Quick, easy protein reccomendations needed

[FigureSkater]

I'll be teaching high school in the fall, and obviously this kind of puts a damper on the eating/training schedule! It looks like meals #2 and 4 will have to be something that can be non-refrigerated and quick so I can eat it between classes. Any suggestions? I try to keep everything natural, although I do keep a few EAS Carb Control bars around for when I'm in a pinch, but I don't want to start relying too heavily on bars/shakes. (Or suggestions for a good bar/shake mix would be good too). I should be fine for lunch, since I have the fridge in the teachers lounge.

I'll also have to go to just working out in the afternoons, since I have to be there around 7:15am and it's a 20 minute drive from where I live.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I'll be teaching high school in the fall, and obviously this kind of puts a damper on the eating/training schedule! It looks like meals #2 and 4 will have to be something that can be non-refrigerated and quick so I can eat it between classes. Any suggestions? I try to keep everything natural, although I do keep a few EAS Carb Control bars around for when I'm in a pinch, but I don't want to start relying too heavily on bars/shakes. (Or suggestions for a good bar/shake mix would be good too). I should be fine for lunch, since I have the fridge in the teachers lounge.

I'll also have to go to just working out in the afternoons, since I have to be there around 7:15am and it's a 20 minute drive from where I live.

I'm a teacher too, so I understand quick meals. And the pain it is to get over 1 gal of water a day when you only get so many breaks.... lol

Shakes are the easiest - you can even drink them during a class! I would drink a shake before eating a bar. But I feel that bars have WAY too much added to them, shakes have a little less gunk in them. Obviously, like you know, real food is better.

And chance you can get a small fridge (like a dorm mini fridge) for your classroom? If not, a small coller is good. Get a small beverage cooler and a few ice packs and you'll be set. You can store small amounts of food/shakes in there.

You can eat any protein source quickly during the day. A small chicken breast, a low carb tortilla with chopped chicken breast, small portion of cottage cheese, etc.... you just have to eat it like you are on a mission.

 

[FigureSkater]

Thanks, daisy! I hate trying to eat fast, and I never thought of drinking a shake while teaching...that would probably be a good replacement for the can of diet pepsi that's usually glued to my hand. Hopefully the jocks in my 11th grade Regents english classes won't get too jealous.

 

[jenscats5]

They sell tuna & boneless salmon in pouches now -- they are handy & I stock up when on sale....
Canned chix breast (the good stuff)
Mix any of the above with spices, olive oil, vinegar, chopped veggies

Hard boiled eggs stuffed with tuna (like deviled eggs but with tuna in the middle)

Celery stix with ANPB in the groove or cream cheese (just a tad) mixed with chopped veggies &/or olives

Veggies & hummus dip

"Cheese" dip with veggies (may have a homemade recipe for this somewhere I can look up)

Soup in a thermos....with added meat (TVP, ground turkey, chopped chix/turkey, etc)

 

[wend]

Low-carb bread and natural peanut butter will keep all day, or little pb sandwiches on whole-grain crackers (like Kashi's TLC's--Tasty Little Crackers), which you can pop into your mouth whole. You could have a little sack of them and pop one in whenever you get a minute.