Work temptations at Lunchtime...

No matter when i've tried to lose weight in the past, a huge factor in my failures has been lunches at work. Many of my co-workers choose to eat out for lunch which adds temptations to eat unhealthy food. Who wants to order a salad with lowfat dressing when your friends are sitting across the table eating a hamburger and fries?

The Jenny Craig options for lunch have not only helped me enjoy the healthy foods I've been eating so I'm not tempted to go out, but I've been saving a ton of money. I know that people have been detered from joining Jenny Craig because they think the food is expensive, but I actually think I am spending less by eating the Jenny Craig meals.

Over the past two weeks I've tried to sample as many of them as I could to get a feel for the ones I liked versus the ones that weren't quite my favorites. Just like the breakfasts that I blogged about last time, I rated them based on taste and fillingness (is that a word?). Here's how they stacked up:

Cheesy Potatoes and Chicken

Flavor: 4

Filling 4.5

Overall: 4.25

Creamy Chicken and Corn Chowder

Flavor: 3.5

Filling: 4

Overall: 3.75

Zesty Tortellini Soup

Flavor: 3.5

Filling: 4

Overall 3.75

Rotini with Meatballs (one of my FAVORITES so far!)

Flavor: 5

Filling: 5

Overall: 5

Chicken Stuffed Sandwich

Flavor: 4

Filling: 4

Overall: 4

Swedish Meatballs

Flavor: 5

Filling: 4.5

Overall: 4.75

Meatball Stuffed Sandwich

Flavor: 5

Filling: 4

Overall: 4.5

Personal Pizza

Flavor: 3.5

Filling: 4

Overall: 3.75

Tuna Salad Kit

Flavor: 4

Filling: 4

Overall: 4

Beef Chow Mein (my other new FAVORITE!)

Flavor: 5

Filling: 5

Overall: 5

I have a lot more lunches to try still because there is so much variety on this program. When I try them I'll let you know what I think as well. Look for my next post when I talk about dinner selections (and probably how much I actually miss cooking sometimes)