Re the Atkins bars: I’ve seen better bars as far as ingredients go, but it might be okay. They have different types of bars – the “meal” bars are probably most close to what you are looking for. I don’t care for the fact that they contain sucralose, and overall when you read the ingredient label of this particular one, well, we can all agree it doesn’t read much like read food.
But it’s true when traveling we have to make some concessions don’t we?
Here’s a couple other options that seem better as far as ingredients go- maybe you could buy online and bring with you?
Julian Bakery is a brand I really like personally and they have multiple types of proteins to choose from in their bars:
Peganthin Bars – vegan protein powder w/ complete amino acid profile, sweetened with monk fruit, 20g protein per bar, 80 calories, and better ingredient profile
Paleo thin bars – egg white protein or grassfed-beef (seriously it’s good, tastes nothing like beef promise), sweetened with stevia, good ingredient profile, 150-210 calories per bar depending on flavor, 20g protein
Primal thin bars – whey protein powder, sweetened with monk fruit, 130 calories or so.
Example ingredient profile to compare with the atkins one – it just looks, for lack of a better word, “cleaner”, doesn’t it?
When choosing, don’t always just get the lowest calorie- for a snack this makes sense- if you need it to be a full meal replacement, probably choose a higher calorie bar in this case to make sure you have enough to eat.
We have an entire section of the P3toLife program about travel, eating out, and vacations during P3 with a lot more resources there to make traveling during P3 a success.
Here’s a screenshot of that:
