How To Eat Healthy on the Road

  • July 2, 2009
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Fast food and convenience stores can be dangerous, but you don’t have to sabotage your diet when you hit the road. There are plenty of ways to eat healthy while you enjoy your adventure!

You Will Need

  • Low-fat, low-sugar breakfast bars
  • Bottled water
  • Whole grain crackers
  • Nuts and dried fruit
  • Fresh fruit
  • Self-control
  • Low-fat cheese or peanut butter
How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Pack some breakfast bars

Step 1: Pack some breakfast bars

Eat something for breakfast to rev up your metabolism. Try low-fat, low-sugar breakfast bars made with whole grains – they’re easy to pack when traveling.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Drink lots of water

Step 2: Drink lots of water

Dehydration can trick you into thinking you’re hungry. Be sure to drink plenty of water throughout the day.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Snack on whole grain crackers

Step 3: Snack on whole grain crackers

Skip salty, high-calorie snacks like potato chips and pretzels in favor of baked whole grain crackers.

Add some protein, like low-fat cheese or peanut butter, to keep your appetite under control between meals.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Lunch on lean protein

Step 4: Lunch on lean protein

Choose a lean protein, such as grilled chicken or turkey, for lunch. It will give you more energy than greasy burgers and fries and keep your calorie intake low.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Eat a granola bar to keep energy levels up

Step 5: Eat a granola bar to keep energy levels up

If you’re feeling the late-afternoon slump, skip the candy bars and cakes and snack on a handful of unsalted nuts and dried fruit.

High-carbohydrate snacks will give you an instant energy boost but you’ll crash a few hours later.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Split dinner

Step 6: Split dinner

Most hotels and restaurants serve overly generous portions. Share with your travel companion or take half of it home so you don’t eat more than you need in one sitting.

How To Eat Healthy on the Road: Enjoy fruit for dessert

Step 7: Enjoy fruit for dessert

Order a fruit cup for dessert, or stock up on fruit for your hotel fridge to enjoy a healthy treat when that sweet tooth hits.

Just one fast food meal can contain an entire day’s worth of calories, sodium, and fat.

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HeatherM

Great vid, everyone's prone to overindulgence on the road, awesome job!

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This video is wonderful as well as informative. Everyone have to include the protein, vitamin, and carbohydrates in their food. Fruit is the most important food because it gives the lots of vitamin. Everyone have to eat fruits on an empty stomach and before meal. Apple is the best fruit forever because it has a low vitamin C content. And also it has antioxidants and flavonoid. http://www.healthandsoul.com/

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