Logging food intake when traveling

thewordwarrior

Hey!

I'm brand new to MFP, so I'm trying to be really diligent about logging my foods and keeping myself accountable. However, for the next week I'll be on a business trip, where meals will be provided for me. Does anyone have any advice about how to estimate food values when you're not preparing the food yourself? I'm also a little unsure as to how to keep track of portion sizes and measurements when, again, it's a company buffet (ugh...) for a whole week. Any tips, tricks, or advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't think I'll have a problem with overeating, I think my problem mostly lies with being able to track what I do eat. Thanks!

Morgan

nannukka

I am actually right now on my vacation in New York City. It is our20th wedding anniversary trip so I am not too concerned what I am eating but I do want to log daily. So I eat what I eat. In my situation I think LITTLE bit what I eat, but not really. I figure, I eat what I eat, and I walk miles and miles per day. We have only used subway once now, so it balances out a bit. If this would be other type of trip (like business trip) I would just try to make smart choices by staying away from fried stuff and if eating only little of the "not so good stuff" if I had to/wanted to eat that. You are right about the difficulty of trying to figure out the calorie amounts. I just put it in the MFP, try to find something similar, but with all honesty, that is pure guessing since you didn't cook it yourself (or it's not even a chain restaurant type of thing). If you just can, try to exercise (but it might be hard depending where you are, how busy your business schedule is and if your hotel has gym or not). If you can have walks/runs - do. Main thing is that you get right back to it WHEN you come back. Don't stress too much about it. This is a long trip to the healthy self. Not a sprint. If you look at it like that, one week is not a problem.