Nowadays, it feels near impossible to eat healthy while traveling.

Whether driving, flying, taking a train, or riding a bus, the experience is usually exhausting. Couple it with the fact that there’s a huge lack of healthy fast food options, and you’re pretty much guaranteed to end up with a greasy hamburger and sugary coke. Or a Taco Bell burrito. Or Panda Express general Tso’s chicken.

While flying home this past week, I found myself surrounded by fast food restaurants that left something to be desired.

I’m a personal trainer and self-proclaimed fitness fanatic. So while you’d think I’d have figured out how to circumvent these unhealthy temptations, I found myself very ill-prepared.

My high school cross country team had a funny saying.

One of the girl’s moms made AMAZING chocolate chip cookies. Like, unreal. I’ve never tasted anything like them since.

When this teammate brought the cookies to our races, we’d all practically foam at the mouth.

So our team’s saying used to go, “The faster you run, the faster you’re done…and get cookies!”

Fall is finally here! And I don’t mean just the first “official” day of fall. I mean the cold fronts have swept in and finally sent us indoors, searching for coats, blankets, and warm baked goods.

The first time I felt chilly walking outside, I could practically smell the pumpkin spice in the air.