Hi . I work in an office that is situated quite far from any food shops. The closest shop that sells food contains cheap high in fat sandwiches that taste horrible. I am trying to prepare meals that I can eat at work but am running out of ideas. I work between 9 and 5 so need three decent meals I guess. Is anyone in the same environment or similar? Can anyone suggest some good recipes I can prepare to give me my nutritional needs? Even good supplements to replace meals? When they discuss food on most of the posts I have read they seem to think everyone has got a kitchen next to them with all the appropriate food and equipment.
Hi,
Go and get yourself some plastic containers and just put pre-prepared meals in them. I take a backpack full of food with me to work everyday. Usually adds up to 4 or 5 meals. It really is not that hard.
I usually eat 3 meals at the office – for breakfast, I bring a mix of non-fat cottage cheese, non-fat yogurt, vanilla Grow! and blueberries in a tupperware container, which I eat when I get in the office. For lunch, I bring in a salad I mixed at home, with either tuna or chicken breast, in a tupperare container, and the dressing in a mini-tupperware container – I store those in the refrigerator at the office. For afternoon snack, I have a Low-Carb Grow! shake that I mix in a shaker bottle and some nuts – I keep a container of Grow! and the nuts in my office. Sometimes I also have Turkey Jerky as well. I usually replenish my stores of nuts and jerky weekly, and Low-Carb Grow! as needed (although I am almost out… hint to Biotest…).
You just have to cook beforehand and take containers like bikeboy said. Read John Berardi’s last two articles, he addresses this topic.
Thanks for your responses. My main problem I think is getting enough Carbs into my meals. Has anyone got any recipes, good rice or pasta dishes that are nice cold that you can recommend or other high carb meals. What’s Low-Carb Grow!? Is this a good Carb supplement?
What articles are written by John Berardi on this topic?
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Thanks for your responses. My main problem I think is getting enough Carbs into my meals. Has anyone got any recipes, good rice or pasta dishes that are nice cold that you can recommend or other high carb meals. What’s Low-Carb Grow!? Is this a good Carb supplement?[/quote]
Blend six bananas into milk with protein powder. Instant P+C meal.
Try carby vegetables like broccoli, peas, and carrots. Grab a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, microwave, top with some salt and pepper, and enjoy with the banana shake.
I work in the same type of an environment. Its already been said, but, you just have to prep everything before and take a bag with you to work. As far as recipes are concerned, I am following the T-dawg 2.0. I take every meal except for dinner with me to work.
I take hard-boiled eggs for breakfast along with some oatmeal, cheese and a protien shake. Next, Turkey jerky and mixed nuts(no peanuts). Lunch time I eat some tuna and another boiled egg. Mid-day I have a chicken breast with some mixed veggies. By then its already nearing 3 so when the whistle blows at 5 I head home and grub dinner.
Main thing is preparation. It sucks but if your serious its gotta be done. Look into the archives for recipe Ideas. Also the search function is a life saver. Hope this helps.
Like others said meals preprepared meals in tupperware containers are your freind. Just bring some rice, oats, or veggies for carbs and tuna, chicken breasts, or whey for protein. For some EFAs take a bag of raw almonds or walnuts.
I made this meal today when I was on the run.
-1c cooked oats
-6 cooked egg whited
-1 scoop whey
-3 tsp sugar free davinci sryup
Stir all of it together in the tupperware and enjoy with a spoon an hour or so later.
Sautee cubed chicken breast with garlic and ginger. Shred a variety of vegetables, various colored peppers, carrots, zucchini, or squash and mix it and the chicken with some penne pasta. Add a little salt and some Italian dressing, and put it in some Tupperware. It’s pretty simple to make, you can make large quantities, and it tastes better cold (in my opinion.) If you keep the oil content of the dressing low you could probably make that a P+C meal. For a P+F meal you could do a simple steak salad, just broil, grill, or fry a steak, cut it into strips, put it over a bed of greens (spinach, mescalin mix, arugula, lettuce, etc.) and top it with an olive oil-heavy dressing. Maybe keep the dressing separate if you don’t want the greens wilting in the Tupperware.
Thanks for all your comments 