What’s for dinner?
Living out of my car, I tend to eat out for meals quite a bit, especially dinner. I really don’t eat breakfast anymore, and lunch should be a peanut butter and jam sandwich daily (although I tend to hit up Quiznos more then I should).
I’ve been trying to decide what is a good “meal” for dinner. It’s no secret that I’m not thin, although I would like to work on that. I’ve been thinking that a small dinner would be a good idea to decrease calorie count, using the old adage ‘if you burn more then you eat, you lose weight.’
Now I haven’t really come up with any ideas for dinner yet. I had a yogurt the other day for the first time. I’ve never been a fan of eating something that is bacterial cultures, but it didn’t taste bad. I got low-fat cherry vanilla, with the nutritional information below.
The sugars are a bit high in yogurt, even the “low-fat,” and the sugar free are a bit more difficult to come by. So, is yogurt a good idea? Can anyone thing of anything else that might work. Remember I am looking for something that is single serving, doesn’t require prep, and is cheap. 50 cents a night on yogurt dinner seems to meet all of those categories, although I would love more suggestions.
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CZzyzx41 said
am April 4 2007 @ 12:05 am
I’d have to go with nutritional bars. I know it’s breakfast but there’s those individual cereal boxes with a small pint carton of milk. Plenty of pastries, string cheese, basic snack foods (which defeats the purpose of having something more nutritious).
Does your place of employment have a microwave? Why not get microwavable meals that don’t need to be kept frozen (Trader Joe’s has some great noodle boxes and there’s always Ramen) and pop one in just before the place closes?
There’s also produce. It won’t keep in the car but in a pinch, some fruit or vege you don’t mind eating raw would be nice. Oh that also brings up sushi. If you don’t mind it, grocery stores tend to sell sushi around the meat or seafood. Again it doesn’t keep more than a day but in a pinch it would make a good dinner.
Seriously though dude, you can’t live like this forever man. You can’t tell me this is the ideal life. Well you can but I wouldn’t believe you. Please tell me there are some plans to move past this living in your car thing?
iamdeadnow said
am April 5 2007 @ 7:30 am
living out of a pack or any sort of non typical living situation makes it *much* harder to cook unfortunately :/
Patrick said
am April 6 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Are you going to comment on this KATG business? You shouldn’t go on shows like NLO. It seems they invited you on just to laugh at you.
Dutch Vagabond said
am April 7 2007 @ 1:10 pm
He there ,
‘Just read you’re doing allright?? (never mind the ‘concerned reactions’ from others man..live life as you want!) Talking about food and stuff-I myself find those ‘outdoor-meals’ very handy,and tasty.And easy to store..great value-for-money..only downside is finding a shop that sells’em, but then my trunk gets filled with all sorts of diners,lunches,snacks-even hot beverages can be optained in those kinda ‘outdoor-survival-army supply-stores..(some of em don’t even need a stove to be heated to boiling temp.!?)
Good luck to ya !
Chase said
am April 8 2007 @ 4:42 pm
Nick, I was up over 205 pounds for a while a few years ago (at 5′4”) and decided to do something … Rice and beans, man. All I ate for about six months, black beans and rice. Even though you can’t cook in your car, they’re way cheap as a side order at most mexican restaurants, there’s one near us that’s $2.14 with tax … You can also just get a side order or rice at most Chinese places for about $1.30 … it’s very filling and no fat. The beans do add needed protein … Another quick meal is a can of whole tuna (not that chunk crap) straight out of the can with some melba toast, no mayo, just tuna or tuna with Tobasco .. mmm.
Seriously, I ate beans and rice for six months, joined a gym and did some walking that later turned to running, and dropped 55 pounds. (and didn’t give up beer in the process) You CAN do it, and it’s not that hard. Go for it!
… (it’s snowing in Colorado on Easter)
Chase
CJ said
am April 10 2007 @ 1:35 pm
maybe you should try…SMART SOUPS!!!
but seriously, soup.