What to eat when you have little time?

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Cevain

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So I'm trying to be a little more serious about my diet so calculated how much calories I need per day to get where I want to go (it's aprox. 3500 kcal).

So I need to eat 6 decent meals a day. I have no problem with 4 of them but 2 of them is when I actually need to work (we don't get 3 pauzes to go and eat something so that's a problem).

Now I can take 5 minutes off but I need some advice as to what food I should eat in those 5 minutes and it should go down rather fast because I don't have too much time.

I was wondering if anyone else faced the same problems and what their solutions were.

I was also thinking about just replace those 2 meals with a decent weight gainer. I can drink 1 liter of milk in under 1 minute so that won't be the problem. But is it a worthy replacer for a decent meal and what's that gonna cost me in the long run (probably a lot :\).

I just need a little input here cause I'm not sure of what to do...
 
Take a look at meal replacement bars. It's going to be hard to find one that you can choke down in 5 minutes, but it's doable.

Honestly, don't worry too much about how many times per day you eat. That's mostly urban legend. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is plenty of a split and you won't have to be eating constantly.
 
I keep these Met-rx Big 100 Colossal meal replacement bars on hand.

They have 31 grams of protien. 400 calories 110 from fat.

They actually taste pretty good and at 100 grams they are quite filling.
They can be had at Kmart for less than $3.

Alternatively, throw down a can of tuna and some cottage cheese. Screw Gatoraide, that stuff is off the charts on the glycemic index.
 
powerbars and cliffbars. the met rx are ok too but usually a little more pricey and heavy on the contents. also balance bars are good if you want something light and cheap.

i am currently hooked on the new powerbar smoothie flavors, especially the red tropical fruit one. damn it is goooooood....

there's also things like slim fast shakes. people might knock them a little because of their association with older women trying to lose weight, but they are loaded with high quality nutrients, not too expensive, taste pretty good and are easy to drink on the run.

also remember exercise should be priority #1 if you are trying to change your body shape. although diet is extremely important, burning calories on a consistent basis is more. but it all depends on where you're at....
 
Basically you are short on time and you want to get in a good chunk of quality calories.

All you have to do is mix whey protein with milk, pour it in a mug, and take it with you to work.

When I was serious about bodybuilding, I would walk around with a loaf of wheat bread to work, and eat 4 slices for the carbs, while supplementing it with 450 calories of milk and protein.

If you want something more handy, there's always some good protein bars that don't have TOO MUCH saturated fat. After all, you don't want to eat conveniently at the expense of undermining the quality of your nutrition.
 
So let's see... you have a choice between 4 meals per day, about 875 cal per meal, and 6 meals a day, about 588 cal per meal?

An easy solution might be to increase the size of those 4 meals and snack more through the day. There are lots of ways to play around with this. I wouldn't obsess too much about hitting a 6 meal mark at precisely timed intervals.

The difference in outcome will probably be about zero. You can read articles and posts about ideal times to eat and how to space out calories all day, each filled with great-sounding biochemical arguments as to why it's important to do it this way--and find no real outcome studies as to whether those arguments bear out in fact.
 
Actually, I think 6 meals is easier, simply because it's hard to eat so many quality calories at one sitting.

I used to eat 7, 500 calorie meals from right after waking, to just before sleeping.
 
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