difficult situation

[gearofwar]

im currently working away from home, in london city, im staying in a hotel, working long hours, as you could imagine its difficult to eat well, let alone track calories

im going to have to rely on shakes quite heavily for my protein intake, cos cooking is a no-no, neither can i afford to eat steak's every night in a restaurant, anyone had much success eating and training away from home??

diet is going to be something like this (its the closest to a clean bulk i think i can manage)

breakfast 7.00am
4 rashers of bacon, 2 fried eggs, cooked mushrooms
some fruit and a plain yoghurt

snack
nutri-grain/special k cereal bar & protein shake & coffee

10.00am
some porridge, maybe a touch of sugar or syrup & coffee

1.00pm
2x tuna/chicken mayo sandwiches, brown bread
decent amount of various pasta (pasta salad bar @ local supermarket) & shake

4.00pm
another decent amount of pasta and a cereal bar & coffee

workout around 7.30 - 8.00 pm

9.00pm
postworkout and supper
a shake with some carbs possibly some chicken, struggling with this, and this is a key meal! probably have to pick something up from supermarket on my way back to the hotel, but unsure as to what exactly!!

any help would be awesome, suggestions of what i could change, but remember my situation, on a budget, and cannot cook <----- not having much luck really!!

thanks

[Chadd77]

Too many carbs for me but everyone is different. Usually when I travel I take a decent amount of bars and shakes with me so I have something to eat/snack in between breakfast, lunch and dinner. For those 3 meals I try and eat as clean as possible. If you have access to a supermarket I’m sure you can find better selections then the pasta bar. It also depends on how long you are away for. If it is for a couple days you can get away with a little cheating.

[Bouncer]

that's a terrible diet.

bacon, cereal bars, meals with no protein and lots of carbs.

even traveling you can do a lot better then that. thats for sure.

[redsquirrel]

im currently working away from home, in london city, im staying in a hotel, working long hours, as you could imagine its difficult to eat well, let alone track calories

im going to have to rely on shakes quite heavily for my protein intake, cos cooking is a no-no, neither can i afford to eat steak's every night in a restaurant, anyone had much success eating and training away from home??

diet is going to be something like this (its the closest to a clean bulk i think i can manage)

breakfast 7.00am
4 rashers of bacon, 2 fried eggs, cooked mushrooms
some fruit and a plain yoghurt

snack
nutri-grain/special k cereal bar & protein shake & coffee

10.00am
some porridge, maybe a touch of sugar or syrup & coffee

1.00pm
2x tuna/chicken mayo sandwiches, brown bread
decent amount of various pasta (pasta salad bar @ local supermarket) & shake

4.00pm
another decent amount of pasta and a cereal bar & coffee

workout around 7.30 - 8.00 pm

9.00pm
postworkout and supper
a shake with some carbs possibly some chicken, struggling with this, and this is a key meal! probably have to pick something up from supermarket on my way back to the hotel, but unsure as to what exactly!!

any help would be awesome, suggestions of what i could change, but remember my situation, on a budget, and cannot cook <----- not having much luck really!!

thanks

Yeah, I agree- too many carbs really, and not enough protein. You need to be eating protein at every meal- especially since this is a bulking diet. I think you also need some healthy fats in the form of peanuts or almonds. You need to add about 6 more egg whites to your 7am meal, and add a protein bar & nuts to your 10am meal & 4pm meal.

[gearofwar]

m basically living out of a van, and a basic hotel room, i cant add more egg's its a fixed brekkie, and when i get to work i have no way of cooking eggs, or meat for protein, im away 5 days a week,
i know i can buy ready cooked chicken each day etc etc, but thats going to get really expensive,
really need youre help here guys..

[Scrumhalf]

Every hotel room should have a microwave oven. Microwave a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. Every day. That and a protein shake - breakfast solved.

Cans of tuna FTW - eat it straight out of the can. Can you microwave rice in your hotel room? How about frozen veggies?

The microwave oven is your friend.

[gearofwar]

Every hotel room should have a microwave oven. Microwave a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. Every day. That and a protein shake - breakfast solved.

Cans of tuna FTW - eat it straight out of the can. Can you microwave rice in your hotel room? How about frozen veggies?

The microwave oven is your friend.

my hotel room does not have a microwave!! i might just buy one for work, leave it in the lockup on site, tbh, i never thought of just buying a microwave!!

would make things so much easier,

ill post back in a bit with a new plan,

thanks

[the art of war]

buy a $20 foreman grill - go get ground turkey - make turkey burgers - i eat like 4 of those a day sometimes. You can throw on any meat on one of those and package it for the day bro. Add some ready made shakes if yo uare on the go all the time you need more protein for sure.

[gearofwar]

Thanks man, top advice about the foreman, I could cook chicken breast's, make beef burgers and all sorts on that, I'm going to make a plan tonight and post it up, be greatful if you guys could have a run through it with me and help me get it as good as I can!!

[gearofwar]

right guys, have now aquired a microwave, so this will be whats going on instead of that lame ass excuse for a diet i posted last week...

8.00am
scrambled egg's, 6 whole eggs

10.00am
porridge oats, made with milk, hanful of raisins & protein shake

1.00pm
large portion of rice, 1 tin of tuna, tblsp of mayonnaise

4.00pm
chicken pasta, shake

7.00pm
meal will vary depending on when i finish work etc,

pwo
shake and a tub of cottage cheese,

im a snacker, will be making some protein flapjacks and taking a BIIIG bag of almonds, does this sound any better?

thanks guys

[ROCKILLER]

Switch the first two meals, you want your shake first thing in the morning.

Do you really need the shake with the chicken and pasta meal? Is this something you make or is it something drenched in sauce? How much chicken?

Theres no need for the cottage cheese immediately post workout, have your shake and some carbs immediately and then go for the cottage cheese later.

[gearofwar]

ok, cool, thats actually easier for me too,
the chicken and pasta is going to be a readymade supermarket thing, as i dont have facilities to make it myself really, the shake is just to boost the protein content of the meal, as they dont tend to contain alot of meat
i have bsn pro pep for shake, and i have multidextrin to add to it for easy carbs, the cottage cheese will have to be right before i go to bed, would it be good to have a fairly decent portion to fuel my body through the night?

thanks