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Do you keep snacks in your car?

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  • GlassAngyl
    GlassAngyl Posts: 478 Member
    Food is NOT allowed in my car! Ugh! I hate sticky!
  • neilgib28
    neilgib28 Posts: 36 Member
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    No but I do keep kleenexes in the car

    Is that to dry the tears from having no snacks? :D
  • 13bbird13
    13bbird13 Posts: 425 Member
    I keep some almonds in my car. They help me stay out of drive-throughs.
  • Meghanebk
    Meghanebk Posts: 321 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    No. Eating while driving is dangerous.

    Definitely. The last thing I should do is eat anything while I drive. I will pack snacks if I'm on a multi hour drive, but I get off the road to eat them.
  • EatingAndKnitting
    EatingAndKnitting Posts: 531 Member
    No. Because I don't drive much (housewife) and if I did I'd overeat. Also, I live in Dallas. It's 90+ degrees here half the year, any food I left in the car would grow bacteria and not be safe to eat.

    When I was working I would keep glucose tablets in the office fridge in case I had low blood sugar, but I never needed them. My blood sugar is usually high enough and I'm insulin resistant enough that I don't get lows (unless I take my insulin, I don't take it unless my sugar is really high and I am pretty good about my letting it get that high anymore).
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    No, but I will buy them for long road trips. Sunflower seeds work really well for keeping me awake while driving.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    How do people need to be kept awake driving for an hour? Are we talking about narcolepsy?
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    I've got Life Savers in the truck. Might have a food bar in there at times as well.

    My commute (when I drive) is ~ 5 minutes so I'd really hate to fall asleep in the middle of it. :)
  • hydechildcare
    hydechildcare Posts: 142 Member
    I keep a granola or protein bar in my car in case I start to feel hangery.
  • asonrody
    asonrody Posts: 83 Member
    I don't keep food in my car, it wouldn't last long in the summer! Sometimes I'll keep an Atkins or granola bar, or a snack pack with fruits or veggies with me to prevent me from impulse buying food on the way home from work if I get hungry since it can take me up to an hour to get home some days.
  • RA60172
    RA60172 Posts: 137 Member
    No.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    No. I keep glucose tablets in case of low BG, but that is medicine, not snacks.
  • mktom29
    mktom29 Posts: 57 Member
    My fiancée and I are on the road a lot on the weekends and usually drive late at night, I do keep snacks with me to stay awake!
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,770 Member
    We keep a granola bar in the map case, mostly for days when we have been hiking and DH's blood sugar gets too low. We eat one every 3 or 4 months.
  • lindaloo1213
    lindaloo1213 Posts: 283 Member
    No but I should!! Nothing worse than a hunger attack while running errands (and there's always more errands than anticipated lately) or the kids are hungry. Thanks for reminding me that I need to get some healthy snacks in there.
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    No food in the car! I don't want crumbs in the seats or a sticky steering wheel or bits rotting in the mats. Though you wouldn't see it under the dog hair, but that's not the point. :p

    I keep a meal bar in my purse for those "just in case" moments, but generally nothing is consumed in the car except for coffee on the way to work.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I don't keep snacks in my car for my daily commute. I occasionally do acquire snacks for my long trips with my family.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited September 2017
    I already can't keep snacks in my house. If I kept snacks in my car, I'd never stop eating!
  • Maxxitt
    Maxxitt Posts: 1,281 Member
    The only time I travel with snacks is if I am on a road trip and don't want to spend money at the rest stops.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    No...food is not allowed in my car...it's disgusting...kind of like eating in bed.

    Besides, I'm pretty sure I can make my commute without a snack...I'm sure one of the drivers of the obesity epidemic is this constant need to snack everywhere you go.
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Nope. No car snacks.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Don't have a car, don't drive...have snacks in my cupboard at work though : )
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I live in Southern California - things heat up when left in the car. I wouldn't want to eat much of anything that had been in there too long...Nope. B)
  • bobshuckleberry
    bobshuckleberry Posts: 281 Member
    Every day no. Trips yes.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    I keep a snack bar in my bag but don't leave anything in my car.

    I'd bring food for a long drive - something longer than two hours though.
  • LaReinaDeCorazones
    LaReinaDeCorazones Posts: 274 Member
    I live in Arizona, so most of the time, it's too hot to keep anything in there. I will take something with me to snack on at work, but that's about it
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