With today’s economy, more and more people are taking their lunch to work with them and searching for brown bag healthy choices. While there are healthy options for eating out (Subway, Chick-Fil-A…etc) making things whole from home is becoming more and more popular as people seek ways to trim their bellies and their budgets.

A few things to think about when you are going to be “brown bagging” it for work. The first thing is food safety. Tuna, sliced tomatoes, guacamole, cantaloupe, and dairy are all potentially hazardous foods that need to be kept cold to prevent bacteria growth. So use an ice pack or a cooler, and be sure to store in the fridge at work. The next thing is preparation. For the first few days of your brown bag healthy choices, go ahead and prepare your lunch the night before so you wont have the excuse of running out of time. Once you get into the swing of it, then you can start making them in the morning.

Here are a few brown bag healthy choices to get you started:

• Chicken tortillas with sliced veggies and low fat ranch. Tortillas, canned organic chicken, all the veggies you want and a side of ranch.
• Asian chicken salad with ginger. Again, the canned organic chicken is the lifesaver here. Greens, chicken, low fat or low calorie asian dressing and sliced ginger.
• Tuna pita. Tuna, pitas, hard boiled egg whites, low fat mayo, greens and veggies, paprika to top.
• Fruity salad. Greens, madarin oranges (in a small can with juice), strawberries, walnuts, fat free Feta cheese, raspberry dressing. Use a little raspberry dressing but also include some of the juice from the oranges. Yum!
• Adult peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Ezekiel 9 grain bread, organic peanut butter, celery diced up finely, sprouts, any organic fruit spread. You will be surprised how good the celery tastes in this.
• Taco bean tortillas. Cook beans in a skillet with 1/4 cup of water and taco seasoning packet. Mash beans slightly with mixture. Use this as taco filling with tortillas or taco shells. Add veggies and greek yogurt for “Sour cream”.

With some planning and creativity, you can get away from the boring subs and turkey sandwich and have some great brown bag healthy lunches to keep your weight loss heading in the right direction

Are you thinking about What to Eat Memorial Weekend to Burn Fat? There are going to be cookouts with all sorts of goodies like potato salad, hamburgers, cakes and pies, beer beer and beer. What could we possible eat over the holiday weekend and still come out with a weight loss?

Well the good news is that I think these summertime holidays are the easier of the events to eat good at because there usually are some decent choices. Afterall, it usually includes a BBQ so it’s something you can BYOM to and have no issue whatsoever. BYOM = Bring Your Own Meat. So grab some organic chicken breast, or some uncured organic beef hot dogs, super lean ground beef or even turkey sausages and you wont feel like you are missing out. The other thing that is usually available is salad, though sometimes it is already dressed so be careful of that. Fresh fruit salad can be another option. Watermelon! Great choice and you can eat quite a bit of it without feeling guilty. There might be strawberry shortcake so forgo the cake part and enjoy your “dessert”. Most of all, drink a lot of water and stay active with outdoor games like volleyball, softball, flag football and frisbee. You will be burning calories all day long if you keep moving , have FUN, think of those who have died in our nation’s service, and remember what to eat memorial weekend to burn fat and lose weight!