Need ideas for travel snacks please.

angelapiedmont

I am in my car a lot. That means I eat way to much drive thru food. I try to get yogurt or the apple walnut snack from McDonalds, but that is not much variety. I have decided that I need a travel snack kit. I want to fill a shoe box to keep in the car, so I always have something handy that will not ruin my calorie count for the day. Of course, I will put nuts in the box, but I need other ideas. Please make suggestions. Non perishable, no refrigeration needed items. Thanks, Ang...

maura1110

special k bars - only 90 calories! they have really good ones like chocolatey pretzel or raspberry cheesecake

thefreemans28

I enjoy the wheat thins toasted chips or rice cakes!

2dogzrule

Rice cakes are always a good option. There are some good flavors out there.

byHISstrength

Why can't you use a insulated lunch bag or cooler? It would definitely give you more options.

marquesajen

Mixed nuts and dried fruit, homemade granola bars, whole fruit, maybe make a small wrap to take with you?

CatMauro

Unsalted nuts, dried fruit, Kashi bars, unsalted pretzels, unsalted sunflower seeds, low fat granola, cheerios or other low sugar/fat cereal...

Jczmuda

Special K fruit crisps are tasty...reduced fat wheat thins...Snackwell's cereal bars...pretzels

LittleFootHafner

Almonds or other nuts
Raisins, Craisins, Dried Fruit
Sunflowed Seeds
Trail Mix
Dry cereal ( my faves are Shredded Wheat & Oatmeal Squares)
Pretzels for a salt fix
Lollipops - not that they are nutiritous or filling, but they give you something to put in your mouth for only a few calories!
There are also lots of 100 calories granola bars out there...
Whole wheat crackers
Rice Cakes

And lots of water...

JulieTX86

I have always heard that you are supposed to keep beef jerky in the car. Its packed with protein and you can really watch your calorie count.

jacksonpt

Granola bars (I like the Clif Crunch bars), meal replacement/diet/nutrition bars (I like the Myoplex Lite bars), crackers (Triscuits or Wheat Thin air crisps), nuts (almonds, or planters south beach mix if you can find it), beef jerky, hard candy (relatively low cal for the long lasting, good for the sweet tooth).

Apples are always good but don't last as long.

tmarie2715

Skinny Cow makes candy now, for around 110-120 cals per small pack when you are craving something sweet / chocolatey.

trud72

th yum flavours of the rice cakes in big and small crisp like bags are great,also fruit salad travels pretty well! and you can never forget fresh fruit!

suzyqs4

Good idea to plan ahead. Last week I was in Indianapolis for a class and wasn't going to eat their buffet breakfast so I packed food. I found fruit cups, with no sugar added and took individual packs of pepperoni slices and ate that for breakfast. You could also take sugar free jello cups, individual raisin packs. If you had an insulated lunch bag you could also take cheese sticks. Good luck in your journey!

pandabuhr79

grahm crackers, bananas, apples, dried fruit.. even cereal in a baggy, like cheerios or something i was pregnant recently and always had to have easy food in my purse lol

ctybor360

Some suggestions for snacks.... I fill baggies with...

Kashi Go Lean Cereal - 1 Cup or your favorite cereal

Pretzel Snaps - 24 each

Sunflower Seed Kernals

If you have time pop a bag of 100 calorie pop corn before you venture out

Cliff Builders 20g Protien Bars 270 calories - great if you want that full feeling

Hope this gives you a good start. Good luck on your weight loss journey.
Take care. Corky

riacurtis

Fresh fruit....

hdroddy

There are a lot of pre-packaged 100 calorie snack packs available these days, so it just depends on your taste. There are Craisins, Pringles, Goldfish, almonds, brownies, snack mix...

Most are in the cracker section of the grocery stores, some in the section where chips are displayed. And in the breakfast aisle, Fiber One has a large variety of granola bars and brownies for only 90 calories each pack. I've tried a lot of them, because I rarely have time for lunch, so I purchase a stock of the non-perishable snacks and put them in a drawer of my desk. Most of them are quite tasty.

If you want to go to the effort of purchasing and packaging yourself, Kellogg's Special K cereal makes a great snack. They have a large variety of flavors, and all of them have portions that are reasonable on the calories, and a good snack size. There's all sorts of dried fruit available, as well, that you could portion into zip locks.

mazza2marilyn

why not make a batch of sandwiches up ( ham-lo fat cheese- egg etc ) at the begining of the week and freeze them.
take one out when you leave in the morning ( it will have defrosted by lunch time ) with a bit of fruit.
will stop you going to the drive thru and being tempted to all those calories.

krazeestraw

Bump - ideas are always good

heatheramara

I like to make a snack mix for taking long road trips. The one I most recently used was cheerios, dry roasted peanuts, craisins and m&ms. Weigh everything out before hand, into individual servings. I like to plan a whole serving of cheerios to 1/2 serving of the nuts and dried fruit, with only a 1/4 serving of candy or less per package. That way you get lots of good stuff without too much of any one thing.

I have found this a great way to have a cheap, crunchy, sweet, filling, healthy and low calorie treat in an instant! Great thing about it is you can keep this in the car in airtight containers for quite a while. Carry around some bottled water, flavored or otherwise, and you're always good to go! Another benefit--takes a long time to eat so you have plenty of time to get that "I'm full now" message.

Keep us posted on any new ideas you come up with!

angelapiedmont

Great tips. Thanks so much for all your help Ang...

mnskagirl

Anything high in fiber!!!! Fills you up keeps you satisfied. Handful of natural almonds. Special K bars are excellent. Also popcorn !!!! Frozen grapes or blueberries are pretty delicious as well. Good Luck!