What's worse, I couldn't go back home to get anything. AND I had 2 meals before I would be home again: lunch and pre-workout. AND I needed to be able to make it through my workout. Here were my options as I saw them:
1) don't eat
2) go to a restaurant for lunch and do the best I can
3) try the vending machine at work
4) hit the grocery store on the way to work
Number 1 is just silly, so we won't even discuss that option. There's no way I could miss both of those meals and not die in the gym tonight.
Number 2 is always an option, but I'm pretty cheap and I know I'll be upset if I pay $10/lb for boiled chicken.
I seriously considered number 3. I carry about 200 calories of pork rinds in my car at all times. I could eat those and maybe grab beef jerky from the vending machine to accompany them. The high-carb, low-fat pre-workout meal that I would require later would be tougher to find in the vending machine. Also, I didn't have much change on me, so I would be limited by my cash on hand or to the kindness of coworkers willing to spot me.
Since I had some extra time before I had to be at work, I opted to stop at the market. The macros I need for each meal are pretty much exactly opposite from one another, so this is what I ended up getting:
For $8, I got 8 packets of instant oatmeal (weight control) and 24oz of lunch meat. That's enough for about 4 lunches and 4 pre workouts for me. Then when I got to work, I rummaged through the fridge and found these:
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I also had a hard boiled egg leftover from a lunch last week that I had stashed in a refrigerator drawer.
When all was said and done, this was my lunch:
And this was my pre workout:
Lunch ended up at 245 kcal, 11.2g fat, <1g carb, 31g protein
My pre-workout meal ended up being (in addition to delicious!!) 320 kcal, 6g fat, 58g carbs, 12g fiber, 14g protein
Not too bad for thrown together grub!
Best of all, I rocked my workout. BOOM!
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