In honor of Laconia Bike Week last week - Turkey Legs! Best food at the rally!

I try and eat someplace else even a coffee shop would be better than a roach coach. If I must grab something near the vendors, Indian tacos are good and you dont have to eat the bread, and a michlobe ultra...:drinker:

Whenever I go to any venue that I know will probably only be serving unhealthy food I will bring a stash of protein bars (the kind that aren't chocolate coated and don't melt in the sun, like ON Whey Crisps) and water.

Since I am a low carb high protein type gal, I eat the same food just throw away buns and any accompanying fries or chips. Since fats are normally not my concern I just ignore them till I get home....lol . I stick with water and usually bring a zip lock bag of protein powder that I dump in the last 1/2 of the bottle of water for snack. The protein powder seems to hold better than a protein bar which has a tendency to melt.

Geez I hadn't thought about this yet... :grumble:

I don't eat anything that has sweeteners or refined flours, and I am (recently) gluten free. One reliable thing that I can eat at rallies is Frito Pies :snarf: But losing weight too is gonna throw a monkey wrench in the works this year... yeesh.

I will look for chicken breast or turkey legs (great idea!), try to find some veggies that haven't been drowned in fats or breaded -- maybe corn on the cob I guess is the best I'll be able to do. Beans are good carbs for me too.

When we travel, I also always bring lots of my own food. V-8 juice, some protein-carb things that I make that I call yam cakes -- that would be instead of the protein bars that other folks have mentioned -- a hamburger bun that meets my needs, and like Anneteajorda I bring protein powder, almond milk, oat flour, and banana baby food to make a protein shake for breakfast.

We camp, so we have a small cooler on one of our bikes and we'll cook meats for dinner. I bring freeze dried veggies to make stews and that kind of thing. I have freeze dried sweet potato and green beans, etc. to round out what I find while I'm on the road.

Thanks for bumping this thread. I need to get my thinking cap on... riding season is coming! :smokin:

Elaine in CO

I feel like big bike events are something that I don't do often enough (sadly not a lot of free time for them) , but I try to not think too much about my diet. Obviously I do my best to portion things, maybe 1 slice of a pizza and a light beer. Burgers aren't bad if you avoid cheese and mayo. But for my bottom line is these events are supposed to be fun and enjoyable, not dread and fear that you might not be perfect that one day. So if there is anything I limit it would be the booze, for obvious reasons plus it puts a major damper on your metabolism for the day.

@atjays, good call on not to dread going to a Rally because of what to eat or not eat but rather to have fun!

We all know how to limit certain items, to use portion control in our daily life so this really shouldn't be any different. I'll continue to pack protein bars, seeds, craisins, almonds, apples and I plan to premix my protein powder w/flax seed & PB2 then put in snack size baggies to use on the Road....I'm excited because this new protein powder I have tastes great mixed with water :bigsmile:

The freeze dried foods I'll have to check out, thanks for the tip Gesneramor

Just got back from Thunder on the beach. Luckily there was no shortage of great grilled and raw seafood.
Most of the rallies in this part of the country have crawfish with corn on the cob, which I will indulge in. There is always barbecue or grilled chicken, and pork.
I tend to eat what I want and work it off when the weekend is over. I have found out I cant eat as much as I use to and don't like the greasy stuff anymore.

Got a rally next week. Bringing a couple mason jars of "Homemade" Hooch.

I think we need rally reports in this group! With pix!!

I'll be at get together this weekend in SC, I'll post a pic from top of the Cherohala Skyway.