Car snack ideas needed

healthymomma14
healthymomma14 Posts: 9 Member
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Around 11a I'm in my work truck making a 2hr round trip. I need snack ideas that are easy to handle so I can eat and drive. I usually do chips or cookies but I'm needing to do better for myself and need healthy ideas.
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  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,308 Member
    Nuts... Protein bar.. fruits.
  • sheloves89
    sheloves89 Posts: 88 Member
    Maybe a protein shake? They're easy to drink while you're driving, and the right kind will fill you up nicely, even though they don't seem very substantial. =]
  • FITnFIRM4LIFE
    FITnFIRM4LIFE Posts: 818 Member
    String cheese-Turkey or sliced meat wrapped in low cal tortilla or lettuce-fill baggie with popcorn few pretzels, raisons and few nuts. boiled eggs-laughing cow cheese or cheese spread on few crackers. I always keep protein bars and turkey jerky in car.
  • healthymomma14
    healthymomma14 Posts: 9 Member
    I leave home at 7a so I need things I can throw in my bag or the fridge at work and grab on my way out at 11. I usually eat at 6:30a and lunch between 2-3. I need to find thing that will keep my body fueled and filled until lunch
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    Cheese, peanut butter crackers, smoothie, nuts, berries or other fruit.
  • Cassandraw3
    Cassandraw3 Posts: 1,214 Member
    Beef jerky, popcorn
  • ninasandlin10
    ninasandlin10 Posts: 2 Member
    Lara bars the blueberry ones have no added sugar it's all fruit and it's delicious
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    Dates stuffed with nut butter are one of my fave road snacks. takes a long time to consume one, the flavor stays around a long time afterwards, and there is minimal mess ( a little sticky to lick off the fingers is all).
  • Silkysausage
    Silkysausage Posts: 502 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Jerky...but I'm curious as to why you need road snacks for a 2 hour drive.

    Sounds like boredom to me, same as the cinema thing which has got to be habit. No one needs to down 3,000 cals in one sitting.
  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Jerky...but I'm curious as to why you need road snacks for a 2 hour drive.

    My guess is she said it's around 11am - so two hours around that time does dip into the lunch hour. Depending on how early her breakfast is, this can get to a time where you're starting to deal with hanger...for me anyway!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
    chunky_pinup wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Jerky...but I'm curious as to why you need road snacks for a 2 hour drive.

    My guess is she said it's around 11am - so two hours around that time does dip into the lunch hour. Depending on how early her breakfast is, this can get to a time where you're starting to deal with hanger...for me anyway!

    That would make sense. I'm just not much of a snacker, so I always find the snacking posts kind of odd. Not a big deal when you're calorie counting, but I think regular and mindless snacking and feeling the need to snack all the time is a big reason so many people are overweight.
  • placeboBL
    placeboBL Posts: 62 Member
    If I were in the same situation, I would just eat a larger breakfast or lunch. But jerky or some sort of whole food bar (RX Bars, Epic Bars, Lara Bars, KIND Bars) would all be good choices as well.
  • healthymomma14
    healthymomma14 Posts: 9 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Jerky...but I'm curious as to why you need road snacks for a 2 hour drive.

    Because I eat breakfast at 6:30a and don't get lunch until 3 or so.
  • healthymomma14
    healthymomma14 Posts: 9 Member
    Silkysausage wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Jerky...but I'm curious as to why you need road snacks for a 2 hour drive.

    Sounds like boredom to me, same as the cinema thing which has got to be habit. No one needs to down 3,000 cals in one sitting.

    Actually, it's because I eat at 6:30a and then lunch after 2 or 3.
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    I like to keep a bag of nuts or jerky in my car. I especially like the Salt & Vinegar flavored almonds.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    A piece of fruit
    Raw veggies
    Protein bar
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    Fibre 1 90 calorie bars work for me. I also second string cheese.
  • jesspen91
    jesspen91 Posts: 1,383 Member
    I second fibre one bars. You get a little sugar hit but its also filling due to the fibre

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