Travel, eating out, and trying to lose weight.

jennwill3

Hello Everyone,
I travel for my work and many times for pleasure. I have found it is harder to stay in a route when you can not even stay in one time zone. Recently work, life, and travel got the better of me and I am now starting over to get into shape. Any other Road Warriors out there that struggle with getting and staying on the wagon.

Running_and_Coffee

Hi, I'm one!! I travel a few times a month for work.

A few things: I try to make "adventurous eating" something I reserve for the fun vacations I take with my family 1-2x a year, and not get all crazy with local delicacies when traveling.

I pack a lot of my own stuff, all designed to keep me satisfied so I won't over do it at a restaurant. I bring things like raw almonds, lean turkey jerky, bananas. I bring squares of dark chocolate--one for each night--and that's my dessert, erasing any option to try a "real" dessert at a restaurant.

I bring a measuring cup to ensure I'm not eating more than a cup of the oatmeal I order from room service and a tablespoon to make sure I'm not putting too much milk in my coffee. I get 2 hardboiled eggs with the breakfast order and eat 1-2 of them during the day as snacks, along with fruit from the hotel lobby.

I workout most days of the trips in the hotel gym.

My company doesn't pay for lunch when you travel unless it's a work meeting, so I pack my own lunch for the plane ride if I'm flying during lunch hours. I say no to cookies, crackers and peanuts passed out on the plane and order club soda because it fills me up.

Sunna_W

If you know where you are going and get to choose where you eat google / yelp around to see menus, especially ones that display calories. I dislike chains usually, but, they seem to be the ones that provide "nutrition" information. Look for words like "fresh" (salads). Be wary of items like add-ons like meat and chicken and sea food. Many of these items are "marinated" bathed in sugar to aid in preserving them. Look for burgers (five guys does a naked burger) using fresh ground meat. For breakfast - you can make up your own protein powder with dried ingredients and then get septic packs of your choice of non-dairy milk in 8 oz servings at your destination. Most hotels have fridges and if you call in advance you can get a room with one.

candylilacs

Do get a grocery store near your hotel. What you will get breakfast buffet: carbs, carbs, and more carbs. Eggs and salsa (get at a grocery store), fruit, hardboiled eggs (get at grocery store or room service), or strawberry/peach/banana spread atop one waffle. I finish that with a cup of tea.

You get to make your own sandwiches (that's where fridges come in)! I make the trip to Coronado Island (very expensive San Diego) every year, and I keep it to a budget and meal plan. There's this place "La Salsa" and the even have street tacos (mini-corn tortillas and chicken or beef) or 350 calories. I even make it to the gym!

fitmom4lifemfp

Protein bars.

cwolfman13

I don't travel to work much anymore, but I used to travel about 25 weeks out of the year. I always made sure I picked a room with a kitchenette and would grocery shop for my own food. I also made use of the fitness center.

I do travel for pleasure relatively frequently...I usually expect maintenance when I'm on vacation. For the most pat I make good food decisions and I'm usually pretty active just being out and about and I'll do other activities related to wherever I'm going...cabin in the mountains over the 4th and I'll be doing some mountain biking...if I'm on a beach vacation I spend a good amount of time on a beach cruiser and doing my best attempt at surfing, etc...

kenyonhaff

I find when travelling or even just having to get fast food in general, I research go-to menu options that will easily fall in my diet plan. And know which ones to really, really avoid. Of course this works best in places like within the USA or Canada where you're likely to find a McDonald's or the like, but the advice still holds.

For instance, when I go to McDonald's I get a cheese-free egg McMuffin with coffee. Or a Southwestern salad. Or a grilled chicken sandwich. I try not to order fries...major calorie bomb.

At Subway there's a bunch of good options, especially since I highly control what goes in there.

Almost any plain cheese pizza slice (not SLICES or supersized slice) is around 250-350 calories.

Prepackaged salads are often good but I hold suspect unless I can see the nutritional info... a lot of them have a lot of hidden fat and calories.

kenyonhaff

And I try to pack protein bars and jerky to avoid situations where the only snack available are really unhealthy options like candy and potato chips.