Re: AUGH!!! Need suggestions!

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In a message dated 09/18/2000 3:32:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

Agaw12577@... writes:

<< Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I

could take with me to eat at school? >>

how about fruit like an apple or banana?

also you can take small bags of a good cereal like Kashi's " Go Lean " though it

is messy, the birds won't mind

(and don't forget your water ... hopefully you can hit a bathroom between

classes)

Barb

who forgot to look for Trader Joe's this past weekend in a nearby town

especially for high fiber muffins

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,

I suggest you take along some crackers (graham or triscuits, etc),

pretzels, or even some high fiber dry cereal (I just found a tasty

one - Quaker Oat Bran). These are easily transportable and aren't

perishable, just fill up some zip-lock baggies and throw them in your

purse. It may be helpful to measure the portions out by the cup so

you can keep track of how much you've eaten. The carbs should hold

you until your next meal as well as serve as " brain food " during

classes.

Maybe too, you're not eating enough for breakfast to carry you

through the morning if you've got a long stretch between meals. Try

adding some fruit with breakfast. The fiber could help you stretch

your meal.

Ann Marie - who tries to keep these emergency foods handy at all times

as well as cut-up veggies

> I am getting irritated with myself! All I have been doing since I

got home

> from school today is eat!!! I am always so hungry this time of day

and I make

> the worst choices!!! I think I know what the problem is! I have a

cup of

> coffee and sometimes a granola bar in the morning and nothing else

until I

> get home from school. I get home at about 1:30 and by then I am so

hungry

> that I eat everything in sight! Does anyone have any suggestions as

to what I

> could take with me to eat at school? It would have to be something

that

> doesn't have to be refrigerated and can be eaten quickly. I have no

time in

> between classes. I was taking power bars for a while. Those worked

well, but

> I am kind of burned out on them. And please, no one say baby

carrots. If I

> ever have to eat another baby carrot, I'll throw up! LOL!

>

> who is extremely frustrated by the amount of junk I have been

eating lately!!

[Guest guest]

,

I suggest you take along some crackers (graham or triscuits, etc),

pretzels, or even some high fiber dry cereal (I just found a tasty

one - Quaker Oat Bran). These are easily transportable and aren't

perishable, just fill up some zip-lock baggies and throw them in your

purse. It may be helpful to measure the portions out by the cup so

you can keep track of how much you've eaten. The carbs should hold

you until your next meal as well as serve as " brain food " during

classes.

Maybe too, you're not eating enough for breakfast to carry you

through the morning if you've got a long stretch between meals. Try

adding some fruit with breakfast. The fiber could help you stretch

your meal.

One last thought, if you're going that long without eating, you could

be sabotaging your metabolism. Remember, when possible we shouldn't

wait until we're starving to eat. Don't be embarrassed to snack on

an apple or the things I suggested above.

Ann Marie - who tries to keep these emergency foods handy at all times

as well as cut-up veggies

> I am getting irritated with myself! All I have been doing since I

got home

> from school today is eat!!! I am always so hungry this time of day

and I make

> the worst choices!!! I think I know what the problem is! I have a

cup of

> coffee and sometimes a granola bar in the morning and nothing else

until I

> get home from school. I get home at about 1:30 and by then I am so

hungry

> that I eat everything in sight! Does anyone have any suggestions as

to what I

> could take with me to eat at school? It would have to be something

that

> doesn't have to be refrigerated and can be eaten quickly. I have no

time in

> between classes. I was taking power bars for a while. Those worked

well, but

> I am kind of burned out on them. And please, no one say baby

carrots. If I

> ever have to eat another baby carrot, I'll throw up! LOL!

>

> who is extremely frustrated by the amount of junk I have been

eating lately!!

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In a message dated 9/18/00 2:33:09 PM Central Daylight Time,

Agaw12577@... writes:

<< And please, no one say baby carrots. If I

ever have to eat another baby carrot, I'll throw up! LOL! >>

Ok, I'm curious... did you once eat A LOT of carrots? LOL

Jenni

who's curiosity peeks at weird times.

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In a message dated 9/20/00 7:33:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

j.clappison@... writes:

<< who love thin rice cakes with a tiny smear of chocolate spread or

peanut butter. >>

I love rice cakes with peanut butter!! They're especially good if you toast

the rice cake SLIGHTLY (don't overdo it!), then it sort of tastes like

popcorn.

who likes the heartier rice cakes from the health food store better than the

fluffy, airy " normal " kind

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> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I

> could take with me to eat at school? It would have to be something

that

> doesn't have to be refrigerated and can be eaten quickly.

,

I'm sorry I'm so late in replying to this message. I had it on my

list of messages to reply to and just realized I never got around to

replying to them!

I think you definitely need to eat a bigger breakfast! It is the

most important meal, you know! Maybe add some fruit and yogurt in

the morning! I agree that you need more protein, but I'm not sure

how to get that in the morning, other than to make a smoothie with

protein powder. My smoothies always fill me up! Maybe you could

have a bagel with light cream cheese or 1 Tbls or peanut butter and

jelly! The peanut butter isn't too bad if you only have half the

amount and 1 tbls is usually enough for me! I'd definitely take

something to snack on in between classes. Maybe take some dry cereal

in a ziploc baggie. My favorite snack of choice lately are those

little Ritz Bits peanut butter crackers. The serving size is 14

crackers and has 150 calories and 8 g of fat, which isn't too bad and

it's pretty satisfying. Or take some fruit along with you to

school....an apple, a banana, some grapes, etc.

Just some suggestions for you! You definitely need to eat more in

the morning and throughout the day. You're trying to get through a

better part of the day on about 200-300 calories (I'm not sure how

many calories are in coffee, but the granola bar has probably 100

calories at best and the coffee calories are actually empty calories,

so they don't even count...LOL)! So, definitely try to eat some more

during the day. That way you won't be so famished when you get home!

You'll also probably be able to concentrate a lot better in your

classes if you have a little more fuel in your body I know it's

tough trying to find healthy things to eat on the go, but it can be

done! You just have to get a little creative and plan ahead a little

bit more. And definitely try to eat something a little more

substanial before you leave the house

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I meant to tell you that I've changed what I eat for breakfast (my

grill is broken!) and thanks to the advice from this group I have a

fruit smoothie with protein powder AND ground flax seed (lots of

fibre!!). I'm eating a lot less during the morning now too so think

it's doing me good. I buy cheap fruit (esp berry type) and open

freeze it then just puree it with fruit juice, you could use milk or

yoghurt but I can't. If it's too cold to drink then I just pop it in

the microwave for about 10-20 secs quick and easy - I've even drunk

it in the car on the way to work one morning! *LOL*

Eg. this morning I had melon, banana, mango, kiwi and raspberries in

apple juice, 1/4cup flax seed and protein powder!

Recently over here we've got more rice or corn based snacks, both

sweet and savoury and they just don't have the fat or sugar - if

you've got those kinda things then they're good to snack on too.

Jill

who love thin rice cakes with a tiny smear of chocolate spread or

peanut butter.

> I think you definitely need to eat a bigger breakfast! It is the

> most important meal, you know! Maybe add some fruit and yogurt in

> the morning! I agree that you need more protein, but I'm not sure

> how to get that in the morning, other than to make a smoothie with

> protein powder. My smoothies always fill me up