"On the go" foods

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

Weigh and measure those suckers. I can't have them in my apartment. Too high calorie and not enough control on my part. I was going to suggest them too ha.

lol true.

But have you had almonds?

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

Weigh and measure those suckers. I can't have them in my apartment. Too high calorie and not enough control on my part. I was going to suggest them too ha.

lol true.

But have you had almonds?

Yes! I swear I have. I just have a little problem with nuts. They definitely DON'T help me stay in a deficit ha.

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

Weigh and measure those suckers. I can't have them in my apartment. Too high calorie and not enough control on my part. I was going to suggest them too ha.

lol true.

But have you had almonds?

Yes! I swear I have. I just have a little problem with nuts. They definitely DON'T help me stay in a deficit ha.

So very true and yeah, like the Pringles you can't stop eating them. Cashews are real killers too. But I probably have a much higher TDEE then the OP.

I won't start cutting until end of March (because I'll be on the beach like only 3 times) but I will have to exercise restraint once again as I snack on my best friends at the office.

Dude, cashews? Don't even get me started. My roommate left huge bags of almonds, cashews, and raisins in the apartment when she moved. I had to get rid of them

Nut butter and jelly sandwich (or any other sandwich). Carrot sticks. Yogurt or cottage cheese. Piece of fruit.

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

Weigh and measure those suckers. I can't have them in my apartment. Too high calorie and not enough control on my part. I was going to suggest them too ha.

lol true.

But have you had almonds?

Yes! I swear I have. I just have a little problem with nuts. They definitely DON'T help me stay in a deficit ha.

So very true and yeah, like the Pringles you can't stop eating them. Cashews are real killers too. But I probably have a much higher TDEE then the OP.

I won't start cutting until end of March (because I'll be on the beach like only 3 times) but I will have to exercise restraint once again as I snack on my best friends at the office.

Dude, cashews? Don't even get me started. My roommate left huge bags of almonds, cashews, and raisins in the apartment when she moved. I had to get rid of them

lMFAO. Maybe it's because you don't have the right beer to accompany it?

God I can't even drink beer anymore! Whiskey and wine for me now.

At least you can do that. I can maybe liabate with the odd Bloody Mary or a craft beer occasionally - I seemed to have developed some kind of allergy. But boy do I miss Whisky Old Fashion Sours. Best ever. (And aged single malt scotch. Speyside please.)

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Almonds. Almonds and yogurt and string cheese and almonds are your best friend.

And almonds.

Weigh and measure those suckers. I can't have them in my apartment. Too high calorie and not enough control on my part. I was going to suggest them too ha.

lol true.

But have you had almonds?

Yes! I swear I have. I just have a little problem with nuts. They definitely DON'T help me stay in a deficit ha.

So very true and yeah, like the Pringles you can't stop eating them. Cashews are real killers too. But I probably have a much higher TDEE then the OP.

I won't start cutting until end of March (because I'll be on the beach like only 3 times) but I will have to exercise restraint once again as I snack on my best friends at the office.

Dude, cashews? Don't even get me started. My roommate left huge bags of almonds, cashews, and raisins in the apartment when she moved. I had to get rid of them

lMFAO. Maybe it's because you don't have the right beer to accompany it?

God I can't even drink beer anymore! Whiskey and wine for me now.

At least you can do that. I can maybe liabate with the odd Bloody Mary or a craft beer occasionally - I seemed to have developed some kind of allergy. But boy do I miss Whisky Old Fashion Sours. Best ever. (And aged single malt scotch. Speyside please.)

I've always felt kind of bad after drinking beer. My body literally gets sore. It's much worse after losing weight. The whiskey is FINE though. More than fine.

Yikes, that is rough! I would try to make your snacks as meal like as possible. Try some fruit, cheese, crackers, boiled egg, and nuts. Cliff bars or something like those are also very helpful.

I eat my lunch in class all the time, or at least on the break in the middle of 3hr classes. But if this isn't possible for you, there are still options.

-Quinoa salad: no fork needed, spoon only! Eat at traffic lights if necessary.

-[Lettuce?] Wraps: make them in the morning or the night before, and pack with an icepack to stop them going off during the day if you don't have access to a fridge at work. I suggest lettuce wraps instead of normal so because normal wraps might get soggy after a while.

-A combination of decent snack items, like muffins (small muffins only!), yogurt drinks, pre-washed apples, snap peas, celery already spread with peanut butter, nuts, cheese slices, turkey pepperoni, etc. Plan ahead so you can make sure your macros are balanced.

-Protein shake: put the powder in a shaker cup in the morning, then fill with water or milk before leaving work, give it a good shake and sip on the way. You really want to make sure you have one that tastes good on its own and dissolves easily though, since you won't be able to stick it in a blender. Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey in Extreme Milk Chocolate is alright, although I certainly wouldn't drink it straight on a daily basis. Cellucor has better tasting flavours, but I don't find that they dissolve as well in a shaker cup.

rak173 wrote: »

Yikes, that is rough! I would try to make your snacks as meal like as possible. Try some fruit, cheese, crackers, boiled egg, and nuts. Cliff bars or something like those are also very helpful.

Cliff bars are not snacks. Cliff bars are for people doing prolonged activity, like marathons, hiking, etc. They have TONS of sugar. Also, they just don't taste very good.

If you want a protein bar kind of snack, Quest bars are a much better alternative. more than 2x the protein, 5% of the sugar, and 75% of the calories -- plus they actually taste good. But IMO, eating any of the same kind of prepackaged food on a daily basis is a bad idea.

kale crisps (light sprinking of cheese to make them crispy, or carrot and apple crisps - put them in the oven for a few hours till dried out and crispy with a sprinkle of cinnamon
- also coconut flakes are also good and most veg crisps - I love parsnip and my mum loves beetroot

The key is to plan ahead. I am a creature of habit and I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch most days. Lately lunch is an apple or pear, an orange, a lit and fit yogurt, string cheese, and some sliced chicken breast - all of which I eat throughout the day at my desk. When I grocery shop I try to think about all my meals and make sure that I have a plan for lunch, snacks, etc. for the whole week, as well as dinner. As a busy full time employee, mother of three and college student I have learned the fastest way to get off track is to fly by the seat of my pants when it comes to food. As the purchaser of all the snacks the the college I work for I try to order in products that I can buy in a pinch but it is a whole lot easier for me to resist the Jalapeno Cheetos if I have a variety of healthy eats in the break room fridge.

jgaeta most college age people are OK with selected fast foods. Clearly you do not need to go to class hungry. Often a hamburger is not a bad option.

These things will keep you full for hours. Portable oatmeal!

Pumpkin Banana Apple Oatmeal Protein Bars

Wet Ingredients:

• 2 ripe (cheetah spotted) bananas
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup pureed pumpkin
• 1 tsp vanilla

Dry Ingredients:

• 2 cups old fashioned oats (don't use the quick oats)
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup brown sugar (or whatever sweetener you like)
• 2 tbs vanilla protein powder (optional)
• 2 tbs ground flax seed
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp apple pie or pumpkin spice
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger

Add Ons (Add whatever you like. I used raisins and walnuts this time.):

• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (pecans are good too)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients and in another bow mix the wet ingredients.
3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until mixed well.
4. Stir in the add-ons.
5. Spray a 9 x 11 baking dish and pour the batter into the dish.
6. Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 50 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
8. Cut into 8 large meal-size bars or 16 snack size bars.
9. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap to have grab-and-go bars.
10. Store in the refrigerator. The bars are good cold out of the fridge, at room temperature, or warmed up.