Healthy lunch recipes are key for weight loss, but it's tuff some days.

Everyone agrees healthy lunch recipes help with weight loss. But, when you’re stressed at work, pressed for time at home, a healthy lunch often falls between the cracks.

You end up skipping lunch or stopping at the nearest drive-thru, deli or convenience store, eating food that goes straight to your belly or rear end.

Your scale confirms this every time you step on it.

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Well, I’m here to tell you, you don’t have to sacrifice healthy lunch recipes because of time constraints if you make the effort to plan ahead and make your own lunch.

If you go to work, you can prepare healthy lunch recipes at home the night before and take a packed lunch, or even heat up something if you have a company kitchen.

Besides being better for your health, here’s three other reasons to prepare your own lunch ahead of time.

1. You’ll be less likely to miss lunch if you’ve already made it, and that results in you having more energy throughout the day.

2. By making it yourself you’ll know exactly what’s in it calorie wise (important when you’re trying to lose weight).

3. By putting your lunch together your self you’ll not only have healthier ingredients, you’ll be saving money over eating out.

So there you have it, healthy lunch recipes are convenient, calorie conscious, and cheaper than eating out.

But maybe you aren’t the “I make my own lunch” kind of person.
-----------So here’s 10 tips on eating a healthy lunch out.----------

1. Watch out for menu items labeled deep-fried, pan-fried, basted, batter-dipped, breaded, creamy, crispy. These dishes are usually high in calories, unhealthy fats and sodium.

2. Look for options with more vegetables and choose leaner meats. If you’re having a sandwich get the ketchup, mustard or mayo on the side and add it yourself, go easy.

3. Stick with water with your meal. It’s the miracle liquid, drink it like your life depended on it. Soda (diet or not) is not your friend and will just end up around your waist or on your behind.

4. Order your meal your way. Have your waiter to serve your vegetables and main dishes without the sauces. Have olive oil and vinegar for your salads and if your food is fried or cooked in oil or butter, ask to have it broiled or steamed. Can’t hurt to ask and will save you massive calories.

5. Only eat half your meal. In most restaurants today a single serving provides enough for two meals. So take half home, split the meal with someone, or give it to a homeless guy. Just don’t eat the whole darn thing.

6. Lose the salt. Restaurant food tends to be very high in sodium (a major contributor to high blood pressure) so just leave it in the shaker.

7. Stay away from “ all you can eat buffets” even the so called healthy ones. You’ll just over eat. It’s human nature to go for it and that will just ruin your calorie count for the day. But, if you do go, at least stick with the veggies and don’t go back for seconds.

8. Take your time eating. It takes a while for our bodies to register that we have eaten. Slow down, you won’t over eat, you’ll be more relaxed and you’ll digest your food better.

9. Look at the whole day. If you’re celebrating, or at your favorite restaurant for lunch and want to splurge, just make sure your earlier meals and later meals are a lot less calories.

10. Moderation and keeping a grip on the calories consumed through out the day is key. So plan your meals through out the day to insure this, then relax and enjoy your food.

Whether you’re packing your lunch or eating lunch out, do it the healthy smart way, think healthy lunch recipes, both your scale and wallet will thank you.

Smiles…Gigi

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