I ALWAYS carry! You never know what kind of situation you may be stuck in. In my purse you can almost always find a chocolate mint Zone bar (cut into halves for about 100 cal. snacks each), crunchy granola bars, reduced sugar granola bar (for DD), 100 cal. snack pack (for DD), and sometimes a piece or two of beef jerky. Plus, I never go anywhere without my water. Being prepared is so important for me, and carrying healthy snacks with me is just one more way to ensure my continued success.

Beverly

Beverly you have done amazing!! I love the beef jerkey idea, I dont have to worry about it freezing, its not heavy and I can leave it in the glove box of the truck and not worry about it!

I dont carry a purse so this will have to be adjusted...a tote in the truck maybe? I work at home, but I get caught out enough that I sabotage myself when I get home.

You ladies have some awesome ideas...and I love the measuring cups and spoon ideas!

Thanks so much for your imput! Just awesome!

You know - I DON'T carry food with me. I think I have an old protein bar in the bottom of my purse, but since I don't care for them much, it will probably lie there in state until it expires!

When I fly, I carry a bottle of water with me, because depending on the airline they can be really chinzy about how much H2O they divvy out. I'm a semi-white-knuckler (I LOATHE turbulance with a passion...just went thru it this past Saturday from SFO to JFK) which isn't exactly something that makes one hungry! We ate breakfast before going to the airport and I just drank a ton of water while I was on the plane...I get so PARCHED in flight.

Generally, I'm either at work, at the stables, at the gym or at home, and I know what my food sources are in those places. Right now I'm in NYC and it's been pretty easy to find 'healthy choices' (there IS the deadly Snack Credenza just outside my office but along with the crap they also put out some beautiful whole fruit...) although Jim and I have been indulging in some New York specialties while here...it IS partly a vacation and we HAVE been doing tons of walking and sightseeing!!!

Gee, Y'THINK???

Holy macaroni, Meg!!! IT'S ALL OVER ME!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

RFLMAO cuz I SHOULD NOT be allowed in the kitchen alone!! It's on me...it's on the toaster...it's on the cat...

...now it's on the keyboard...

I use EAS MyoPro (chocolate). They also make it in handy little ready-made containers. Meg (or Mel?) hates it, so you may not like it either -- but I love it.

OMG, Kate, I'm laughing until I'm crying!

I use the dough hook on my Kitchen-Aid mixer to mix the mess up. Then I spray my hands with PAM (as well as the pan) and pat it in and it's relatively neat. I sure hope you got everything cleaned up -- this reminds me of the Cat in the Hat Comes Back and the Pink Stuff.

You might want to try Mel's recipe instead -- it's much more refined and ladylike (just like Mel).

Meg, I sprayed EVERYTHING with Pam!! There was Pam on the WINDOW, for Pete's sake (which the cat enjoyed licking off, by the way). And I'm sure the recipe wasn't actually s'posed to include an entire BOTTLE of Pam.

This is seriously all about me and my (in)ability to function in the kitchen. I failed an English presentation in 7th grade because I *tried* to make chocolate chip cookies. Utter mayhem. And my skills haven't improved much/at all since.

The recipe is fantastic and everything is totally under control now. The problem started when I chose to use my regular old electric mixer after adding the water. Everything kinda spiralled hellward from there.

Yeah, and/or The Cat in the Hat and the bathtub ring that wouldn't stop following him (or is that the same thing?) -- because that is EXACTLY what I was thinking...it went something like this:

1. Blob on fork
2. Kate shakes fork
3. Blob on measuring cup
4. Kate shakes measuring cup
5. Blob on t-shirt
6. Kate shakes t-shirt
7. Blob on counter
8. Kate scoops up blob with fork
9. Blob on fork
10. Repeat entire process as needed

I'll contribute something more useful later!

I carry all my food everywhere.

Mel

I will carry water with me all the time... When I work I usually take cottage cheese and strawberries with Splenda for my snack in the morning and in the afternoono... I come home for lunch, usually, but if I don't I take leftovers...

Kate,

I love your posts, This is sooo funny!!!

I hope all is well now,
rabbit

Are you cleaned up yet, Kate?
BTW, how is your shoulder?

I carry food everywhere. I think those gladware containers were invented for me. Salads with chicken, brocolli and chicken, salmon and salad, apple and cottage cheese, turkey chili and salad...my latest food mania is rice pudding made with brown rice and splenda, mixed with cottage cheese. I make oatmeal pancakes by the batch and carry them occaisionally. My regular 4 pm meal is one of my protein muffins (banana walnut, pumpkin chocolate or carrot...the recipe is everywhere on this forum...and my latest, a tofu brownie). My gym bag contains several cans of tuna and a can opener (I figure I can find a carb anywhere) and usually an apple. I keep a case of water in the back of my car, too.

Mel

Hi Mel

All cleaned up now!! And BOY are Meg's protein bars YUMMY!! Well worth the mess. Probably . I'm going to try your recipe next!

Question for Meg: Once you refridgerate the bars, should they end up solid or kinda pliable? Mine are very bendy, but again I may have screwed up somewhere.

My shoulder is much better, Mel, thanks! I've been experimenting with those exercises you guys recommended this week .

Mel,
Tofu brownies? How do they taste? The only tofu I've ever tried was a "tofu-dog" and it was terrible. Though if it requires as much work as the protein bars...I might pass (I don't have a cat to lick up the mess lol)

I made Mel's Pumpking bars last night and forgot to put the oatmeal in, they were nasty, but smelled really good! How do you get it NOT to freakin' stick. I put olive oil and spread it all around the pan... I don't use Pam because I find there's a taste I don't like in it... When I do this to other things I make there is never a problem... Any suggestions?