Car journey and low kcal eating

Cut up some vegetables and fruits.

The bottom line is that it's only 9-13 hours and even if you choose to eat 'unhealthy' food, it's not going to sabotage your weight loss. If you really want to control what you're eating on the trip buy your snacks and divide them into snack size zip lock bags ahead of time for portion control. Play car games and only have snacks after each game has been completed (or set some sort of 'rule' for when you get snacks to keep you from munching constantly). Some ideas for snacks:

Hummus and veggies
Apples
Bananas
PB2 on whole wheat bread (cut sandwich into quarters so you don't pig out on a whole sandwich)
PB2 w/ graham crackers (don't put the PB2 on the crackers ahead of time, they get soggy)
Homemade low fat granola (google recipes)
Homemade granola bars (google recipes)
Low fat cheese
Raisins
Nuts (in moderation)

Keep in mind that constantly munching on these items adds up in calories just like chips and candy, just not quite as quickly.

I go on a lot of road trips and do not have "proper dinners" unless I stop at a restaurant.

I eat cottage cheese in individual containers, nuts, whole wheat crackers, cut up veggies and fruit. I also pack buns, cheese, deli meat, lettuce and tomatoes to make sandwiches on the way. I pack crisps and chocolate IIFYM.


I think your roasted veg and couscous or quinoa is an awesome idea!!!!

Oh, and you should take twiglets just because I almost never eat them here in Canada<3

Bring a small cooler to keep things fresh. Stock it with cold fruit, cut-up veggies with hummus, cheese sticks, sandwiches, nuts and dried fruit (modest amount of this), salads, jerky, yogurt or yogurt/oat parfait...pretty much anything you like, really - especially if you're not the one driving (you can eat with two hands, and can use utensils). Bring a ziplock baggie to put scraps like fruit peels and other garbage to reduce the smell (and keep the baggie in the cooler too). Bring a few bottles of water and a couple cans of diet soda. Plan and pack it the night before the trip so you're not rushing or making rash choices, and pre-log your snacks so you have a plan for the day and stick to your goals.

I go on a lot of road trips and do not have "proper dinners" unless I stop at a restaurant.

I eat cottage cheese in individual containers, nuts, whole wheat crackers, cut up veggies and fruit. I also pack buns, cheese, deli meat, lettuce and tomatoes to make sandwiches on the way. I pack crisps and chocolate IIFYM.


I think your roasted veg and couscous or quinoa is an awesome idea!!!!

Oh, and you should take twiglets just because I almost never eat them here in Canada<3

IIFYM?? OMG twiglets are most definitely the best!! Can't believe you don't eat them over there... thats awful lol.

Marmite too, although I can buy it at the grocery store. No one in my family likes it! Weird eh?

Veggies, peanut butter, hummus, whole wheat crisps, homemade oatmeal squares, veggie crisps, jerky.

Keep it easy and light. Although i saw some people from above say a cooler and pack food that way which is a fantastic idea.

Hope that helps!

I know fruit can be a pain in the bum when travelling but what I do is take some little sandwich bags and when you finish and have a peel/core left pop it in a bag and seal it, then use a fresh one later, or you could chop it up and make a fruit salad and pop it in a container with a little bit of lemon/orange juice to stop it going brown? if you're in the UK, special K do some snacks called Biscuit Moments and they are 98 cals per 2 biscuits and they are really yummy x

I'm a sweets person and also love somethign to snack on during long boring time stretches like driving....I would go for something like blueberries cause they are small and sweet so they last a long time if you eat just one at a time, and also satisfy my sweet tooth.

I just recently took a car trip that involved >20 hours of driving each way and going there we did not stop for meals or sleep, so a lot of picking going on. We packed an easy to access cooler with various fruits (apples, kiwi, bananas, strawberries), vegetables (carrots, celery, red cabbage, lettuce), and meats/dairy (jerky, roast, summer sausage, lunch meat, cheese). We also had a variety of Larabars, Kind bars, peanut butter crackers, and nuts/seeds. Meat and cheese wrapped with red cabbage made a surprisingly good meal that didn't drip all over the place while driving

Hey guys. I'm off on a long car journey (has taken us between 9-13 hours in past). Normally we pick at sweets, chocolate, crisps, sandwiches, sausage rolls... You name it and its there. I want to try and be healthier this time (keeping to MFP as much as possible) and I was wondering if anyone had any good munch ideas? I still want to pick as everyone else will be but just healthier stuff (makes me feel less travel sick when I pick). We are leaving straight from my work so I will not have a break and will have my dinner in car - again to keep healthy I was thinking a proper dinner and maybe cous cous with roasted veg would be nice. Any ideas on picky enjoyable food that will keep in cars? Thanks already .

We're heading out this week too-2 days of driving each way, with a three day hotel stay in the middle. I don't have a clue how I'm going to do it, since every meal will be fast food, besides a fancy steakhouse rehearsal dinner and a Texas style wedding reception barbecue. Which will be lovely because I became a vegetarian last week . I may actually lose weight on this vacation, instead of gaining lol.