Eating Healthy on the Road

When you're trying to stay healthy while traveling, the continental breakfast at your hotel just isn't going to cut it. With selections like cherry-filled danishes, bagels, and sugar-coated cereal, you really don't have many options to form a balanced breakfast.

Every once in a while, you get lucky with an omelet bar that has egg-whites or some fat-free plain yogurt with fresh fruit, but it's unlikely.

This past weekend on my trip up the coast, I wasn't lucky.

So what did I do? Headed to Starbucks.

Now before you start blasting me with the stats on Frappachinos and "reduced-fat" muffins, let me explain. Starbucks actually has some really healthy breakfast options.

My fav: the Perfect Oatmeal.

Ditch the dried fruit (100 calories) and the brown sugar (50 calories), and replace with cinnamon, and a sliced banana (80 calories). You can keep the almonds if you like (100 calories), and the whole thing only adds up to about 320 calories with a nice balance of carbs and fat.

I like to compliment this with a tall half non-fat/half soy latte, with an extra shot of espresso. This completes the protein aspect of the meal for approximately, 100 calories. And the soy adds a hint of vanilla, without any artificial sweeteners. Delish!

The boyfriend likes to get the Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon and Egg White Sandwich.

This baby also weighs in at 320 calories. With 18 grams of healthy protein and 3 grams of fiber from the multigrain english muffin, this is a great choice to get a healthy balance of fat, protein and carbs.

He likes to jazz his breakfast up with an unsweetened black ice tea with a splash of soy milk. The milk makes it tastes like a latte without all the extra cals (this one weighs in around 20).

Now if you're a numbers person you're thinking, "Whitney totally eats more calories than her boyfriend!" First off: What are you a scientist? I demand a recount!

Second, he totally eats two sandies sometimes (sorry babe, I had to throw you under the bus to preserve my image).

Some other cheap, healthy on-the-go options are: