Re: Lunches for DH

[Guest guest]

> He loves cottage cheese (gag me)

> so we will be sending that, but what besides sandwiches??

Does he have access to a microwave? If so, any leftovers would work.

Or a thermos that keeps food hot might work.

If not:

Protein Shakes (in cooler)

Chicken breast with fruit

CC with fruit

Hard boiled eggs/egg whites with fruit

CC with veggies and WW tortillas made into chips (cut and bake at

250 for about 25 minutes)

Colleen

[Guest guest]

I have to pack 4 meals a day so, here's what I take:

M1: Homemade MRB (www.mrsbishwitskitchen.com)

M2: Protein Pancakes (recipe just posted) and SF syrup or SF jam

M3 (Lunch): Any leftovers like chicken, rice and zuchinni -OR-

Tuna and sweet potatoes (add veggie with all) -OR-

fish and barley -OR-

Beef barley soup -OR-

Ham and pineapple -OR-

pork tenderloin and beans ETC....

M4: Cottage cheese and blueberries or other in season fruit

HTH,

Jen

> DH is going to start BFL with me on MOnday and I need to come up

with

> some ideas for him to bring for lunch - it is always the lunch that

> makes him say forget it (he did BFL before and looked AWESOME, but

> then started losing it at lunchtime and you know how it goes,

> downhill from there!) . Someone made a (rude) comment about his

> stomach getting bigger so he is willing to start again but we need

> ideas. He'll eat almost anything. He loves cottage cheese (gag

me)

> so we will be sending that, but what besides sandwiches??

[Guest guest]

Good for your hubby! My husband's rude Aunt Sylvia told us that I was

looking nice and thin, but he looked bigger in the stomach. Most of

the time she cracks me up, like when she says my hair is too dark and

she doesn't like my hair when I wear it curly, etc...but she really

hurt his feelings...Why do SOME older folks think it's okay to be so

mean? (even if it is the truth)

Anyhoo, my husband has been doing BFL with me for the last few weeks

and every sunday I stock up on my groceries and I make all of his

lunches for the week, and I split everything into baggies for each

portion. Hardboiled eggs, grapes, blueberries, babycarrots, celery,

grilled chicken breast tunafish in the vacuum sealed pouches are

great too. I also organize the refrigerator into

proteins, veggies, and fruits, so it's easy for him to grab his meals

for the day in the morning. We figure he eats about 3 of his meals

throughout his workday, so we buy a LOT of Myoplex ready-to-drink

shakes, which we LOVE. It's expensive, but VERY convenient on the go.

I also make him sandwiches out of pocket bread, in addition to whole

wheat bread. He really loves hardboiled eggs too. There are lots of

combinations you can make, it doesn't always have to be sandwiches.

Sometimes he'll eat hardboiled eggs with some fruit, or just some

meatslices or grilled chicken breast with a salad and fruit or just

the chicken by itself with a carb.

Here's what a typical day looks like for him and he is either in the

car driving to clients houses, on the phone, or having a meeting and

he manages to get in 2 or 3 good meals during his work day.

Meal #1: Before he goes to work he has a Myoplex shake or 4 egg

whites and one whole egg scrambled with whole wheat toast and/or

grapes.

Meal #2: Hardboiled eggs and an apple or grapes

Meal #3: Myoplex Shake or a sandwich made with 100% whole wheat bread

Meal #4: Myoplex Shake or Tunafish with an apple or grapes

Meal #5: Usually home by this time and we have a typical meal of

grilled chicken or fish and veggies and brown rice.

Meal #6: Cottage Cheese with blueberries.

To mix it up, you can use different types of bread for sandwiches. I

love 100% whole wheat tortillas and pocket bread. But sometimes he'll

eat a sandwich without the bread so he can have more carb varieties.

He physically doesn't have time to even pop anything in the

microwave...if it isn't something he can grab from the fridge he

keeps by his desk, he doesn't eat. If your husband can put stuff in

the microwave, Lean Cuisine makes some really good meals that I love.

Hope this helps!

-Ruth

[Guest guest]

Thanks much!

He sometimes has access to a microwave, sometimes not, so we have to

be careful (couple of times he was stuck with no lunch, wh ich of

course led to a mcdonalds attack. I didn't think of the tuna in a

pouch, that would work great. And I did just go get him some fo the

ready to drink myoplex, I KNOW he won't mix up a shake but he will

drink those.

And ours was an older relative as well (and not an in-shape one

either!!). DH laughed it off but it really did hurt his feelings.

And he is NOT in any way overweight, just got the beginning of a

belly. But, if it motivates him to work with me, it will be water

under the bridge (and this is rude Uncle Tom, who sometimes gets so

bad, I just want to die!)

And Ruth, I have been reading your posts and congratulations on your

awesome progress. I started the challenge when you did and then hit

some bumps in the road. STarting again officically on Monday!

Riya