pmcleanj
21st November 2006, 07:54 PM
Does anyone have any ideas for "supper in the hand" that I can turn to for the next few weeks?
One of the lifestyle changes the nutritionists insisted on as part of my obesity therapy, was regularizing our family meals. I am to eat something with protein in it at least every five hours, having the first meal within half an hour of waking. They recommend this as a good nutritional practice for everyone, not just bariatric patients; hence, since what's good for the goose is good for the gander and goslings, I'm trying to make sure Dean and the girls also get breakfast by 7AM and supper or tea by 5:30, 5 being simply impossible most days. Everyone's on their own when it comes to getting lunch at noon, but opening a lunchbox is well within our individual competencies.
HOWEVER, then comes along a day like today. Anne and Rachel are dancing in this year's Nutcracker (Anne is dancing the part of "Clara"), so they have an onerous rehearsal schedule, and are still trying to keep up with the family's Tae Kwondo training schedule at the same time. And I'm volunteering to run the Children's Choir at church along with my ballet and Tae Kwondo training. On Tuesday, everything happens at once. So today's schedule looks like this:
3:30 - Anne and Rachel get off school and catch the bus to the rehearsal studio
4:30 - Anne and Rachel arrive to warm up for rehearsal
5:00 - I get off work and walk home (part of my weight-loss therapy)
5:15 - Anne and Rachel start rehearsal
5:30 - I get home and grab stuff for Choir
5:45 - I leave for Choir
6:15 - Rehearsal ends, Dean picks up Anne and Rachel and heads for Tae Kwondo
7:00 - Choir ends, I head for Tae Kwondo (The rest of the family take a "Black Belt Club" class first, and then the regular class; I take just the regular class.)
8:30 - Tae Kwondo ends, we head to a favourite (fast) restaurant for a proper supper
Since we can't sit down until late EACH of us needs to grab a protein snack. The girls can grab theirs during their warmups before rehearsal; Dean and I can grab ours either before leaving work or in the 15 minutes before I leave for Choir. During my therapy, I have protein supplements I can grab for this purpose: they're pre-packaged and are quite palatable. But they aren't prescribed for the rest of the family, and anyway I'm coming off them in the next week or two, so I need alternatives.
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION: what are some good low-fat non-sugary high-protein hearty snacks that can function as a meal-on-the-run and provide enough nourishment for another 3-4 hours of vigourous activity?
One of the lifestyle changes the nutritionists insisted on as part of my obesity therapy, was regularizing our family meals. I am to eat something with protein in it at least every five hours, having the first meal within half an hour of waking. They recommend this as a good nutritional practice for everyone, not just bariatric patients; hence, since what's good for the goose is good for the gander and goslings, I'm trying to make sure Dean and the girls also get breakfast by 7AM and supper or tea by 5:30, 5 being simply impossible most days. Everyone's on their own when it comes to getting lunch at noon, but opening a lunchbox is well within our individual competencies.
HOWEVER, then comes along a day like today. Anne and Rachel are dancing in this year's Nutcracker (Anne is dancing the part of "Clara"), so they have an onerous rehearsal schedule, and are still trying to keep up with the family's Tae Kwondo training schedule at the same time. And I'm volunteering to run the Children's Choir at church along with my ballet and Tae Kwondo training. On Tuesday, everything happens at once. So today's schedule looks like this:
3:30 - Anne and Rachel get off school and catch the bus to the rehearsal studio
4:30 - Anne and Rachel arrive to warm up for rehearsal
5:00 - I get off work and walk home (part of my weight-loss therapy)
5:15 - Anne and Rachel start rehearsal
5:30 - I get home and grab stuff for Choir
5:45 - I leave for Choir
6:15 - Rehearsal ends, Dean picks up Anne and Rachel and heads for Tae Kwondo
7:00 - Choir ends, I head for Tae Kwondo (The rest of the family take a "Black Belt Club" class first, and then the regular class; I take just the regular class.)
8:30 - Tae Kwondo ends, we head to a favourite (fast) restaurant for a proper supper
Since we can't sit down until late EACH of us needs to grab a protein snack. The girls can grab theirs during their warmups before rehearsal; Dean and I can grab ours either before leaving work or in the 15 minutes before I leave for Choir. During my therapy, I have protein supplements I can grab for this purpose: they're pre-packaged and are quite palatable. But they aren't prescribed for the rest of the family, and anyway I'm coming off them in the next week or two, so I need alternatives.
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION: what are some good low-fat non-sugary high-protein hearty snacks that can function as a meal-on-the-run and provide enough nourishment for another 3-4 hours of vigourous activity?