Munchies at work..

bossman13

i really struggle with this! end up putting as much weight on at work eating chocs/nuts etc as i lose through commuting in!

can anyone recommend a snack that:

is not too fattening
satisfies munchie cravings
will give me enough energy to get home
has some sort of flavour
will not cost me the earth every day
is available at tescos!

any suggestions welcomed!

misterben

I don't know if this is true or not, but I believe Soreen (malt loaf) is a favourite in certain cycling fraternities. You can buy it in little snack packs with 2 slices pre-buttered with Anchor butter....

Crapaud

Fruit! I used to take 2 apples and 2 bananas. One banana on arriving at work, apples whenever, and the 2nd banana half an hour before leaving for home. At around 80p / day it fulfils all of your requirements.

Adamskii

I usually try and stick to fruit. Eating a couple banannas and an apple in the afternoon. I also eat a few of cubes of raw jelly 30 mins before I set off for home. This combination seems to work for me.

Belv

Bowl of cereal.

secretsam

What I've just eaten: a nanananananananana

Gambatte

2 Snickers, a Tracker and a Bakewell Tart?


Damn, thats where I'm going wrong!

or was

I'm in the same situation

Might just mean getting used to cous cous again....

snooks

I used to have two sausages in a bread roll when I got to work ...Not the best health food, but blooming tasty in the morning, and I'd just cycled 13 miles so I deserved it!!! Honest! Didn't get the muchies after that

...but yesterday I had porridge (with honey and raisins) no craving or peckishness at all...I also drink water (I have a camelbak so fill about 1lt for the way to work, 1.5 - 2 lt at work and another 1lt for the way home and another 13 miles)

But I also find that if I walk faster past the biccy tin I tend not to stop! :shock:

fossyant

You have to stop the crap at work.... fruit or cereal bars..not the sugary ones..that's it....no cakes, biccies.....

MrGrumpy

bossman13 wrote:

i really struggle with this! end up putting as much weight on at work eating chocs/nuts etc as i lose through commuting in!

can anyone recommend a snack that:

is not too fattening
satisfies munchie cravings
will give me enough energy to get home
has some sort of flavour
will not cost me the earth every day
is available at tescos!

any suggestions welcomed!

I make up tortilla wraps, bit of salad,tomato, chicken and some dressing to give it a wee taste.Pretty healthy i`d say. Plenty fluids as well whilst at work. However if your doing the commute same as me, which I believe you are then you will slim down,however that does not necessarily mean less weight ! Muscle is heavier than fat so bare that in mind.

PS as the OP have said bannanas are the best snack going as well. can`t go wrong !

baudman

Drink more. (Water, not alcohol - although you may enjoy that more).

A lot of 'hunger' is actually thirst, misinterpreted.

lowe

Oatcakes - especially the cheese ones - good slow release energy

MilitantGraham

I keep a big bag of mixed fruit and nuts on my toolbox to snack on throughout the day.
There's a Julian Gravesnear me with a good selection of dried fruit and nuts. The choice is a bit more limited at Tesco, but they should do the basic raisin and peanut mix.

georgee

www.ginsters.co.uk

no better answer to your question, I normally pack a traditional and a couple of breakfast bars and maybe slip in a scotch egg if flagging mid afternoon, then tuck away a chicken and ham slice before setting off on the ride home.

woodgob

Big helping of porridge sorts me until lunch but I get real hungry in the late afternoon so I tuck into apple, banana, sunflower/pumpkin seeds (I normally buy all of this for the week on a Monday and keep in my drawers at work) But best of all is the mini-boxes of raisins you can get from Tesco. Great little snack but would need at least 2. Oh...and a lot of water through the day.

Plax

I have a similar problem, not helped by the fact that our office has seemed to have created an unofficial "sweetie" shop. There are always sweets in our office. It is expected that if you go on holiday you have to buy the most disgusting foreign sweets you can find (I'm the winner with the salted liquorice I brought back from Denmark. Nobody has managed to come anywhere near as digusting as that).
I am trying to be good, but with so much temptation I often go astray.

I usually bring fruit in. I always have a stash of dry pinapple's in my drawer (Whitworths - you can get them in snack sized bags in the baking section of Tesco's). You can get dried apricots too, but I have been banned from eating them at work due to the build up of gas I developed after munching too much of them once. It sent people screaming from their desks for solace in the arms of cold corridors.

My routine is I usually have cereal or porridge in the morning before work. At work for morning break I'll have a piece of fruit (apple/bannana/pear) and/or a yoghurt depending on how ravenous I am. Lunch is, well lunch. Afternoon break I usually have a piece of fruit and I'll eat the dried pinapple late afternoon at my desk if I'm feeling faint. I always have a bottle of water at my desk to sip on throughout the day.

Gambatte

Plax wrote:

You can get dried apricots too, but I have been banned from eating them at work due to the build up of gas I developed after munching too much of them once. It sent people screaming from their desks for solace in the arms of cold corridors.

True, best way to get in my dads bad books is to buy some of these for my mother!

snooks

Oh and if you you squish yer banana on the way in, you might want one of these!
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adambro

snooks wrote:

Oh and if you you squish yer banana on the way in, you might want one of these!
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Somewhat interesting question as part of their FAQ:

Q: Is there a battery attachment?
A: No. The Banana Guard was designed for its intended purpose only as a device to prevent banana trauma during transport.

Was just wondering also why anyone would really want a glow in the dark "Banana Guard" but recall how I sometimes eat said items on night rides so can see it's not so daft an idea.

snooks

Dunno why anybody else would want one...but I'd like one for when I'm night sailing...save it being trodden on, and easy to find in the dark depths of the cockpit without switching on a torch....Yummmm Banananananas
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