Healthy meals on the road

The formula is pretty simple - burn more calories per day than you eat, BUT make sure your stomach doesn't get empty or your body will trigger "starvation" mode and slow down your metabolism.

That means doing more exercise, and/or eating less. Eat 6 small meals per day, not 1 big one. Drink less coffee/tea/coke and drink water instead. Eat fresh as much as possible, and avoid fried foods. Eat some fat every day but avoid the bad ones.

Your formula so far is working, so just keep it going while on the tag-along.

Good luck :)

Lots of things you could do - a fairly small piece of lean meat (steak, lamb, pork, chicken or fish) with veggies or salad (gotta watch those sauces though). The only problem with things like that is keeping it all fresh and the space all the veggies take up. A bag or 2 of frozen veggies would be alright - not as good as fresh veggies but not a bad substitute.

Soup is also good (we usually have home made chicken soup) or stews (take a long time but wouldn't be too bad if you were in one place for a few days). Roast and veggies would be good too. These options are basically what I eat every night for dinner, with salad and tuna or chicken for lunch and eggs for breakfast. I eat next to no carbs and have so far lost about 20kg in 8 weeks. It's not too bad to do all of this while camping, mind you we haven't been on any extended trips since I've been on my diet - just a few weekenders.

If you stick to natural foods (veggies, not too much fruit) and small helpings of meat then you should be pretty right. Walking for half an hour a day will also help, but I know not always possible! Best of luck.

Hi Montemoo ,

Half ya luck loosing weight , good on ya not as easy taking it off as puting it on in the first place.
My other half would make us wraps when we were travelling, grated carrot, lettuce, tomato, cheese and a small can of flavoured tuna.
I'm sure that it couldn't be too fatting I could of eaten 2 or 3 but was only allowed one.
Keep up the good work,

Cheers Scoof.... :-)

While travelling, especially the 3rd week away from a shop, fresh food is not so easy.

So for nibbles,

Trying to keep away from nuts etc., which although healthy, have high calory counts.

I love vegies, so often munch on raw cabbage, garlic, celery etc while travelling.

Apples and oranges and other fruits keep for two weeks, so good to start on.

Breakfast is usually muesli, home made with plenty of oats and cut back on the dried fruit and nuts, just enough for flavour. Add powdered milk when you make it so it is just a drop in the mug, mix with water for an instant breakfast. Those oats keep expanding for a few hours in the stomach and keep you going well to morning tea.

Otherwise we use one/two pot recipes for main meals.
Plenty of curries, pastas, curried suasages, packet meals like risa-reso.

As said before, make sure you have a good drink of water 20 minutes before eating. Often dehydration is mistaken for hunger, so have a drink of water before resorting to nibbling.

Campbells Velish soup in those tetra packs. Haven't had for a while but if I recall the ingredients list appears to be all natural vegies and no additives. Don't need to store refridgerated, just pop open, pour into pot and heat. Packaging crushes down flat and can be tossed in a recycling bin when next going through a town (or burnt...).

I would recommend going along to an outdoors shop and looking at the range of dehydrated packaged meals available. They should be healthy enough.

I'll probably be shot and delivered to hell for this.....!

Hard work is the deliverer of an appetite (unless something has changed in the last week). The body requires an energy input relative to out put. Therefore, the question becomes one of need.

I'm now going to hide under my little rock.

LOL

Regards

I lost 10kg just by all the exercise I/we did walking into scenic spots etc. Also we didn't stock all the usual stuff you have at home + you dodn't have the luxury of having a big fridge and freezer you can continually raid. Found also ( i do all the cooking whether home or travelling), that you don't eat as much while on the road. You don't drink as much and tend to go to bed earlier as well.
Also as a traveller you'll be on a tight budget so extravegances will be limited.
Buy fresh where you can and buy lean meats. We found that the cryavaced chicken roasts from Woolies or Coles were good value and gave enough for lunches the next day. If cooked in the maranade they were fairly well fat free and cheap as chips. And there's not many chips in the middle of nowhere.

Hi Montemoo,
I have also been on the shake diet "Medical Vita Diet" and lost 9 kg and my husband over 12kg since February. I am finding it hard to be on it over winter though. The best thing is to limit your carb intake
and if you are feeling hungry try haveing protein. Almonds are ok to have but in moderation. For a savoury biscuit try the Arnotts Cruskits. We love these spread with marg and vegemite, or meat and salads.
Where I go for my shakes is at a gym not a pharmacy and the lady who runs it will post the shakes to anywhere in Australia. If you would like her email addy I will post it on the forum.

There is a cookbook out where these mums have recipies using no more than four ingredients, so that could be worth looking at. I don't have it as yet but you should find it in one of the book stores.

Roslyn

The little rip top cans of baked beans are the go. If you get hungry, just tear the lid off and drink 'em.

Tasty, cheap, last forever, no clean up, low in fat and high in fibre. Perfect! They keep your innards in good nick too which makes bush dumps a lot more pleasant.

I lost 13kg eating beans and apples. Felt good too.

And here's a tip, keep them in the Engel, they taste better cold.

Carry, crunchy carrots for snacks on the road. Apples, and other fruit. Even nuts.

Stop at supermarkets and get the makings of salads....

Most important, walk enough to get a good puff up each day.

If you don't feel hungry before meals, then you are overeating.

I always add a few kilos travelling [or used to]

Best of luck.