Protein in the morning

[susandennis]

I've been obsessively reading the reddit wegovy sub (which is rather shockingly interesting and supporting and scumless) and have learned that if I do my usual wake up and go play 2 hours of volleyball without eating or drinking anything, it might not feel great. So I'm gathering options. One option, of course, is to wake up earlier and get coffee and breakfast. That is not yet off the table. But, I also bought some crustables yesterday - honey and peanut butter - to munch on the way and just now I'm baking some egg muffins. Eggs, cheese, sausage crumbles... that I can keep in the fridge, nuke and eat on the way. I also bought some protein shakes but I'm not hopeful they will be anything other than disgusting. (However, that's how I felt about oat milk on oatmeal and I was dead wrong there.)

I went to turn on the dishwasher last night and saw that the sealant at the bottom of the door was nearly completely gone. So I placed a work order and turned it off. I'll run it today when I'm awake and can stop it if it leaks. I'd really not like to go back to washing dishes but I'd rather than than mopping floor.

I did not leave my apartment after the game started but did check the score. Ooops. Sad to be a 49er fan. I am happy not to live in the condo any more. Seahawks fans are not lovely to have in your neighborhood - especially when the team is winning. They are not in their own neighborhoods so they feel free to act like wild animals and the cleanup is always painful. I do not miss it.

Today I have plans to do the usual. Jigsaw puzzle in the elbow, TV and knitting. But also I plan to pack up all my shoes. I have paper grocery bags to put them in and I can store them on the floor on the far side of the bed. Then on Friday morning, I can take down all the hanging clothes and plop them onto the bed. I did get a note from Closets by Design to expect the install to take an hour and a half and they will be here before 11.

Ok the muffins are done.



My goal was to make them in the most simple manner possible. So. I took the silicone molds and placed them into the air fryer pan. I sprinkled in some frozen sausage crumbles. Then I added a layer of shredded cheddar cheese and poured in some eggbeater and cooked it at 350 for 20 minutes. Straight out of the oven they weren't bad. They need a few more sausage crumbles, a bit more cheese and a little bit less egg. But, I need to taste them after they have been fridged and then nuked to be sure. But, this could clearly be a viable option. It was sure easy and the only dishes dirtied were the molds and a fork I used to stir the ingredients in each muffin mold.

I turned on the dishwasher about 15 minutes ago. No leaking so far. Whew.

Comments

[spiffikins]

I like the *idea* of the egg muffins, but the reality is that I don't particularly love reheated eggs :D
I mean - don't get me wrong, I ate them for MONTHS and they were fine, but I haven't made them in years and I don't miss them - OTHER than the easy peasy quick breakfast that doesn't require me to haul out and use a pan in the morning.

Today though, on instagram I saw someone make "egg bowls" - they cooked up some chopped up sausage bits, and some diced potatoes and onions in a pan, and then divided the eggs/onion/sausage mixture into a handful of bowls and put those in the fridge.

Then in the morning, you pull out a bowl, crack 2 eggs into it, scramble up the egg and put it in the microwave for 30s at a time, stirring in between - takes about 90 seconds and you have a hot breakfast bowl - add a sprinkle of shredded cheese if you want, and tadaa!

So I may need to try this at some point - I'm thinking if one wanted to make it SUPER simple - a bag of frozen hashbrowns or shredded potatoes and a bag of frozen onions/bell pepper mix would work REALLY well along with some sausage crumbles...

I've tried a handful of protein bars - I like the "FitCrunch" ones the best so far :D I'm not a fan of protein powders/shakes because drinking liquid doesn't fulfill my brain's idea of "eating" :D

I will say that I have been doing all my GOAT classes early in the morning all along while taking the mounjaro, and I *never* have any food beforehand - and I don't find it a problem. I get home and have breakfast and it works. When I was doing water aerobics at noon, and leaving at 11:30am - I would often have an apple on the way to the pool, just because it was coming on lunch time and that would get me through until 1:30pm when I got home and could heat up my lunch.

[susandennis]

I am very interested to hear you don't eat before you with out. That would sure be my preference.

[spiffikins]

In the evening, occasionally I will have dinner before I go to class - but I generally regret it. TBH all that activity RIGHT after eating, is not my preference :D

[legalmoose]

If you do end up having to do protein powder shakes, look for ones that are "NSF Certified for Sport" - that means NSF (formerly the National Sanitary Foundation, not to be confused with the US Government's National Science Foundation) has examined the contents and ensured that it is what it says it is, nothing's missing, and nothing extra has been added. That way you know you're getting actual protein and not, say, cake mix (which has happened - google 'holmes cake batter"). If you don't have a blender, Yeti makes a nice shaker bottle that works well and doesn't have one of those fiddly balls inside that are a PITA to clean.