[Alpha Mind]

Several times per year, I hit a number of industry/work-related conferences and I never seem to be able to eat a proper breakfast.

Anyone else find themselves in this situation?

After lifting the day before, having to eat muffins or bagels and coffee because I didn't have time to cruise elsewhere just doesn't cut it.

Anyone have a solution for this? By solution, I mean packing several nutritious, protein-rich breakfasts you can throw in a suitcase. I'm not opposed to bagels, but definitely try to limit my starch intake in the morning as it makes me feel a bit sluggish.

Almonds and jerky are great, but it's not exactly something I look forward to, plus that combination can make your farts smell worse than normal. Not ideal when you're going to be in conference rooms/halls for 8+ hours.

Oatmeal, almonds, and some kind of nut butter are a solid option, but it's tough to get that stuff through security when traveling within the US, due to liquid regulations.

[Pyre]

hard boiled eggs if you can throw them in a fridge overnight

protein powder in baggies

[poledaddy]

When traveling to conferences out of state for a few days, I usually scoop out some protein powder into a ziplock bag, a smaller drink shaker, and some almonds to last me for a few days. Most of the conferences I've been to have breakfast spreads with bananas/other fresh fruit along with bagels/muffins/all other garbage so I'll grab a banana from there. If that's not an option, a lot of convenience stores (7-eleven, wawa, royal farms, etc) have fresh fruit.

That combo (protein drink + almonds + fruit) works great for me when traveling and is extremely low hassle in my experience.

I guess you could try some of that instant oatmeal without too much trouble if you really wanted to add some carbs, but for me as long as I have the fat from the almonds + protein, I'm going to have solid energy levels through the day, definitely at least until lunch. The fruit is a nice bonus, but not required.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but nut butters, while they certainly taste great, need to kept cold after opening. So unless you bought an un-opened jar and then threw away what you didn't use before your return flight, I'm not sure how that could work out. Maybe you would be fine without refrigerating the butter, but it seems like a lot of hassle for the benefit, when raw nuts would be the essentially the same nutrient wise. Raw almonds/other nuts are convenient for traveling and taste pretty good when paired chocolate protein shake. I'll sacrifice top-line flavor for convenience and nutrition fundamentals when traveling.

[dasher]

Quest protein bars are really good - 20g protein and high quality ingredients.

Eat 1 (or 2, whatever) of these plus some nuts and a piece of fruit and you're set.

http://www.questproteinbar.com/

[Hencredible Casanova]

These bars are awesome.

[Hades]

Whenever I travel, it's two or three blender bottles with three heavy scoops of protein in each (that's ~90 grams of protein per bottle, hard to mix but enough to keep one satiated for nearly a day), then whatever protein bars and bananas I can find at gas stations. It can be sort of a rush to start the day on so much protein, but you might get a little edgy.

That being said, there are worse things out there than McDumpsters. The macros are usually zone-like and not especially terrible. Get a double or triple quarter pounder and throw the bun away. You shouldn't put on weight as long as you avoid starches but you might feel pretty shitty eating there. Their breakfast menu might be a limiting factor but any large quantity of meat should be OK.

[Alpha Mind]

(10-20-2013 08:27 PM)Hades Wrote:  

Whenever I travel, it's two or three blender bottles with three heavy scoops of protein in each (that's ~90 grams of protein per bottle, hard to mix but enough to keep one satiated for nearly a day), then whatever protein bars and bananas I can find at gas stations. It can be sort of a rush to start the day on so much protein, but you might get a little edgy.

That being said, there are worse things out there than McDumpsters. The macros are usually zone-like and not especially terrible. Get a double or triple quarter pounder and throw the bun away. You shouldn't put on weight as long as you avoid starches but you might feel pretty shitty eating there. Their breakfast menu might be a limiting factor but any large quantity of meat should be OK.

While I completely agree with this, I (admittedly) don't have the self-control to pass up 3 McDiesel hash cakes. If I'm in line, I'm ALL in. For the day, calories wise

I'm off to Vegas tomorrow night for PubCon and am about to hit WalMart (only thing open near my block) for a few shakers and test a mix of the protein I take (DaVinci RightWhey), throw in ~1/3 of blended hemp hearts for the trip, and see what happens.

I tend to find the "fruit" at conferences to be nasty, esp. @ the higher-end ones.

Anyone ever taken a bag of apples in a carry-on? I'm putting that to the TSA-test tomorrow night.