The one area in my diet that I struggle with the most is the pre-gym/short-time food. I never know what to eat in certain circumstances. My schedule is all over the place, my gut will only tolerate certain foods some days, I may go long hours between being able to eat (not because I can't make time or something like that; my gut sometimes won't allow me to eat for 12 hours or more). Rather than generalities like this though I thought I'd just ask: "What would you eat given the following scenario?" Don't try and tailor it to me or something. I'll take care of culling what I can or can't eat from whatever you guys come up with. I need some new ideas for beverages too if you have any. I've become a big fan of coconut water when I can afford it.
*vegan/vegetarian options are super-extra welcome. I need more veggie options in my life!
**cooking things the night before to grab quickly the next day is fair game. E.g. boiled egg, etc.
1) You're going to class at 10am. You just woke up at 9 and you have to leave at 9:30 to be there in time to change, warm up etc. You've got about 15min for breakfast, tops. What would you eat & drink?
2) Its been a long day at work. You're going to 7:30pm class on your way home and you haven't eaten since about 8am. You're HUNGRY now but you don't wanna puke all over the mat. That's frowned upon at this particular gym.
3) You just finished class and you have an hour of cardio penciled in for later this afternoon. You just finished rolling so you really need fuel. You have a couple of hours to kill but you'll be running so again, no puking.
4) You're planning on going to am jiu jitsu class, then school, then back to evening jitz class. You won't be home once you leave in the morning and you won't have access to a fridge all day. You do have an awesome backpack that can easily hold your bodyweight in dried goods if necessary. Access to decent water is limited so you may need to pack along a beverage option as well some days. Your bag holds 3L of filtered water from home.
Thanks everybody!
*vegan/vegetarian options are super-extra welcome. I need more veggie options in my life!
**cooking things the night before to grab quickly the next day is fair game. E.g. boiled egg, etc.
1) You're going to class at 10am. You just woke up at 9 and you have to leave at 9:30 to be there in time to change, warm up etc. You've got about 15min for breakfast, tops. What would you eat & drink?
2) Its been a long day at work. You're going to 7:30pm class on your way home and you haven't eaten since about 8am. You're HUNGRY now but you don't wanna puke all over the mat. That's frowned upon at this particular gym.
3) You just finished class and you have an hour of cardio penciled in for later this afternoon. You just finished rolling so you really need fuel. You have a couple of hours to kill but you'll be running so again, no puking.
4) You're planning on going to am jiu jitsu class, then school, then back to evening jitz class. You won't be home once you leave in the morning and you won't have access to a fridge all day. You do have an awesome backpack that can easily hold your bodyweight in dried goods if necessary. Access to decent water is limited so you may need to pack along a beverage option as well some days. Your bag holds 3L of filtered water from home.
Thanks everybody!
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