Traveling Lean

When you’re on the road, it’s easy to leave your healthy intentions behind. Here are travel tips for eating healthy on the road.

Eating healthy on the road
* In hotels, your budget allows, ask for a room with a mini-fridge or microwave so you can have some of your meals there. The front-desk staff can point you to the nearest grocery store.
* If you’re driving, pack a picnic lunch or dinner to eat at a rest stop (save the roadside restaurants for coffee and bathroom stops). For longer trips, bring a cooler and stock it with meal-ready nutritious staples like cut up veggies, bottled water and string cheese.
* On planes trains and buses, tuck emergency rations in your carry-on bag (if regulations permit). Think there’s nothing healthy to eat in the terminal or station? Au contraire.

Here are five airport/train/bus station fallbacks you can almost always count on.