healthy diet lunches women can buy

1325 kJ's My recommended is 1400 .... that's like my whole day's worth in one meal :(

Wow, all from Woolworths.. makes you think

You must mean Calories. If you're eating 1400 kilojoules a day I expect your close to anorexic...

Not all are from Woolworths, for example Option 6 is from Pick and Pay.

I don't know if WH have some kind of connection with Woolworths, but I do know that Woolworths get dietitians to work out their meals. So its no surprise if WH picked up on that.

On a different note, even though all these meals look delicious they are 1/2 of my kilojoule allowance which is 3221kj.

Though I see most options are more than one item, thus you can easily have the smaller ones as your snacks for the day and the "main" item for lunch. Which could make this work even for me :)

There's a difference between Kilojoules and Calories. 1 Calorie = 4.184 kilojoules

So in this instance, 1325kJ calculates to 317 calories.

A woman is supposed to consume approximately 1 800 calories a day. ie. 5 or 6 of the Option 1

I hear what you are saying, and I fully understand that there is a difference between kcal and kj. I just think people over-estimate how much they are allowed to eat each day.

For example my metabolism is currently at 1270kcal / 5213kj a day. Thus staying with the traditional 1800kcal / 7500kj a day would make me gain weight.

I really love WH and the website gives very interesting exercise tips and food suggestions. I am just thinking they are overestimating how much women can eat if they are trying to lose weight.

I hear what you are saying, and I fully understand that there is a difference between kcal and kj. I just think people over-estimate how much they are allowed to eat each day.

For example my metabolism is currently at 1270kcal / 5213kj a day. Thus staying with the traditional 1800kcal / 7500kj a day would make me gain weight.

I really love WH and the website gives very interesting exercise tips and food suggestions. I am just thinking they are overestimating how much women can eat if they are trying to lose weight.

As a fat man, I can see why there is absolutely no point in attempting to become a thin man. I got an E for Maths in matric and that instantly disqualifies me as a candidate. How on earth does the lithesome Endraca know that her Metabolism is 'currently 1270/5213kj a day'? Is there a kit one can buy? Does one's GP jot it down on a slip of paper and push it across the desk? Is it something handed down from Mother to Daughter? I am only now getting the hang of my cell phone number. . .

Anonymous "fat man" your comment is hilarious! You can find metabolic rate calculators on the internet. I found one at http://www.health24.com/tools/ (Under 'Diet Tools', click 'Basal Metabolic rate')

Personally, I also dislike all the maths that go into this way of weight management. I just try to stick to foods that are as close to their natural state as possible. Avoid anything that spent more time in a factory than it did in the ground/on a tree/in the sea...you get the picture ;)

Good luck!

Of course this also assumes you want to spend a fortune on lunch every day shopping at Woolies...

Or you can just make it yourself....

AH Thamar. Right you are!!!
*Phew!* There is hope yet. LOL doh!

@Anonymous: you're thinking of calories not kilojoules, in kj terms, you're then allowed 5861 which equals 1400 cals

Jeez, thank cheddar cheese I'm not a writer for a magazine. Doesn't matter what you report on, the 'critics' out there will end up tearing you apart.
Stop snacking on your finger nails and use your head: fruit and veg = good. Chip rolls = no go.

Thank you for this - it makes life just a little easier knowing that when you don't have time to pack a lunch, there are healthy fully balanced ready made meals available. I remember a time not so long ago when it was not this easy to find a healthy packed meal at a shop......

As a vegetarian, most diet plans do not offer much variety. How about lean and protein rich foods for us veggies?

Woolies has the best when it comes to diet foods, the chicken shown above is delicious in a salad, and they have Slimmers Choice meals, some of which are quite tasty... and they have a wide variety of Ostrich meat..as well as frozen fish. If you only have to buy for one it doesnt really work out too expensive.
Some Spars also have a weighless section, and the weighless wraps are great and low in kilojoules

Its true, it can get expensive. I’m still a student and can’t afford to eat at Woolworths everyday. The above examples give you good ideas for lunches that you can also make for yourself. Conveniently it gives you an indication of the kilojoules it being on the list suggests that it’s a healthy lunch option.

What I would really like to see with salads at Spar/Woolworths/Pick and Pay is that they put the salad dressing / sauce to the side. I am often discouraged to buy packed lunches as it is smothered in sauces. There is one salad at Woolworths that I have noticed that does this and it’s the carrot and beetroot one.

And I feel for you “anonymous vegetarian”. So far the only packed lunch options I have found are salads with chickpeas in it. Though very few packed lunches cater for vegetarians. Most of the time I just make my own for example making patties out of chickpeas and sweet potato. They are convenient to take with for packed lunches.

Is it just me, or is Woolies fare typically very high in sodium?!

Thanks anon, now that I worked the BMR, how do I work out the kj?

This could become expensive, id rather make an effort to make my own food! but thanks anyway