Anyone have any eating strategies for longer commutes?
Once I get to work I am starving for most of the day and quite honestly can't carry enough food in my pack. When I say food I mean fruits and veg and homemade meals, not bars etc, personal preference.
My commute is 20k both ways, but I usually take transit once a day so the total is only 25-30k per day.
What do you eat/bring to work? Does dinner the night before make much difference? Should I bring a 20lb bag of oats to work and graze on that all day?
eggs. cook up an omlette or scrambled eggs before you go and have that as breakfast when you get to work. add veggies and maybe some ham, turkey or other lean meat and throw in a tablespoon of coconut oil. you could also cook up some oatmeal at home and nuke it up at work if you want it to be hot.
while fruits and veg are good, they simply don't pack enough calories.
did you just start the bike commuting? if so give it some time and your body will adapt. right now your body is screaming for calories because of the sudden increase in caloric demand compared to before you were commuting. chances are you may not even be in a caloric deficit, but it just feels that way.
the other thing you can do is keep a jar of home made trail mix in a container at work as it's a calorie dense snack that also packs nutrition. just don't have too much dried fruit in there.
We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
Ellen Langer