Healthy Holiday Traveling

For most of us, Christmas time also means traveling! If you are trying to stay healthy, it can be hard while traveling which is why I always pack my own meals and snacks for when I travel. 

Whether it's a road trip or flying I always bring food with me. Most people don't know this, but you can fly with your own food! I either stick it in my carry on or bring a small lunch cooler bag. There is nothing worse than being stuck in an airport with nothing but crappy overpriced food options. Bringing your own food not only saves your waistline, but it saves your wallet too! Airport food is expensive!!

Below are some of the different food I have taken with me on trips, to hopefully help give you some ideas on what to bring!

I brought this on a road trip a few months back

I brought this with me on a recent flight. (I chugged the green juice right before security). The leopard print bag is my little cooler bag that kept my food cold for the flight. ($8 at Old Navy!) The right is overnight oats topped with berries that I had for breakfast at the airport that morning.

This was my lunch on my flight out to start Warped Tour this past summer

Individually bag your oats (for breakfast) and green smoothie powder so they can easily be made while on vacation. This is a good picture of what I generally pack with me whenever I go on vacation. All of this fit in 1 gallon sized ziplock, so it didn't take up much room in my suitcase and I had healthy snacks, breakfasts and my vitamins all ready to go for my entire trip!

Meals and snacks for my recent road trip move out to Nashville. I didn't have to stop for food ever, which made the drive shorter and I didn't have to eat any fast food or gas station junk!

My flight out to Colorado a few days ago had me leaving my house at 8am and I didn't arrive at my house in Telluride until 9pm. So I went to Whole Foods the night before and got enough food for lunch and dinner. The total: $12. Cheaper than a single meal in the airport (and infintely healthier!)

Flying Over the Holidays? Bring Your Meals With You!

I flew out to Telluride, CO last Saturday. My family has a home out there and we always spend Christmas up here. I left my house at 6am and wasn't getting in Telluride until almost 1pm and I knew I wouldn't find anything healthy in the airport so I packed breakfast, lunch and a snack to tide me over until I got there.

I always fly with my meals. You can even pack a cooler with ice packs if you so desire but I generally pack too much other stuff so I just throw my food in my purse.
I chugged an organic veggie juice I had picked up the night before on my way to the airport. (it was 6am- I forgot to take a pic, sorry!) I got one of my favorites from Juiceland- The Fountain (carrot, ginger, beet, kale, spinach, parsley, celery, added cucumber & turmeric) I also had a tall soy cappuccino from Starbucks. I generally avoid soy but this was a very special occasion!

I finally had my breakfast around 8:30 after I boarded my plane. The veggie juice and coffee kept me good until then. I had half of this Vigilant Eats Superfood cereal (it's the best oatmeal I've ever had! Gluten free, low in sugar-uses coconut sugar- and it works with cold water so no need to find hot water!) I also had a container of cut up grapefruit from Whole Foods.

I brought a packet of raw almond butter which I used half in my oatmeal and then I saved the other half of the packet to eat later with an organic apple I brought. 

For lunch I had my favorite quinoa ever from Juiceland- Quinoa Ranchero (sorry about the horrible pic. I was so hungry when I ate this that I could hardly wait to take a pic! oops)

Along with this kale-avocado salad from Whole Foods. I had some shredded carrots & broccoli in my fridge that I added to the top of it as well. :)

Having my meals and snacks with me kept me from eating really expensive unhealthy food at the airport. I felt great getting into Telluride! (even though we got in way later than expected- but thats a story for another day)