Would you find this sufficient for lunch?

[LottyD32]

A small m&s side salad.

I saw someone have this and this alone for their lunch, and imply anything more is greedy.

I suspect competitive undereating*, but do you think this is tiny/normal/lots? I'd be bloody starving 5 minutes later 😂

*Unfortunately I've worked with a few of these in the past and just roll my eyes.

I think @JungleJimbo was joking

I really don't get how some people can't tell when someone is blatantly joking.

@IdontPracticeSanteria

I'm sure OP would be horrified that I'd only just had my first 'meal of the day' consisting of a seed granola type bar and a coffee. Not remotely hungry either. I more or less had it out of boredom. Will be having a salad for dinner with some ham I just picked up from M&S, some cheese & olives. I'm not having a very hungry day today. I definitely don't have an eating disorder 🙄

Nope! I’d certainly not be filled up after that

Fine if you’re on a diet / don’t eat much.

I used to work in an office & the other women always commented on my lunch. I’d eating a massive salad, from a local deli, with plenty of nuts, cheese etc... Or sushi. Because I like them. They’d be craning over my desk, saying “oh, you’re so healthy!”

They ate McDonalds, huge baguette sansdwiches, buckets of Starbucks coffee & cakes / chocolate at 3pm. I never commented on what they ate.

I was also slim & wore cute outfits. I walked to & from work every day. They complained about their cellulite, got the bus to the end of the street, and watched TV with their boyfriend/ cats every weekend. Their comments to / about me were always so pass-agg...

I assume most offices are like this!

Of course I wouldn't. What a shit lunch.

@HelloBunny

Fine if you’re on a diet / don’t eat much.

I used to work in an office & the other women always commented on my lunch. I’d eating a massive salad, from a local deli, with plenty of nuts, cheese etc... Or sushi. Because I like them. They’d be craning over my desk, saying “oh, you’re so healthy!”

They ate McDonalds, huge baguette sansdwiches, buckets of Starbucks coffee & cakes / chocolate at 3pm. I never commented on what they ate.

I was also slim & wore cute outfits. I walked to & from work every day. They complained about their cellulite, got the bus to the end of the street, and watched TV with their boyfriend/ cats every weekend. Their comments to / about me were always so pass-agg...

I assume most offices are like this!

Lolllllll

There's a lot of middle ground between 150 cal side salad and a "maxed out" meal deal eg/ all day breakfast sandwich, bag of McCoys, 0.5l full sugar coke. You can't compensate for someone else having too many calories by consuming too few yourself. Both will have health implications. I'd need to add chicken or ham to that salad & have a pudding of fruit and yoghurt

I’ve had this salad for lunch a couple of times. It’s really filling!

@HikingforScenery

I’ve had this salad for lunch a couple of times. It’s really filling!

So have I. I love it but never in a million years would I call it "really filling" - unless I ate a whole buttered baguette with it.