Away with Work next week - HELP!

Hello,

I would drink a bottle of fizzy water before each meal as this will help to fill you up and not want to eat so much. Also don't keep any change on you as you'll be tempted to hit the vending machines late at night.
You could also try looking for the meal online to plan calories before hand?

Hope some of this helps!
-Beatmyblub

You're letting your diet take over your life. Work is important (I'm guessing) so you have to do this and find a way to make it work.

You can do this.

You ARE in control of what you eat - you can choose wisely off the menu, not have huge portions, and remind yourself that this a lifestyle change.

Which chain restaurant is it, they might have an online menu? Are you eating 3 meals a day there?

If it was me, I'd go for porridge or poached eggs for breakfast, easy on the toast, a soup for lunch, and whatever fish option they had for dinner unless it was fried. If you're there all week, make friends with the waiting staff and chef if you can, they'll be able to give you extra salad, or maybe grill something instead of frying it.

Why?
I mean - I used to stay away a lot when I worked full time, and indeed I am going to a conference in Vegas in May where the challenges will be far worse than a premier inn!

What do you have now for breakfast? I have poached or scrambled eggs, grilled bacon, tomatoes - pretty much any breakfast buffet will have those. I alternate with greek yoghurt, honey, sometimes fruit or toast - again pretty much everything will have that.
I don't know of any place that doesn't offer fruit, low fat yoghurts, as well as the more calorific options.

Lunch was always more of a problem - canteens normally have soup or salad options - if you are not somewhere where lunch is provided, then you may have to buy something lower cal from shops, but again - most shops and sandwich places can provide soups or salads (I have no idea what you have normally!).
If it is a buffet - there is a generic buffet plate option in here that is a hefty whack of calories, but if that's all that's available to you, then you will have to make do, and try and go for the protein options and leave out the carby sarnies, if that's your preference.

Dinner is, as you say, the main issue.
BUT - again a lot have lower cal options or just ASK - I have asked in the past for a baked potato instead of fries, grilled chicken, or salmon ... there are options available to you.
Just use some common sense and try and pick what you would normally have if you weren't away from home.

If you feel you really can't - then remember this is JUST ONE WEEK.
You are making a lifestyle choice, so you may have to deal with what you have for that week, manage as best you can, and then settle back into your routine.

This is a marathon, not a sprint.

Most places tend to have some options which are lower in calories, thinks like salad instead of fries help too. I'm sure wherever you go you'll be able to find something to fit in with what you want.

Just watch for Premier Inn random fire alarms at 2am

"I will be completely out of control of what I eat."

Really? I had a look at their website and it doesn't mention force feeding...

Just make sensible choices from the menu and eat only as much as you want to. Plate push-away is a great exercise.

I had a job for 3 years that meant staying mainly in Prem Inns round the country at least 2 times a month adn I spent regular time at one in Leicester. The food is not the best but as others have said, go for things like poached egg for breakfast. that is not in the buffet but you can ask for it, (I have many times) but even the bacon, along with tinned tomatoes and beans, won't be too bad. They do do porridge too though I can't stand the stuff and there is always fruit salad and yogurt in the buffet so that, with a piece of toast is ok.

Tea is not the best there as most of the stuff is fried but they do have the odd healthy option and/or you can always order things like Chicken and an extra bowl of side salad and just ignore the chips!! (they are pretty rubbish anyway)

Just build in a nice long walk each evening or, if it is possible, maybe a walk to where ever you are working each day if it is near enough to do and long enough to be a decent march.

I would also stock up on healthy snacks for when you don't feel like having the prem inn food, and as you are away with work, expect to be offered drinks most evenings so alternate with soft drinks, stay in room with a good book and/or having fun having the tv remote to yourself or , if colleagues will pressure you, give a reason why you can't drink for a week, then you are stuck with that lol.

Plan beforehand and be determined. Stay away from bread and bad carbs. Order grilled vegetables or salad as your side dish. It takes longer to chew. If you have to have a starter due to a peer pressure, go for a salad. Stay focused and log in your food, it will help you not to go over the board.

One more thing - Ask at desk if they are affiliated with a gym to use for free or nominal fee!!!

1. Hotels have gyms. No excuses

2. Don't over eat stuff that isn't new or unique. You KNOW what a cheeseburger and fries tastes like, so no reason to hurt your progress because of it.

Enjoy

No gyms in Prem Inns I am afraid. It's a uk budget chain where the rooms are pretty decent with good beds but they don't offer much more.