Snacks for surviving a long day at college

Do you have access to a microwave? Any large-ish gaps between classes? I like to bring yogurt/cottage cheese, fruit, mini babybels, cut vegetables, granola/protein bars, dry roasted edamame, and chia seed pudding.

Protein bars, rice cakes and peanut butter, apples w/peanut butter, baggies of vegetables, small bags of nuts, baggies of pre-portioned protein powder so you can just mix it in a water bottle, etc. I almost always keep an emergency protein bar in my bag if I know it'll be a long day

I find that eating Oatmeal before I leave along w a carnations breakfast essentials will hold me over for at least 4-5+ hours. Plus drinking plenty of water.

When I am in school I leave early in the morning and don't return home until late at night. I work out as well as go to my job before getting home most nights. I've found it easiest to plan basic weekday meals/snacks and rotate/adjust them as necessary.

Breakfast Items:

• Shake (soy milk, frozen fruit, leafy greens, protein, chia seeds)
• Vector cereal with raisins, chia/flax seed, sunflower, pumpkin seeds
• piece of fruit (usually a tangerine or an apple)
• yogurt
• hard boiled egg
• toast (if I'm eating at home)

Usually I drink my shake first thing while I am on the bus and later on in the morning eat the rest of my breakfast. It's between 400-700 calories.

Lunch items:

• wrap (whole wheat tortilla, beans (usually refried), leafy greens, salsa, sometimes cheese and quinoa)
• salad or sliced veggies

Usually between 350-500 calories

Dinner Items:

• salad
• stir fry
• lettuce/bean wraps
• lentils (If I'm super lazy, I will literally just make a bowl of lentils)

Often on Sundays I will make a batch of rice, lentils and veggies, divide them into containers and then eat them through the week.

Snack items:

• chicken breast
• hard boiled eggs
• seaweed
• cut up veggies
• pepperoni sticks
• fruit
• nuts
• tuna snacks
• KIND/GORP bars
• cheese portions

Once every couple of weeks, I'll add in a steak.

I keep some back up items in my locker, as well as have a standard Subway/Tim Horton's/Starbucks order in case I need to rely on take out (which let's face it, happens as a student).

I pack a lot of my stuff in freezer ziplock bags and reuse them because they're lighter and easier to carry than Tupperware (despite what my friends may say, my backpack is NOT a bottomless pit). I am also sure to carry a fork and a spoon in my bag at all times.

Once you get a flow going, it will be easier to have a similar kind of menu, except better suited to your needs and tastes.

I make it a point to have a plant and a protein at every meal and snack.

ETA: My calorie goal is usually between 1800-2000 a day. This list here can be easily scaled to higher or lower goals.