Diet Tip #4: Power Your Lunch

Avoid the 3 P.M. slump by eating a lunch of about 300 or 400 calories that includes a lean protein (fish, chicken, eggs, beans, or tofu).

If you're going out to lunch, order:
• Grilled chicken breast with mixed greens
• Egg-white omelet with mixed greens instead of fried potatoes
• Turkey burger on whole-grain bread with salad

If your office has a microwave, make:
• A Lean Cuisine or Amy's meal, and add a green salad or a piece of fruit. (Research shows that people who eat one portion-controlled meal a day tend to lose weight and keep it off.)
• A Morningstar Farms veggie burger. Put it on a whole-wheat bun with a slice of cheese, lettuce, onions, and relish.
• Shirataki tofu noodles. Mix with a wedge of melted The Laughing Cow Light cheese, a little low-fat sour cream, and a few shakes of low-fat Parmesan cheese for what hungry-girl.com blogger Lisa Lillien calls "girlfredo."

If you bring your lunch, have: A wrap (use La Tortilla Factory Low-Carb/Low-Fat tortilla, with 80 calories and 14 grams of fiber) with lettuce, tomatoes, a slice or two each of low-fat cheese and low-fat deli turkey, and mustard.

If you order in: Use better bread. Keep low-carb, high-fiber multigrain bread in your office, and switch it for the bread that comes with the sandwich you order. It should have no more than 100 calories a slice, with about 4 grams of fiber.

(courtesy of allure.com)