Eating lunch out daily & weight loss

[Ruffdaddy]

I've been doing 5,500 calories a day and still averaging around 1000 cals UNDER budget..

Solid barg!

[Ruffdaddy]

Not sure if your post was sarcastic or not...but I love everything that I eat and I eat plenty healthy.
It definitely can be done!

Shoot...I'm up now eating 2lbs of grilled La Michoacana chicken breasts, 8oz's of organic boiled carrots, organic blueberry Greek yogurt, and some natural lemon protein bars that I made over the weekend for b-fast!

1lb of very thinly sliced chicken breast meat between 2 pieces of potatoe bread is brunch.

No not sarcastic...peoPle get caught up in buying food for flavor all too much. I'm not saying healthy stuff tastes bad...it just takes awhile to adapt when you're used to getting your bacon cheese burger for 1.99.

When you start buying food for what it's true need is, then it's much easier to control diet. This has always helped me when I was trying to cut weight for powerlifting or simply trying to cut up.

Sliced chicken between potatoe bread sounds just as tasty as my endless stock of grilled chicken and beef jerkey. You just can't compare it to the fast food most are used to.

[FunFordCobra]

I've been doing 5,500 calories a day and still averaging around 1000 cals UNDER budget..

[stangin4lyfe]

Who cares if you "like" it or not. You eat for nourishment not Pleasure. Just cowboy up an eat food that's not fun

Not sure if your post was sarcastic or not...but I love everything that I eat and I eat plenty healthy.
It definitely can be done!

Shoot...I'm up now eating 2lbs of grilled La Michoacana chicken breasts, 8oz's of organic boiled carrots, organic blueberry Greek yogurt, and some natural lemon protein bars that I made over the weekend for b-fast!

1lb of very thinly sliced chicken breast meat between 2 pieces of potatoe bread is brunch.

[Silverback]

Who cares if you "like" it or not. You eat for nourishment not Pleasure. Just cowboy up an eat food that's not fun

there's plenty of stuff out there that he can try that might taste good to him.

I don't like any of those veggies either, but there's plenty i do.

Baby spinach is your friend.

[T-TOPPS5.0]

nice avatar

LOL thanks. That was the only one I had permission to use.

[Ruffdaddy]

Who cares if you "like" it or not. You eat for nourishment not Pleasure. Just cowboy up an eat food that's not fun

[kenny c]

I load it up with red/orange/yellow bell peppers and black olives, steamed veggies,

Sauteed squash, zucchini and eggplant rock. Grilled or sauteed asparagus rocks.

Damn... I don't like any of those things.

I actually gained 50lbs back around 2003-4, and lost it.

Nice. I'm looking to lose 20lb. I'm 235 and want to be 215. I haven't been 215 in 9 years.

[tex]

Never been a fatass like me?

I actually gained 50lbs back around 2003-4, and lost it.

I would say my diet is focusing on eating better and smaller portions. My main problem is I don't like vegetables.

Sauteed squash, zucchini and eggplant rock. Grilled or sauteed asparagus rocks.

[kenny c]

I'm in the same situation, and raised the same question a few weeks back. My biggest problem is whatever I take, has to be cold, because I don't have access to a microwave most of the time. I keep a cooler in the back, and keep it stocked with food and plenty of ice. I, also, never know when an unexpected lunch may pop up. As long as you keep it cold, it's not going to ruin overnight.


I've been making do with things like fruit for snacks, tuna/chicken salad and whole wheat crackers, etc. Really depends on what type of diet you are doing. I'm not concerned with carbs as much as I am calories, sodium, and fat. Whole wheat pasta salad is one of my meals as well. But when I make it, I load it up with red/orange/yellow bell peppers and black olives. I used to add prosciutto, capacola, genoa salami, and pancetta, but those defeat the purpose of the diet. But again, it all depends on what diet you are following. I'm really not even "dieting" per se, just counting calories/sodium/fat and eating as clean as possible. Dinners usually consist of grilled fish/chicken, steamed veggies, and brown rice.

I would say my diet is focusing on eating better and smaller portions. My main problem is I don't like vegetables.

[bcoop]

I'm in the same situation, and raised the same question a few weeks back. My biggest problem is whatever I take, has to be cold, because I don't have access to a microwave most of the time. I keep a cooler in the back, and keep it stocked with food and plenty of ice. I, also, never know when an unexpected lunch may pop up. As long as you keep it cold, it's not going to ruin overnight.


I've been making do with things like fruit for snacks, tuna/chicken salad and whole wheat crackers, etc. Really depends on what type of diet you are doing. I'm not concerned with carbs as much as I am calories, sodium, and fat. Whole wheat pasta salad is one of my meals as well. But when I make it, I load it up with red/orange/yellow bell peppers and black olives. I used to add prosciutto, capacola, genoa salami, and pancetta, but those defeat the purpose of the diet. But again, it all depends on what diet you are following. I'm really not even "dieting" per se, just counting calories/sodium/fat and eating as clean as possible. Dinners usually consist of grilled fish/chicken, steamed veggies, and brown rice.

[Silverback]

one solution that 90 percent of places have...

grilled chicken salad with no crutons/bacon/cheese, with a vinegarette like balsamic

[kenny c]

Why not pack a healthy lunch in the morning and take with?

nice avatar

[kenny c]

IMO, having never been in that scenario:

Never been a fatass like me?

I think as long as you're able to curb your appetite for certain foods you know are bad, you can almost eat amywhere IMO.
We love Mexican food, I used to pound down those basket of chips when we'd go eat there. Now I just don't eat them or will have a handfull and I always order the chicken soft taco's w/ grilled onions and w/o the rice and beans.
Just because you eat out doen't mean you have to eat what you normally would. And never eat untill you're stuffed, eat till full or satisfied and call it quits.
And IMO carbs before 3pm or around lunch should for the most part be burned off by 6 or so.
Just don't eat a carbed up dinner and you should be good. If we eat fast food or anywhere I'm always looking for the lowest carbs and highest protien meals.
Just have the will power not to order soft drinks, beer, chips, appetizers & chose a descent meal and enjoy it.
Just my thoughts.

I like tex-mex as well, but I'm going to try eat better portions.


I also plan on writing everything I eat down... for at least a week to see how it all adds up.

[stangin4lyfe]

Yup, whenever I eat out, it's always chicken fajita's for 2 on corn, with about 8, 16oz glasses of water.

All this food talk is making me hungry, off to eat 3lbs of chicken chili before bed.
I feel bad for my workout partner in the AM, leg day right after the frijoles!