and oregano & drizzled with olive oil with an apple for lunch.

Morning snack is almonds and walnuts.

Afternoon is either carrots and humus when not swimming after work or a Lara Bar if I'm swimming.

Several 24 oz bottles of water during the day.

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Nutritionally, I would put the PBJ ahead of everything on your list except the salad, piece of fruit, and mixed nuts. Everything else is junk food.

Drive from Pool to work
8 ounces of 2% Chocolate Milk Grassfed

Breakfast
Cascadian Farm Organic maple and brown sugar Granola or
Kashi Go Lean Cinnamon Crisp
2% milk

Lunch
Natural PB and Honey or
Ham and Cheese or
Ham and Turkey with cheese or
leftovers
Organic Apple
8 ounce Pepsi

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I usually hit up McDonalds on my way to the pool. If I don't feel too bloated I'll get 500-800 yards in. Then to recover I grab a Frosty from Wendys.

My lunch mainstay is salads, but it's also pretty easy to throw together Chipotle-style bowls - protein (meat/beans), rice, veggies etc. Even easier if you do all the prep on Sunday night.

Rice. Lots of rice.

Nuts.

Amy's burrito or one of their frozen dinners.

Chocolate

Banana

Protein bars

Canned dolmas

Not all at the same time. ;)

Every Sunday I grill a ton of chicken breast for Sunday dinner and then have leftover chicken breast for lunch all week... My typical lunch is:

Chicken breast
Pre-cut steam bag of vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower)
Brown Rice, farro, or quinoa
Apple and an orange

Interesting. I'm definitely not a nutrition expert but when I used to pack pb&j every day I struggled to not gain weight. Granted I was eating 2 of them every day, but 1 just never felt like enough. I looked at the nutrition facts on the bread and realized that between my 2 sandwiches I was getting out 350-400 calories from the bread. But really I'm a grazer and I eat constantly, I would love to find at least one more snack I can munch throughout the day that actually provides some nutritional value (unlike the junk I currently pack). I guess I could just get more fruit, but it is not filling for some reason.

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