Seven tips to eat healthy while you travel.

Traveling is fun and exciting. We get away from reality, visit new places, immerse ourselves in different cultures, and build memories with family and friends.

However, once we get back home it can leave us tired, run-down, and in need of a vacation from our vacation. Have you ever felt this way?

I have good news for you!  You can still take a vacation and not come home feeling run down. By eating healthy foods (most of the time), making sure you get plenty of sleep and rest, and by listening to your body you won't need a vaca from your vaca.

Here are some simple tips to help you stay on track with your health and fitness goals, while still being able to enjoy food while traveling.

1) Scope out local grocery stores before you go so that you can shop when you get there and make a list of the things you will need to buy.

2) Plan your meals ahead of time. How often do you plan eating out? Work around that to make your list. Are you eating dinner at a restaurant three out of seven days? What are you going to have the other four evenings? Plan it and add it to your list.

3) Eat regularly and snack during the day. I get it! You are leaving at 10 am for a hike and don't plan on being back till 3 pm?  Don't skip lunch- pack it. Bring the snacks! Graze all day, which brings me to my next point:

4)  Bring snacks for in between meals (don't forget to pack a lunch tote, ice packs, sandwich bags, and utensils as needed).

Snack ideas:

• Tuna pouches
• Trail mix
• Fresh Fruit
• Protein powder
• Cheese sticks
• Yogurt
• Homemade "Lara" balls (see recipe in recipe section of my blog)
• Popcorn
• Fresh veggies with hummus
• Peanut butter
• Honey (raw, local- electrolytes and energy) for your water

5) If you are going to indulge do so wisely. Get the burger, but skip the bun or only eat half. Have salads and load up on veggies when eating out!

6) Alcohol. If you are drinking alcohol alternate every drink with water. Calories from alcohol add up quick! Try not to drink the trip away. This goes for other beverages as well. 

7) Don't eat until you want to throw up. Sometimes I think- I'm on vacation, I'm going to throw all of my guidelines out the window and eat everything and anything. Then reality hits! Just because I am on vacation doesn't mean I need to eat every meal like it's my last.

There you have it! Seven amazing tips on how to eat healthy and on track with your fitness goals while you travel.

XO

Stephanie