Hello there
Been another while since I posted, been very busy with uni :cool2:
So basically I've always wanted to address the problem of me eating only 3 times a day, and recently I've heard that it's best to give your body steady amounts of protein throughout the day in small meals, so I said right - something has to change.
For breakfast, I always eat a bowl of porridge with milk.
2-3 hours later, I have lunch consisting of different fruits and a carrot.
Then there is a lengthy gap that I would like to fill.
And for dinner I have many different combinations of red meat/chicken/fish and plenty of vegetables.
I also go jogging prior to having dinner every weekday, and one of the key things is that I really don't want to eat within at least 2-3 hours of jogging, because I always get massive stomach cramps if I do.
But I can still squeeze in a 300-350 kcal snack/small meal about 2 hours after lunch, if I have lunch 2 hours after breakfast.
So anyway, my original idea was to find some kind of healthy snack bars. To my disappointment, 99% of them have about 20-40 kcals of sugar per 100 - even ones advertised as being very healthy for children (how horrible).
Fortunately, I managed to find one particular bar (made mostly of muesly and some nuts, which has only 7g of sugar per 100, and no fat (well, like 0.4g/100). It also has a lot of fiber and complex carbs, and an adequate amount of protein. Took me no less than 15 mins of looking through the nutritional table of every single bar in the supermarket.
Great I thought...except they cost $5 for a pack of six 75gram bars...and I would need to eat two of them to get as much nutrition as I need, not to mention to not feel hungry. By comparison, the high sugary ones cost $3 for around the same net weight. How unfair
Anyway, me being a student with a small food budget, I can't really afford to eat two of these bars a day.
So my question is, what is something that is simple, easy to prepare and cheap that has about 300-350 kcals and some adequate amount of protein - let's say 10-20 grams? (Also, very little to no sat. fat and sugar.)
Another thing I was considering was having a whole corn for this meal, as I see the shops sell it pretty cheaply right now. I love corn, and I don't mind cooking it as I don't need to watch it while it's being cooked. Would that be a good option?
PS. I would highly prefer no canned fish for this meal, as whenever I consume any kind of oily/fatty animal product, I feel a strong need to drink a lot of tea to wash it down, which is not preferable for this particular meal.
Thanks
Been another while since I posted, been very busy with uni :cool2:
So basically I've always wanted to address the problem of me eating only 3 times a day, and recently I've heard that it's best to give your body steady amounts of protein throughout the day in small meals, so I said right - something has to change.
For breakfast, I always eat a bowl of porridge with milk.
2-3 hours later, I have lunch consisting of different fruits and a carrot.
Then there is a lengthy gap that I would like to fill.
And for dinner I have many different combinations of red meat/chicken/fish and plenty of vegetables.
I also go jogging prior to having dinner every weekday, and one of the key things is that I really don't want to eat within at least 2-3 hours of jogging, because I always get massive stomach cramps if I do.
But I can still squeeze in a 300-350 kcal snack/small meal about 2 hours after lunch, if I have lunch 2 hours after breakfast.
So anyway, my original idea was to find some kind of healthy snack bars. To my disappointment, 99% of them have about 20-40 kcals of sugar per 100 - even ones advertised as being very healthy for children (how horrible).
Fortunately, I managed to find one particular bar (made mostly of muesly and some nuts, which has only 7g of sugar per 100, and no fat (well, like 0.4g/100). It also has a lot of fiber and complex carbs, and an adequate amount of protein. Took me no less than 15 mins of looking through the nutritional table of every single bar in the supermarket.
Great I thought...except they cost $5 for a pack of six 75gram bars...and I would need to eat two of them to get as much nutrition as I need, not to mention to not feel hungry. By comparison, the high sugary ones cost $3 for around the same net weight. How unfair
Anyway, me being a student with a small food budget, I can't really afford to eat two of these bars a day.
So my question is, what is something that is simple, easy to prepare and cheap that has about 300-350 kcals and some adequate amount of protein - let's say 10-20 grams? (Also, very little to no sat. fat and sugar.)
Another thing I was considering was having a whole corn for this meal, as I see the shops sell it pretty cheaply right now. I love corn, and I don't mind cooking it as I don't need to watch it while it's being cooked. Would that be a good option?
PS. I would highly prefer no canned fish for this meal, as whenever I consume any kind of oily/fatty animal product, I feel a strong need to drink a lot of tea to wash it down, which is not preferable for this particular meal.
Thanks
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