Question for those of you who bring your own lunch to work

[jenscats5]

another quick food question. is rice a roni a no go? havent checked the label on it, and just curious before i pick some up.

It's got a LOT of sodium....and it isn't really healthy.....

You can season up some regular brown rice & that'd be a lot healthier....

 

[Sassy69]

I tend to buy Minute Rice brown rice or else a bag of the plain brown rice (cheap stuff) and spend the 45 min cooking it maybe once / twice per week. The Success Rice (instant cook baggie rice) brown rice is good too.

 

[*Bunny*]

I've been bringing my food to work to handle anythign from a regular day to being gone from 5 am (AM gym / competition prep) until 10 pm (work + PM gym + traffic). I carry a softside cooler w/ a couple ice packs and tupperware w/ each meal. My meals are generally 3-4 protein + veggie meals - e.g. chicke + broccoli or chicken + salad, a couple emergency meals of nuts (e.g. almonds or peanuts), an extra container of already cooked sweet potatos.

I cook chicken & stuff 2-3 x/week, plan ahead what I'm supposed to eat & just prep it the night before. Takes a little bit to get into the swing of how to pack stuff & get it into the cooler, but once you find what works for you, it becomes mindless. Don't forget to pack the forks, spoons, napkins or whatever else you need.

^^ I always forget the dang ice packs. Great post sassy (you too Jens )

 

[obsessis]

i'll bake enough chicken for three days, so twice a week. throw in raw carrots, broccoli, cucumber in it as well as fruit. apples, oranges, peaches, nectarines.

 

[al420]

I take 2 chicken breasts and a cup of brown rice to work daily. I eat them cold w/ cholula poured all over them.

Not to say I don't get a little tired of it, but I am eating it for fuel as I am sure you are as well.

I would stay clear of the white rice - no good.

 

[Cutt29]

if you have access to a fridge or cooler you can bring anything

 

[HiDnGoD]

i'll bake enough chicken for three days, so twice a week. throw in raw carrots, broccoli, cucumber in it as well as fruit. apples, oranges, peaches, nectarines.

Mmmm
I've done the chicken & brown rice for the past week. I should add Broccolis to it.

 

[JKurz1]

I take 2 chicken breasts and a cup of brown rice to work daily. I eat them cold w/ cholula poured all over them.

Not to say I don't get a little tired of it, but I am eating it for fuel as I am sure you are as well.

I would stay clear of the white rice - no good.

thats ok for one meal, but hopefully you eat 5x as much as that throughout the day...unless you are working for 2 hours only.

The difference between brown and white rice is missleading........it's really not a huge difference, and the same goes with oats vs quick oats........one is less processed and has less fiber, but when combined with other macros, whatever tastes better to you, go for it.

 

[crossy]

Article on this thread about the benefits of brown rice over white.

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501187

Crossy

 

[JKurz1]

too each his own...I eat both and still am able to get down to sub 6%.......whatever taste betterZ!