Wait, don’t leave the house! Do you have food and snacks with you?

Sticking to healthy nutrition when you’re out and about can be difficult. This is particularly difficult if you leave the house without food or snacks in your possession. If you are committed to improving your health and losing weight, then your daily nutrition is what will help you successfully achieve this goal.

Instead of making the weight loss process more difficult than it needs to be, get an edge by making sure that every time you leave the house to go to work or run errands, you have a supply for when it’s time to eat.

If you don’t arm yourself with the proper portions of meals and snacks, you open yourself up to the unhealthy nutritional temptations that often arise when hunger cravings begin to kick in. When cravings take over, that’s when we’re at our weakest, which means willpower can, figuratively speaking, go out the window.

Think about the last time you were really hungry at work and had no food from home. What did you choose to eat that particular day? Was it a huge meal from a local fast food place or something equally huge from your workplace cafeteria? If so, these are exactly the types of scenarios you want to try and avoid if you’re focused on losing weight and improving your health.

The truth of the matter is, even the best intentions for healthy nutrition can be set aside when it comes time to eat lunch, especially if the rumblings in your stomach are getting louder by the minute. If you’re not used to making healthy choices, you’ll likely lean toward what you used to eat. This can be a bacon cheeseburger with fries and a soda, or a fried chicken meal with potato wedges, macaroni and cheese, and an energy drink.

Guess what? These meals will not help your weight loss efforts and you will find yourself stuck in the same rut without making any progress in shedding those extra pounds. This is the number one reason why you should be prepared before you leave home for work and have food and snacks in your possession. A healthy lunch along with one or two healthy pre-portioned snacks to eat in between will be perfect for your nutrition on the go.

By staying adequately fueled throughout the day, you’ll prevent hunger cravings from kicking in, which means you’ll never have to give in to vending machine urges or trips to fast food places.

To ensure you have food to take to work, when you prepare dinner at home, prepare a little more than you normally would. With leftover food, simply store in plastic travel containers, place in the fridge or freezer and voila, your lunchtime meals on the go are ready to go.

We hope you’ll keep this article in mind the next time you’re out of the house for more than a few hours. Just because you’re away from home doesn’t mean you have to be sick. Stick to your plan, be prepared by having food and snacks with you, and you’ll have a healthy and nutritious day.