The egg has been thrown. On it.

I got 2lb of beef sirloin steaks tonight for about $5 and Trevor marinated them for me in a mixture composed of soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and citric acid.  We let them sit for a few hours and then boiled them in a shallow pool of their own marinade for about a minute per side. Then (and this is where it gets good!) we poached eggs in the broth.

Top the beef with the eggs and NOM!!

Voila! Throw an egg on it!

Nutrition info: 1 serving= 6oz sirloin, 3 large eggs: 426 kcal; 21g fat; 1.1 carbs; 56g protein

Emergency!

This morning I left my house without food for lunch and pre-workout. To anyone who plans their food for the day, this can be an absolute catastrophe! Panic inducing!

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:

Score!

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!