{"id":51912,"date":"2017-04-25T07:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=51912"},"modified":"2017-04-23T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T22:02:30","slug":"light-carb-snacks-and-lunches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=51912","title":{"rendered":"Light Carb Snacks and Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hard part of any diet is being creative. It’s so easy to get into a rut and eat the same thing for days and days…Before you know it, you’re completely burned out on eating salads every day and all you want is a big burrito or slice of pizza!<\/p>\n

When I decided to try limiting my carb intake, I struggled to find quick and easy lunches I could take to work. When I’m home it’s easy to figure out something but I needed stuff that was easily packed ahead of time.<\/p>\n

I bought some containers that have compartments to make it easier to transport several different things without a big mess. I love this<\/a> and this<\/a>! So far they work great! No leaks, no mess. The dual compartment ones I have are fabulous. In one side I put some roasted veggies, the other side hummus or tuna salad.<\/p>\n

So here are a few of my lunches and snacks I’ve been enjoying lately:<\/p>\n

Lunches<\/span><\/h4>\n

Lunch #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do these “rollup” things. I take some sliced deli meat (it varies, ham, roast beef, turkey or pastrami, and sometimes I mix and match them together) with a slice of cheese and a little mustard and roll it up. I usually pack 2 for lunch. Sometimes I have pickles and olives with it.<\/p>\n

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Then I had some roasted veggies on the side. I love roasted veggies! And they are surprisingly filling. I usually do broccoli, onion, Brussels Sprouts, and carrots. (Sometimes I’ll add some sweet potatoes or butternut squash but I’m trying not do that right now.)<\/p>\n

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Lunch #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

I made some tuna salad. I took a can of tuna, added some mayo and mustard, diced carrots, diced onion, diced pickles and some seasoning. Instead of crackers I took cucumber slices. One day I had some cheddar slices with it and another day I had string cheese.<\/p>\n

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Lunch #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got some chile lime chicken burgers from Trader Joe’s that are super low in carbs and calories. I have a patty with cheese and some roasted veggies.<\/p>\n

I also got butternut squash to add to my roasted veggies.<\/p>\n

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Also, some riced cauliflower and turkey meatballs. Yum! (Although the above photo is more for dinner than lunch.)<\/p>\n

Lunch #4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big salad with lettuce, carrots, avocado, Chipotle dressing and the pre-cooked chicken fajita strips (bought on a whim because they were marked down and they were actually pretty good!).<\/p>\n

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Lunch #5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kind of of a hodge-podge of things. A hardboiled egg, some chopped ham, and roasted veggies.<\/p>\n

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Snacks<\/span><\/h4>\n

Snack #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plain Greek Yogurt with sliced strawberries.<\/p>\n

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Snack #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sliced apple with string cheese.<\/p>\n

Snack #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pickles, black olives, jalapeno stuffed olives and some pistachios.<\/p>\n

Snack #4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheese, Salami, olives.<\/p>\n

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Snack #5<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got a package of the Sargento Balanced Breaks–cheese, nuts and dried fruit. I could have easily made my own, but they were on sale so I picked up a package. They are a little higher in carbs than I’m looking for (12grams) but they are good for workout days.<\/p>\n

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I also had some celery and peanut butter that day.<\/p>\n

Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve gotten some pretty good ideas for more lunches and snacks that I’m going to try in the coming weeks. I think it’s important to switch things up each week so it doesn’t get monotonous and boring. When I was trying to lose 100 pounds 10 years ago I ate the same damn lunch every single day. Every day. No deviation–a turkey and cheese sandwich on low calorie bread with a serving of wheat thins. Man was I sick of that!!!<\/p>\n

So I will do another post in a few weeks with other ideas I’ve tried!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What are your favorite snacks and lunches right now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hard part of any diet is being creative. It’s so easy to get into a rut and eat the same thing for days and days…Before you know it, you’re completely burned out on eating salads every day and all you want is a big burrito or slice of pizza! When I decided to try […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,104,107,108,125,2663,133,152,154,155,160,167,5347,183,193,194,201,246,247,258],"tags":[8631,8642,3112,9451,9452,8667,8720,1753],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51912"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52033,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51912\/revisions\/52033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}