Do you eat most of your meals at work? What do you take?

That would depend on what plan you use, but I have been successful recently with a higher protein, higher vegetable, still lower carb approach.
https://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=484926

I have no problem with eating proteins made in advance, so salads and stir-fries with pre-cooked fish or chicken, or low fat cottage cheese/yogurt with protein powder.

Hi Jandy.

I work in food service and we're fed at work. Even though 80% of our food is carbage, I've gotten used to it and I've memorized enough food choices that I find it easy and, dare I say, enjoyable. My lunches are pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

It really depends on your environment, though - do you have a kitchen with a fridge and microwave? Is there a cafeteria and you prefer to buy food? Is there social pressure/constant "cake days" and presence of foods that makes it difficult?

If I were in that latter more toxic environment, I'd spend a little extra money and effort to cook ahead and make sure my meals were awesome. If the environment is pretty low-key, I'd bring whatever's easiest and appealing - it doesn't have to be fancy, as long as you aren't feeling sorry for yourself. I find that to be an important key. Compliance trumps everything else. If you can't stick to it, it ain't working. And you won't stick to it if you don't enjoy your food.

Hope that helps!

I am a teacher. I don't have a duty free lunch, so whatever I take has to be heated quickly and eaten quickly! There's not much food pressure, but lunch isn't relaxing because I still have to be "on", if that makes sense.

That makes total sense. Bless you for teaching.

If it were me, my favourite quick microwave-type meals are things like crustless quiche, chili, soup and stews. Basically anything you could make for dinner and put in GladWare or similar washable containers. In hot weather, I'd probably make a big salad or deli munchy plate every day.

At my grocery store, there are a lot of ready-made lunch packets of foods, too, and a lot of them are LC-friendly. Veggies and dip, cheese and almonds, and meat packets. I treat myself to prosciutto and provalone cheese when I'm traveling. These are more pricey, but might be easier for you.

Good luck; let us know what you come up with.

Even though I had access to a fridge and microwave when teaching, I usually didn't bother. I've always cooked big batches of one-dish meals & divided them into single servings each with my protein/vegs for 1 meal, then froze them. Also cooked chicken, roast beef, fish etc. & stored single servings in the freezer. I'd take a salad + frozen protein or a frozen one-dish meal to work & it'd be thawed by lunchtime. They also served as dinners when I came home late & didn't feel like cooking, just reheating something yummy & nourishing. I'm retired and still do this. There is no excuse to eat crap when you've always got a variety of ~20 meals ready to go.