Hi,

Thanks for your question.

It's definitely worth prepping some food in advance as you say, as allowing yourself to get overly hungry inevitably leads to cravings for less healthy foods! There are plenty of things you can prepare in advance to eat on route and these don't have to be typical breakfast foods - you should be aiming for nutritious foods. So opting for fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and lean protein will help to start your day off the way you intend to go on.

I've included some ideas below for you to try:

Fruit

Why not chop up a fruit salad and put it in a tub in the fridge the night before. Melon, apple, banana, grapes, strawberries are all great choices. You can cut them into mouth size pieces to nibble on on the go. Very low calorie too!

Smoothie

You could prepare your smoothie ingredients in advance and pop them in a food bag in the freezer. Then in the morning, quickly wiz them up in the blender and put the smoothie in a travel mug for the journey. There are loads of ingredients you can use other than just fruit. Here's a link to some great options on the BBC Food website.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/smoothie

Sandwich

You could make up a sandwich or wrap the night before and cut it into little mouth sized pieces ready for the road. Opt for wholemeal bread, plenty of salad and lean protein such as eggs, tuna, chicken, turkey, lean ham or low fat cheese

Hard boiled eggs and veg sticks

Why not hard boil and peel a couple of eggs ready to eat on the journey, along with a selection of vegetable sticks such as carrot, celery, pepper and cucumber. You could also have some higher fibre oat cakes or Ryvitas for example, for some added fibre and carbohydrates. It's fine to eat a selection of things like this to start the day - you don't have to have what is considered a typical breakfast meal.

Peanut butter on toast

If you have time, perhaps you could toast a couple of slices of wholemeal bread and top them with peanut butter and banana for the road. You could chop the toast into little pieces for easy eating on the go.

Cereal bar and fruit

There is a huge variety of breakfast bars available now, so have a look down the cereal aisle and pick up some bars to have on the go. Having one of these with a banana for example, is much better than having nothing at all and then reaching for the biscuit tin mid-morning!

I hope this helps to give you a few ideas of things to try!

Best wishes

Emma

Nutracheck Nutritionist