Do You Eat Lunch Or Skip It?

@wachit14 (3595)
United States
June 11, 2007 4:32pm CST
Lunch is one of my favorite meals of the day. I often will think about what I'm having for lunch for about an hour or so before I actually eat it. I bought a sandwich press at Walmart a few months ago and I'm in love with this machine. It's great for tuna melts and even peanut butter and jelly. Today, I met a friend for lunch and we had sushi, miso soup and salad all for under ten dollars. What do you like to have for lunch or is this the meal you skip during the day because you have no time for it?
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@nangel78 (1454)
• United States
12 Jun 07
I usually eat lunch or else I get too shaky during the day at work. I run out and grab something. I come back and eat it at my desk usually. I always have so much work to do that is the only way I can get lunch in.
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• Philippines
12 Jun 07
it is always good to bear in mind that we need to have a good breakfast and a decent lunch in order to be able to do our work well. i agree with your idea about the need to have lunch in order to function well and good at work. skipping lunch will only make matters worse as we cannot concentrate on the job that we are doing if the stomach is complaining of hunger.
@amyann16 (414)
• United States
11 Jun 07
Even if I wanted to skip lunch, I'm not sure my stomach would allow for that to happen! My stomach gets so loud when I am hungry, I will be sitting in meetings and have to apologize for all the growling. I've never heard of a warm peanut butter and jelly sandwich, that does sound really good. Do you only put a little bit of peanut butter and jelly, or a bunch? I'm wondering if it gets really messy? Sounds delicious though!
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@amyann16 (414)
• United States
30 Jun 07
Thanks for the best answer!
• Philippines
12 Jun 07
the most important meals for the day are breakfast and lunch. there is no way that i will skip it unless there is nothing to eat at all at the time and place where i get stranded. yes, this has happened to me before. i was tasked with five others to go on an inspection trip on various road projects and schoolbuildings being constructed in the province. too bad that our service car, got trapped into a deep enough pothole and we cannot get it budged right. the problem got worse because we carried no food then. we had relied on the eateries that exist in all centers of the municipalities which are in the list. from that time on, i always make it a point to carry along with me some food in addition to the water and some plastic cups which i always found necessary during trips.
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I eat lunch every day around 11:30 am I usually eat whatever I have her at home like egg salad, tuna melts,sometimes breakfast food.
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11 Jun 07
i'm mostly a fast food eater cause i'm always on the run... so i kind of skip every meal :(
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@babostwick (2036)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I tend to eat lunch no matter how big or how small it is. Just about anything I would like to have for lunch from hamburgers to maybe pizza as an example. It mainly depends on what I'm in the mood for exactly.
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• India
12 Jun 07
i skip my breakfast when i am at home coz i get up late, (i am at home most of the times [:P]) so i relish my lunch very much, infact till the lunch time i am so hungry that i end up eating up too much.... lol...
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
12 Jun 07
yup. most people do that. when they can't have breakfast, they wait for lunch to eat. most of my friends call it brunch. breakfast and lunch combined. although i don't like skipping breakfast, i respect people who get brunch instead of lunch and breakfast. - anne
@yojspew (171)
• Philippines
12 Jun 07
I'm working on a night shift so usually during the day I go to sleep. It means I don't have time to have my lunch anymore because I'm asleep at that time...^^;
@monkey86 (129)
• India
12 Jun 07
I usually don't skip my lunch, well at times there is a demand to do so particularly due to nature of my job. But i have to admit that i never enjoyed my lunch, i would rather prefer a heavy dinner than a mild lunch.
@Gorgeous24 (1091)
• United States
11 Jun 07
Lunch time is my favorite time of the day..I always have my lunch planned out because I eat something light in the morning so by lunch time I want something good to eat. Its also the part of the day when me and my daughter actually sit down together just the two of us and we eat and chat (shes only 4) but she can talk my ear off...its so much fun...so thats another reason I look forward to eating lunch its good quality time with my daughter.
@Dugsmom (279)
• United States
12 Jun 07
Oh that's so sweet. I'm homeschooling my son right now so we have lunch together everyday but when he was in school I used to drive to his school just to have lunch with him everyday. My husband finally put a stop to that because he says I was babying him. So then I started going on Fridays. Now I feel like I'm in heaven because we get to hang out together and enjoy each other's company.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I don't eat lunch. It started in 9th grade when my parents used to give me 3 bucks a day for lunch and I'd save it instead so I could have money. My parents caught on and stopped giving me money :( so I definitely never ate. Even when I got out of school I still didn't really eat lunch. I'd take lunches at work because I had to, but if I could get away with it I'd just work. Even now, I still don't take lunches...I actually just leave work earlier because I don't take lunch, luckily no one gets on me about it and makes me take it. Plus I think not taking lunch, especially if you go out for lunch, saves money! Once in a while I'll do a special lunch on fridays... and I usually bring a snack so I don't die of starvation or anything... but I don't eat lunch.
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• Indonesia
10 Apr 08
I never skip lunch..but for dinner, I try to skip it. i wanna lose my weight..
10 Apr 08
I enjoy lunchtime when I'm working as I've made a real effort to eat healthy by taking in a packed lunch. I love taking things like humus and red pepper stuffed pitta bread, dried fruit and yoghurt. I know it may sound odd but I like having a variety of food and I really look forward to lunchtime. It has got to the point where my collegue asks me what I have bought for lunch as she's interested in what creative combination I have!
• United States
9 Apr 08
I Don't Skip Lunch, I Skip Breakfast And Have Just A Salad For Lunch And Then Dinner.
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
9 Apr 08
I work at night so most likely, I skip my Lunch, the most important meal for me is the breakfast since I am very very hungry after my shift but every sundays and mondays since i don't have work, I eat lunch, my mom cook the best lunch every sunday since we are all at home that day!
@ctiu80 (216)
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
lunch is also my favorite time to eat my meal. because i dont usually take breakfast anymore... =) usually my lunch meal is rice of cors, chicken(adobo), sometime fried chicken, sometime chicken with white sauce on it,pork.. =) soap and little bit of vegetable... =)
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
I don't skip lunch - I am more hungry during lunchtime! If I don't have time to prepare for my food, I go out and buy from foodchains or maybe have a cup of coffee with tuna melt (my favorite!)
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
6 Dec 07
I usually have a late breakfast, so i usually also skip lunch.
• China
9 Apr 08
Here we never skip the lunch.and it is very important to us,and also dinner but our breakfast sometimes be skiped
9 Apr 08
woops, i forgot to say what i have for my lunch ~ usually its something like a Strawberry Whey Protein Shake, and a little later, Peanut Butter, spread really thickly, on 2 slices of wholemeal weightwatchers toast. ooh im drooling just thinking about it! roll-on lunch!
9 Apr 08
I always eat lunch ~ and 4 other meals a day. I have to eat little and often, with high protein meals, for my amateur bodybuilding diet. My metabolism has become much less sluggish since i started eating regularly, with small high protein meals, and my bodyfat has gone down. :)