eating healthy while travelling on work..pl help!

Supjourney2fitness
Supjourney2fitness Posts: 7
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After being a lazy bum over pver two years, i finally started on MFP.. And lost wt...yay.. But the bummer is that i had to travel on work the past two days.. No healthy eating options and it wrecked my exercise plan too...This is slightly demorivating to the say the least... :-(

How do you manage to stick to eating right and working out when you are travelling? Any tips?

Thanks!
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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I remember having to do this too.

    I would travel for a week at a time be home on weekends...

    I would choose like I do now...if it was a fast food spot...grilled chicken with a salad...if it was a nice resturant, seafood and chicken and veggies

    I would go for a walk after I was done work usually 30mins or go to the hotel gym...I often would walk to the grocery store near by and pick up my food for breakfast and snacks for the hotel instead of eating from the vending machine.
  • LTKeegan
    LTKeegan Posts: 354 Member
    Can you get your work to pay for a hotel with a kitchenette or even a microwave? If yes, you could pack food you make at home and microwave. Otherwise, you could pack yogurt and granola for breakfast and grab those pre-packaged grocery store salads for lunch. That at least gets you 2/3 or the way there!
  • Supjourney2fitness
    Supjourney2fitness Posts: 7
    Hi LTkeegan,
    Sadly no. I have to stay where they put me up.....
  • Supjourney2fitness
    Supjourney2fitness Posts: 7
    Hey sezxystef,
    Thanks a lot! easy tips which didn't strike me.. Should've found half an hour to walk... Next time!
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    I just read an article about convenience stores starting to have more health options like apples and bananas and Greek yogurt. It may take a little looking around. I try not to eat the rice or potato they serve at hotels because they are usually loaded with butter. Good luck.
  • Miamiuu
    Miamiuu Posts: 262 Member
    Stick with meat or a veggies or if you get fast food have a sandwich, or burger and skip the fries. Also you can go to convenience stores and they sell things like beef jerky and some sell salads. Also if you are gone for awhile and your room has a fridge and micro go shopping.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    Track everything. Try to search restaurants in advance in the area so that you know what options are available and the rough calorie counts. It's rough for me; I travel to the middle of nowhere and there aren't a lot of vegetarian options in most of them. A little research can go a long way. That way, when you get hungry, you already know what your best bets are.
  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
    I've been lucky on travel and can get a hotel with a kitchen or mini fridge at a minimum, but on the occasions I am stuck without my own food, I try to keep choices at restaurants as healthy as I can and will get half the order to go for lunch the next day (if a fridge is available) just as a way to keep my portions smaller. Most of the places I stay have some kind of fitness center, even if just a few treadmills. If not, I can do body weight work and exercises in a HIIT style in my room. 15-30 min each day should be doable in the morning or before bed. I sometimes carry a resistance band with me to supplement the body weight work.

    I am on about 50% travel time right now and it isn't easy to keep on track. Last time I traveled at this rate, I gained 10 lbs in about 4 months. This time around I'm trying to be more proactive about it and put in full effort when at home and trying not to be super lazy when gone.
  • NanzyBoek
    NanzyBoek Posts: 151 Member
    I travel to! Some great advice above.

    Pre-planning helps me. I bring healthy snacks for on the plane, make sure my hotel has a gym so i can at least go for a walk.
    Go to store and stock up on healthy snacks and tea while Im in that city.
    I even bring instant oatmeal with me, its a better option then some of the continental breakfasts.
    For lunch/dinner out you can always modify a meal to make it healthier or stay safe with a salad & fish or chicken.

    My problem after 2-3days of making healthy choices I fall off the wagon and have a hard time getting back on :(
  • Tillyecl1
    Tillyecl1 Posts: 189 Member
    I take all my snacks (healthy) with me, as well as 'breakfast biscuits' so I can have that and fruit for breakfast (instead of having to face the cheese/bread/fry up/pastry based temptations available. I also tend to take an 'emergency' noodle where you just add water (as most hotels have a kettle), and have that with a green salad that you can normally get from a supermarket or the hotel if you ask nicely, just incase there are no healthy options available. I always keep up my exercise whilst I'm away, if I'm lucky in the gym, if not running outside. I make sure I log everything. It's hard but I spend so much time travelling that if I didn't do this it would totally mess up my goals.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I always keep a bag of "emergency" snacks on me, so if I'm in a pinch and don't have access to any healthy foods, then I at least have something on me. I usually pack clementines, protein bars (I like quest brand and balance brand personally), and then I always have something to snack on. As far as meals out while traveling, I just ask the waitress to have my veggies steamed, and you can order chicken With that too. :-)
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    I took up running again, after nearly 2 decades away, because it's a great exercise for traveling. You just need a good pair of shoes, socks, shorts, and a t-shirt from spring to fall, and in the winter, not much more (a long-sleeved shirt, maybe a light jacket, and some tights). I also walk as much as possible, and take stairs rather than the elevator when the stairs are accessible.

    You can also hit the hotel gym if it has one. And if you do a web search for "7 minute workout" (or follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/o8qfcfo) you'll get a good all-around workout that can be done in most hotel rooms.

    For food, I eat at delis or self-service counters when possible; if not, I just leave food on the plate. You can order appetizers as main courses, too. If I have a substantial breakfast, I will just skip lunch or have a piece of fruit.

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