Quick meals
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Quick meals
I am in school from 5 - 9 on Monday and Wed night, what is a quck food, easy to bring that would be okay to eat during that time. Everyone says those bars are not good, but I need something convienent with protien, etc. Please give me some suggestions.
I don't want to answer that (in grams) because I am not sure what the best answer would be. It depends on your goals and how many calories you eat per day. I like to go rather by %ages. I use fitday to keep track and each day try to keep carbs between 40-50%, protein between 30-35%, and fats between 20-25%. In the meal I mentioned above, it is 33% carb, 39% protein, and 23% fat. That wouldn't bother too much because I know at some point I am going to have a meal that has more carbs and less protein so it will balance out. Now when it gets toward the end of the day, I look at fitday and see how much of each I've had and base next meal on what I am low on so that I am balanced for the day. I was just trying to give you an idea. That said, I am NO EXPERT, mearely learning just like you. I am sure there are others here who will confirm or maybe even disagree with what I am saying. 
I've seen results from fitday before, and Fitdays sucks.
I can remember at leats one mistake where it said a Medium Pear had 25 grams Carb, 1 g Protein, 1 g Fat, but only 98 calories.
So apparently the 1 g of Fat, 1 g of Protein, and 0.5g of Carb had not been calculated.
The correct amount should be 113g, now if that is translated to other meals, and some aren't too incorrect. some can be pretty correct, that means Calorie intake could possibly go over 100 calories incorrect.
If oyou work off these ratios, 1g Protein 4 calories, 1g Carbs, 4 calories, 1g Fat 9 calories, you can often work calorie content of foods out, once you know the gram quantities of each Macronutrient.
You would also be advised in opinion, to have a regulated Protein / Carb / Fat intake, not lower Carbs, higher Protein, then higher Carbs, lower Protein. I'm not criticising, I just think it makes better sense to keep your Metabolism regulated, the same way throughout the day.
Otherwise, you're just doing something akin to Carb cycyling, but in 24 hours not 7 days.
A05jwal. Yes simple options might be things like half a Cup Almonds, for the Fats, A Low Fat Yoghurt for Protein, and some Fruit Carbs.
Or Low Salt Nuts for the Protein, and maybe some Fruit Based Drink, Like Tropicana, Del Monte Juice Bar, for Carbs, the better stuff, not the Sugary, or Sweetner loaded ones,
Or you could have a Wheatbread Sandwhich, with a few Slices of Turkey in them.
I would aim for around 20-25 grams of Protein and Carbs per meal.
Those are options you could also have.
I can remember at leats one mistake where it said a Medium Pear had 25 grams Carb, 1 g Protein, 1 g Fat, but only 98 calories.
So apparently the 1 g of Fat, 1 g of Protein, and 0.5g of Carb had not been calculated.
The correct amount should be 113g, now if that is translated to other meals, and some aren't too incorrect. some can be pretty correct, that means Calorie intake could possibly go over 100 calories incorrect.
If oyou work off these ratios, 1g Protein 4 calories, 1g Carbs, 4 calories, 1g Fat 9 calories, you can often work calorie content of foods out, once you know the gram quantities of each Macronutrient.
You would also be advised in opinion, to have a regulated Protein / Carb / Fat intake, not lower Carbs, higher Protein, then higher Carbs, lower Protein. I'm not criticising, I just think it makes better sense to keep your Metabolism regulated, the same way throughout the day.
Otherwise, you're just doing something akin to Carb cycyling, but in 24 hours not 7 days.
A05jwal. Yes simple options might be things like half a Cup Almonds, for the Fats, A Low Fat Yoghurt for Protein, and some Fruit Carbs.
Or Low Salt Nuts for the Protein, and maybe some Fruit Based Drink, Like Tropicana, Del Monte Juice Bar, for Carbs, the better stuff, not the Sugary, or Sweetner loaded ones,
Or you could have a Wheatbread Sandwhich, with a few Slices of Turkey in them.
I would aim for around 20-25 grams of Protein and Carbs per meal.
Those are options you could also have.
Fitday
As I said, I'm no expert, FAR from it and I am still learning. I'd love for you to help me out. I've been waiting for you to reply to original post "What's Going On?" and give me some ideas at what's going on with me. As far as Fitday is concerned, I do not use their calculations. Every food I enter, I enter as a custom food. That's on the desktop version. I'm not sure if you have that option on the online version. That said, I've even noticed the same type of discrepancies right on food labels. Anyway, Boss Man, I'd love to hear your suggestions for me!
.Regarding Fitday - this is one reason I am adamant about measuring. I would never enter something like "a medium sized pear" into journal. I would weigh the pear and enter 4 oz. pear (or whatever it is). Anyway, if you do it that way, it says 67 cal. (0fat, 17carbs, 0protein). That comes out to 68 calories. Pretty close and the discrepancy comes from the software rounding up or down. Seriously, if you go to any of the nutrition sites I've found (nutritiondata.com, usda.gov) etc., they ALL do what fitday does if you just enter "a medium sized pear". 
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