So if I shop the aisles, I feel like I'd either be looking at much more prep time, shopping time (as these items I can stock up for a month at a time easy), and/or frequent trips to the break room to get stuff from the fridge/use microwave.
What would be the easiest way to keep eating every few hours without relying on grab and go items? Right now I eat about 650 Cal at work and would like to continue eating 4 times during the day in small doses.
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THESE and use them to pre-make 5 salads and a large batch of tuna salad every sunday evening. Voila. There's lunches during the week. In a second container I house 2 boiled eggs for breakfast (again, pre-boiled on sunday while I'm making the salads) and a cup or so of some type of berries for lunch. I keep a tub of instant oatmeal (microwave half full coffee cup of water for 90 seconds, stir in oatmeal and one pack of splenda) plus a bag of pistachos, sunflower seeds in my desk for impromptu snacking.
TOTAL PREP TIME EACH SUNDAY: Maybe 30 minutes...max. If I take my time. 5 tubs with spinach, cucumber, green pepper, and tomato wedges. Boil 18 eggs.
EACH DAY I GRAB:
BREAKFAST : 2 Hard boiled organic free range eggs, cup of fruit (straw/blue/rasbberries) (225 calories total)
MID AM SNACK: Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (80 calories)
LUNCH: Good sized salad with good sized scoop of tuna salad (made with light miracle whip, sweet relish, celery, black pepper, garlic powder, and tony C's seasoning) and a bit of Kroger Fat Free Italian Dressing (275 calories)
MID PM SNACK : Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (80 Calories)
RANDOM SNACK: Apple or Orange (80 calories) or Mozzerella String Cheese (80 calories) both kept in office fridge.
TOTAL: 730 calories and they fit into two small plastic containers and slide neatly into my laptop bag every morning. Takes me about 2 minutes to grab what I need and load it up and I'm out the door.
It's VERY easy to do as long as you plan ahead. Nothing requires cooking (except the oatmeal which I rarely touch), and I only make 1 trip per day to the break room fridge (lunch where I grab my salad, yogurt, and fruit/cheese). I'm generally in there every hour or two to get a big cup of water or coffee anyway