Healthier Lunchbox

[prosser243]

I'm a courier driver (male, 28), so my day is made up of lots of driving, and frequently stop to make deliveries.

I'm looking to make my lunchbox healthier (seeing as I am developing slightly more of a curvy physique than I'd like), and wanted a few tips. I tend to eat a lot in the day to keep the energy up, but there's a lot of rubbish in there. I'm going to cut out the bread rolls in favour of pasta, but what else could i put in there to replace the chocolate bars, mini sausages, cheese-sticks, etc.

Any help appreciated!

[boxtops]

The supermarkets all sell wraps these days, you can make up a nice chicken and salad wrap with a bit of sauce. Take some fruit too, to replace the chocolate.

[jamesnan]

A plastic lidded container with couscous, studded with vegetables and fruit always goes down well, as does houmous and vegetable sticks.

[cazzz1975]

I would go for more protein based snacks, they will keep you fuller for longer and not bloat you like carbs

[seadogg]

If you type the word graze into google you will find a company which sends out "Grazing boxes" through the post.

Look at the site as it will give ideas about healthy snacks. Not suggesting buying the boxes but look at some of the ingredients, which are available in health shops and supermarkets.

[cazzz1975]

nuts and raisons are good (natural not salted w/ oil)

[boxtops]

duplicate post, another answer on this one http://www.theanswerb.../Question1037698.html

[prosser243]

Sorry for the duplicate post, just didn't know whether to go for Body & Soul or Food & Drink, so did both.

Thank you for all the answers, everyone. Very constructive!

[SizzleSquid]

pasta os a bad idea-it will leave you feeling tired and heavy/bloated. Stick with a chicken/tuna/salmon/ham salad, incorporating different veg, such as cucumber, tomato, lettuce, celery, or what you like, add in some dried herbs and black pepper with a healthy dressing of your choice, with some rye crispbread or crackers, instead of bread. Very tasty. Hummous and carrot sticks are nice, you can buy a big bag of carrot sticks for £1 in sainsburys-it sounds boring but it is actually moreish. When you get bored of salad try a couple of wraps like wats said above-you can make your own cheaper though, a chicken breast grilled with sides is also nice, and you can get low calorie chocolate bars that taste fantastic-if you deprive yourself your going to give in. Slim fast do this sexy choccie bar-heavenly chocolate or something its 95 cals and 59p from boots or superdrug and superdrug is doing 3 for 2 on all slimfast snacks which i eat although im not on slimfast diet. Theyve got pretzels, bbq tortilla mini bags, cheesy triangles, all 95 cals each. As u drive id avoid potato or bread with lunch as it leaves u feeling tired as its harder to digest-if you must have bread, for sandwich say keep to wholemeal or rye bread. (you might not like rye bread so try it first before you turn into a sarnie) drink water and fruit juices-sweet fizzy drinks dip your energy levels.

[prosser243]

Update - Lunch will consist of:

An apple
A banana
An orange
An individual pot of tomato houmous with carrot sticks
Cheese flavoured oatcakes
2 Go Ahead! Strawberry bars
1 low-fat lemon slice

And to remind me who I am:

2 fun-size milky ways
An individual marmite cheddar wedge
1 packet of hula hoops.

Not exactly an exhilerating line-up, but it's probably a step in the right direction.

[JonnyBoy12]

Sorry I can not help you on the food front, though jacket potatoes could be the answer to everything. I would really like to ask you what firm you are working for, as would like to do the same. Do you work for a company, or do you work for yourself? Do you own your own van, or do you rent one?

Tell me everything, as need to know everything about the courier industry.