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Grab-and-go gym foods
10. Fiber bars
Sure, Fiber One bars have 9 g of fiber per 140 calorie bar, but they also have 10 g of sugar too. If you eat these you’re consuming more sugar than fiber. That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Instead, choose foods with naturally occurring fiber and less sugar like one medium artichoke (10 g fiber), half a cup of cooked spinach (7 g fiber), or one cup of cooked black beans (19 g fiber).
11. Protein bars
When I’m running from workouts to meetings and can barely get a shower in between, I rely on protein bars to get me through. But you have to be super selective when choosing the right protein bar.
First, make sure you have at least 15 g of protein and not just any protein, the good kinds of protein like whey isolates, hydrolyzed whey, or micellar casein. Next, check the sugar content. Stay away from bars that use high fructose corn syrup, sugar alcohols (sorbitol, xylitol, maltitol, or glycerol), or sucrose.
And another thing you’ll commonly find in many protein bars that’s a big no no is artificial sweeteners like aspartame. And then you’ll want to choose a protein bar that doesn’t have a long list of ingredients you don’t recognize. There are a lot of rubbish protein bars out there, so always read the labels and be very choosey in your selection.
Or you could just make your own. Some of my favorite protein bar recipes are from Muscle for Life.
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