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I have a full load of 18 credits and I coach highschool volleyball and play on a traveling club team. I have almost no time to cook and this translates into an unhealthy diet for me. Any advice on how to eat better? I’m trying to just be healthier for my body, I don’t need to lose weight or anything, although that wouldnt be bad either. 
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My question again was about diet cooking tips and there have been some great answers
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Since you didn’t mention a dorm, and are probably at least a junior, I’m assuming you have an apartment now… Keep containers of yogurt to grab (they even have "yogurt on the go" sticks, to take with you); string cheese; fruit; trail mix in a big container (that you can put into baggies) ; granola bars…. this is all stuff you can eat as you’re running out the door (or across campus) .. Keep hard-boiled eggs in the refrigerator; grapes cut into bunches; carrot & celery sticks in a dish of water – all of these can be tossed into a baggie and taken with you…..
Keep cereal and oatmeal handy at all times. Keep simple things in your dorm to cook up real quick.
well if you cant cook just go out to eat at a healthier place.
subway is supposed to have like real low fat right? you could try that.
OR go to a japanese restaurant..mmmm..their foods are just about all healthy for you. well…nothing close to as bad as fast food at like mcdonalds
First off, get a slow cooker or crock pot. Rival makes a good one. Secondly, stock the fridge with carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, and any other veggies you like.
On days when you’re not traveling, when you get up, wash and dice the veggies. Add anything else you’re comfortable with. Add water or stock, turn the cooker on low, and go take your classes/etc. When you get home, there’s a hot meal waiting for you.
When you get a free day start cooking your pasta sauces, then they can be frozen. Each morning throw some pasta on to boil while you’re getting ready, grab one of your ‘labeled’ sauces,e.g,tuna & olives, sardines and corriander, etc. and go.
Very cheap, healthy and convienient.
For evening meals do as above says and get a slow cooker, stews, casseroles, etc great and so easy.
Please promise me to try this because it really worked for me….
Quit drinking coke(AND diet coke!) for 10 days try drinking apple or orange juice instead of a can of coke…Trust me you’ll thank me later! I’ll put this Question on my watch list and I’ll check back in ten days, let know what happened…..
You could keep odwalla bars handy..or the nature valley bars as well.
there are usually at least one to two vegetarian/vegan cafes by colleges and universities. Also If I were you I would get a recipe book on healthier style cooking and twice a week cook up meals to freeze and store. Preferable in small portions and in separate containers, that way you will have something you can toss in the Mike, take with…. and not worry about getting tempted by eating more than you should. Also this is a great way to save $$$$ and time, besides you can always add/subtract to your likings. If you like you can e-mail me and I can send you some sites to check out on yahoo….
I just recently graduated college. When I was in college I was involved in a lot of courses and extracuriculars [lacrosse & dance] as well as taking cooking classes (outside of the college). So, for me.. I wanted to eat healthy but still be able to continue to do everything I was doing.
What’s important to have is:
Whitworths Fruit Medley. It doesn’t have to be that brand but it’s dried fruit. It comes in a bag like a bag of chips and is healthy as well as convenient.
I carried around Nutri-Grain bars, my favorite being Strawberry and Mixed Berry. I usually ate these for breakfast when I was in a rush. If I wasn’t rushing I would have a bowl of Special K with Vanilla Soy Milk.
I carried around Vitamin water and sometimes Dasani flavored water (flavored with lemon was my favorite).
The Nabisco 100 calorie packs or so convenient and healthy because you can enjoy the taste of chips ahoy, cheese nips, oreos, etc and only take in 100 calories!
I also made sure to have Veggie Crisps and SmartFood brand white-cheddar popcorn.
When I had the time to sit and eat a meal I would usually have a nice hearty salad. It included crisp romaine, shredded red cabbage, cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, hard-boiled egg, and grilled chicken. I’d use a low-fat dressing, usually Zesty Italian or Ranch.
When I had the time to cook, I would usually broil meats because it’s way healthier then frying them. I also enjoyed grilled chicken but was able to do that because I was living off-campus in an apartment with accesability to a grill. You can also purchase Lipton’s pasta sides/rice sides which are pretty delicious, will give you leftovers for later, and aren’t full of calories.
Busy girl! You’ll definitely need a fair balance of protein & carbs.
If you have time to go grocery shopping- I would definitely suggest stocking up on peanut butter, dried fruit and nuts (or trail mix combos). And some yogurt… (I dunno if you live in a dorm room and have a mini fridge or whatnot-) but if you can toss some yogurt, cottage cheese, various other cheeses, celery sticks and carrot sticks and grapes in the fridge, that would be great too.
Mainly- since yer on the move so much- you should probably try the ‘grazing’ technique…. Where you might eat one or two big meals a day (breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner)… and have several snacks through out the day.
Peanut butter, yogurt, trail mixes- all handy little things that you can toss into a lunch bag that can get tossed into your backpack. So when you start to feel a little peckish, you can just grab a hand full of trail mix or dip a celery stick into the PB… There’s lots of portable yogurts available today such as drinkable yogurt smoothies…
If you don’t have time to shop and find yourself relying on school cafeteria or fast food- stay away from the stuff you know is bad- salty chips, greasy fries… Stick to chicken sandwiches with mustard (no mayo). Lots of fast food places offer fresh fruit slices now (like McDonalds) and/or salads… Go with a salad (without or with as little dressing as possible- because I find that most fast food dressings, even if the packaging says "light" its not nearly as healthy as you want- so skip it or only use a quarter to half of the packet you get)…
A great tip for making your own snacks- I love the little "snack size" ziplock bags that are out now. They’re about half the size of sandwich bags. They are great for portion control- they hold just the right amount of m&ms (for a sweet treat), craisins, trail mix, carrot or celery sticks… etc.
Also, Jiff & Peter Pan peanut butter now sell individual peanut butter cups, so you don’t have to run around with a whole PB jar in your bag. You can just have a little cup- or you can get little tupperware cups to put peanut butter or yogurt in.
Grapes and cheese go GREAT together by the way. Toss a handful of grapes into a snack ziplock bag and some cubed cheese in another- eat them together. Very healthy and surprisingly filling.
Another tip for healthy eating- if you can squeeze it into your busy schedule- before you go grocery shopping, plan out your week of snacks and meals, so you go into the store know exactly how much you’ll need to get. Also, prep your snacks- divide them up into the little snack bags- do a couple of days worth- keep them in a larger tupperware box- that way as you’re running out the door, all you have to do is grab 6 little pre-filled bags without having to slow down and prep your snacks when you’re late for practice.
Hope some of the links below help too!
ya get quick things lyk cereal, microwaves are my favorite! ^_^ U can cook practically anything in there in no time. You can have 100 calorie packs, yogurt, fruit, canned veggies, beans, oat meal is rly good for you. Not high sugared things. Whole wheat bread and lean lunch meats, toast and jam. canned soap, cream of wheat. egg whites (just a few minutes in the microwave) just take more advantage of the microwave, its the best
good luck