Just a few quick tips

How about looking thru the lists below and thinking about what you could pack with you as you go through your day (think about using Tupperware, a thermos, a cooler, ziploc bags to make these work):
Quick and Easy Protein

• Beef Lunchmeat (roast beef), 2 oz; (100 calories)
       --sandwich, or added to salad
• Best Turkey Burgers, 1 serving; (111 calories)
       --sandwich; or as burger; look for frozen turkey burgers; read label
• CARL BUDDIG, Smoked Sliced Turkey, light and dark meat, 1 package; (114 calories)
       --sandwich; or with crackers; added to salad
• Chicken Breast, no skin, 3.5 oz; (108 calories)
       --with salad; with rice; chopped added to pasta sauce
• Chicken-Vegetable Soup, 1 serving; (109 calories)
       --with crackers; or with toast
• Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), 1/2 cup; (114 calories)
       --added to salad
• Creamy Hummus , 1.5 serving; (93 calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers; with salad
• Egg Salad, 1 serving; (92 calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers; with salad
• Grilled Salmon Burgers , 1/2 serving; (108 calories)
       --as burger
• Honey-Roasted Turkey Breast, 1 serving; (109 calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers; added to salad
• Hummus, 1/4 cup; (104 calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers; added to salad
• Minute Omelet , 1 serving;; (103 calories)
       --with toast
• Peanut Butter, smooth style, 1 tbsp; (95calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers
• Pork Tenderloin, 2 oz; (98 calories)
       --added to salad
• Shrimp, cooked, 4 oz; (112calories)
       --with crackers and cocktail sauce; added to salad
• Split Pea Soup , 1 serving; (118 calories)
       --with crackers; or with toast
• Tomato-Lentil Soup, 1 serving; (112 calories)
       --with crackers; or with toast
• Tuna Salad, 1 serving; (96 calories)
       --as sandwich; with crackers; added to salad
• Tuna, Canned in Water, 1/2 can; (96 calories)
       --with crackers; added to salad

Quick Foods List

·                          Instant soups - just add hot water

·                          Instant oatmeal - just add hot water

·                          Sandwiches (PB &J, turkey, chicken breast slices, roast beef, tuna, egg salad, veggie burger - avoid cheese and use light mayo or mustard)

·                          Hard-boiled eggs

·                          Baby carrots

·                          Hummus

·                          Energy bars, like TLC Granola or Kashi GoLean

·                          Apples

·                          Bananas

·                          Oranges

·                          Nuts, pack in a plastic baggie to limit portion

·                          Canned pineapple

·                          Canned peaches

·                          Low-fat cottage cheese

·                          Low-fat yogurt