Finding Proper Nourishment While Traveling

Bloodroot11

It's hard! Or it was...

We have learned to forget trying to make good choices at restaurants when on the road. We simply just go to grocery stores and buy/eat the same things we eat at home like rotisserie chicken, boiled eggs, fully cooked clean meats, fruits, berries, nuts, etc.

Bonus: Saving money as well

Leveling up: Eating this way on the road has taken us back to our childhoods of stopping at roadside picnic tables and parks to eat from our cooler instead of restaurants... More fresh air, more sun, more simple pleasures.

Adventurista

Nods... same for when caught out & about, can zip into grocery for healthy single serv options

SafariGalNYC

@Bloodroot11 @Adventurista I love going to local grocery stores .. esp in different countries! Some great finds.

dearjulie1

You can also pull into an Arby's and get their Classic double (or 1/2# if you're really hungry). It's just meat and a bun. Or Taco Bell will make a Fresco Taco for you with pico rather than cheese and sauce. Double the meat for extra protein.

It's great to stop at the grocery store, but that depends upon how much time you have and your ability to prep things in your vehicle.

SafariGalNYC

dearjulie1 wrote: »

You can also pull into an Arby's and get their Classic double (or 1/2# if you're really hungry). It's just meat and a bun. Or Taco Bell will make a Fresco Taco for you with pico rather than cheese and sauce. Double the meat for extra protein.

It's great to stop at the grocery store, but that depends upon how much time you have and your ability to prep things in your vehicle.

I think the original poster was alluding to less processed foods.

I think it’s all about choices and what one’s goals are. If it’s quick —that’s a choice, if it’s healthy, for some that’s —another choice.

Can’t argue that portions are for calorie control.. but I wouldn’t classify Arby’s or Taco Bell as what OP calls “proper nourishment”. I guess it’s subjective to each person.

The double classic mentioned has the following ingredients:

Onion Roll: Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Yeast, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: soybean, cottonseed, canola), Wheat Gluten, Contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Dough Conditioners (contains one or more of the following: mono and diglycerides, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, calcium peroxide, calcium stearoyl lactylate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, DATEM, ascorbic acid, calcium iodate, soy lecithin, enzymes), Yeast Nutrients (contains one or more of the following: calcium carbonate, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), Dextrose, Distilled Vinegar, Polysorbate 60, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Color (contains one or more of the following: extracts of annatto, turmeric, paprika), L-Cysteine, Diammonium Phosphate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Soy Flour, Sesame Seeds, Preservatives (contains one or more of the following: calcium propionate, propionic acid, phosphoric acid). Topped with Onions, Poppy Seeds.
CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT.

Roast Beef: Beef, Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphates.


Taco Bell - just meat and shell:

Ingredients
Seasoned Beef: Beef, water, seasoning [cellulose, chili pepper, maltodextrin, salt, oats, soy lecithin, spices, tomato powder, sugar, onion powder, citric acid, natural flavors (including smoke flavor), torula yeast, cocoa, disodium inosinate & guanylate, dextrose, lactic acid, modified corn starch], salt, sodium phosphates. Contains: Soy, Iceberg Lettuce: Fresh iceberg lettuce [certified vegan], Taco Shell: Ground corn, vegetable oil (soybean, corn and/or cottonseed oil), oat fiber.



It’s nourishment, but I think for those looking for less processed foods - with less additives - can find more whole food options if that’s what they are prioritizing while traveling.

Alatariel75

I had to get good at this when I recommitted to change about 6 months ago, because I travel for work once a month. Grocery store pick and eat meals are my speciality now!