eating healthy on a road trip

Make up a healthy trail mix for snacking, try to order mainly meat and veg in restaurants, do some body weight exercises/jumping jacks/ jogging on the spot at the side of the road when you take bike breaks. Most importantly... have a great trip

When I'm traveling, I like to preweigh snacks (almonds, craisins, reeses pieces, celery, etc) into snack size zip top bags and then write the weight on them. That way, I can grab what I want and quickly log it into MFP. I wouldn't bring the food scale with me though, it seems like it'll take up more room that it is worth.

If you don't have room to pack your own snacks, look for the smaller portioned snacks at the convenience stores. That way it doesn't matter if you eat the entire bag

Stay away from deep fried foods in restaurants. Eat half of the entree and share it with someone else. While in the car, try not to eat much since you are basically just sitting all the way there. Bring some low calories bar or something like that. A lot of water too.

Hello Debra

Arent you trepidatious. Going Healthy on a Harley

Im jealous.

Well I want to be the first to say you will not be satisfied..Trail mixes, and packaged dried fruits and seeds.. YUCKY

Yes bring them along but use as them as mostly condiments on food you by at the stops..

Some one said do Not eat fried food..I disagree.. eat fried food.. not every stop but eat friend food..

Just be particular that if it is friend you can extract some substance out of it...It takes alot of energy to focus riding over stretches of cement and even more so with the vibration and bumps..

Contrary to what you may think your body is going to need some of that fat..


Stop at kentucky fried, subway, dennys and even Mc Donald's -

Pack these carbs: Pita Pockets cut into halves, whole grain pretzels, flat bread crackers, a low profile container of peanut butter, and Nature valley granola bars the lowest sugar kind.. I think its 12 grams of sugar..


Your real enemy is double digit sugar.. not the hydrogenated fats..

At kentucky fried for xample.. I would buy their breast and thigh box...and dress down some but not all the skin, and use nay greens I could find and make a Naked kentucky PITA wrap or breasted flat bread sandwich.. use the plastic knife to cut to your portion size..

pack up the remaining chicken and take it with you and make your next stop subway..use the rest of chicken from Kentucky fried to up your food energy. Most weight loss purist don't understand how hormones work and neglect the fact that Meal satisfaction helps you loose weight.

Your job is not to focus on calories to remain on track with loosing weight but to teach your body how to release lipolytic enzymes..this hormone agent is the only substance of the body that can communicate with unwanted body fat, the only hormone agent that can transfer and transmit information to unwanted body fat and the only hormone agent that can command and deweaponize unwanted body fat to stand down..


Hope this helps

think three dimensionally when packing foods for traveling on your cycle..not one.. Act like you are traveling too outer space how would you make sure you got nourished for the trip..


While didnt cover exercise..here's what I have done
take two burlap or reusable poly sacks.the grocery store type or trade Joes kind will work..
Fill with rocks or stones..to add load and resistance
perform walking lungs, speed skaters, power cleans and .up right rows,

do one runway up and back,, double pumps or body weight squats.. with bags against your chest..

create an intensity sequence to tease your metabolism perform twice and be done,


you will make it to your destination full of life force

Being a vegan (don't like taste of most meats) adds to my 'challenge.' I love the jumping jacks idea... maybe burn more calories since I will be in full motorcycle gear (helmet, chaps, protective jacket)!! LOL:laugh:

You can go to a site like Tripadvisor to see what types of restaurants there are in the cities you'll be visiting. You can narrow it down by cuisine, as well. One place I try to utilize a lot when I'm traveling is Subway. There is usually a Subway nearby pretty much wherever you go and you can put together the type of sandwich you want.

When traveling, I try not to pick up things to eat at gas stations. We try to stop at Super centers. You can go to the bathroom there and can pick up some fruit and veggies and protein without breaking the bank. Plus you can walk around a bit and some even have gas stations so you don't have to go to too many places.

I've never been to a restaurant that wouldn't fix a plain grilled chicken breast and broccoli if that's what you want. Most restaurants will accomodate special requests, like no butter in the veggies. While not ideal, you will be stopping frequently for gas (our Harley only goes about 150 miles on a tank), and most gas station convenience stores carry yogurt, cheese sticks, pretzels, etc., things you can fit into your daily caloric goals. Some even have little packs of carrots & apples. Just pack a spoon! :happy:

As for exercise, you really can't do anything on the Harley. But you can walk & do floor exercises (lunges, etc.) in the evenings and on breaks.

Have a great trip!