Pre Workout Meal

[Combatant]

I am trying to come up with a great pre workout meal or snack for a guy in my situation. I am a shift worker and while working night shift I prefer to train before work in the afternoon, and I am in search of a pre workout meal. I don't have a lot of time between waking and training and I'm having trouble finding a good solid Pre WO to accommodate myself. Any suggestions would be great so please if you could help me out.

[gbrice75]

I train at 6am, so like you, I have very little time in the morning to prep/eat without getting up at an ungodly hour. Most of the time, my preworkout meal is a homemade shake:

1/2 cup oats
1 scoop protein powder
1tbsp instant coffee
1tbsp raw cacao powder
2-4 packets stevia (depending on how sweet you like it)
3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup liquid egg whites
1/2 cup 1% milkfat cottage cheese
1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1tbsp natty PB
1 cup crushed ice

For more carbs and excellent flavor, add 1/2 banana. Basically, I prep all the dry ingredients the night before, leave em' in the blender, then just add the wet ingredients (also pre-measured for convenience) in the morning and blend. Takes a total of about 5 minutes before i'm sipping on a delicious, frothy cold shake that you can feel good about as it contains plenty of 'whole food'.