travelling people

Check that your hotels have gyms, microwaves, refrigerators.
Usually the cook in the hotel restaurants can accommodate you for low calories options -- no sauce for ex.

I always pack airport snacks just because food is so stupid expensive in airports. Bring an empty water bottle to fill after you get through security to save money. But if you have long layovers and need food...I think the little sandwich stands aren't too bad. If it's a huge airport with a lot of big name restaurants you could maybe get some salad type meals.

As for traveling. If you're gonna be in the same hotel long enough maybe just run to a convenience store for snacks and light meals. I think it's easiest to keep breakfast foods in hotel rooms provided there's a fridge, and you can avoid picking pastries at the hotel breakfasts haha. Or just scope out the free breakfast at the hotel. A lot of places now do things like basic scrambled eggs, toast, fresh fruit, etc.

Restaurants are easiest to me if I know the menu ahead of time. A lot of them put menus online, the big name chains do nutritional info too which is nice. But common sense usually dominates here (baked will be less calories than fried, heavy sauces will be high calorie, don't overeat the bread rolls, haha)

I'm actually going on vacation next week and I wasn't planning on logging much. Since I'm more or less in maintenance mode I don't care about 5 days eating whatever (within reason) - and even if you're trying to lose, 5 days isn't going to kill you. So don't stress too much, just make some common sense choices and you'll be fine.

And if you're gonna be drinking, have water between drinks. Probably the smartest choice if you're doing business meetings anyway haha. But the water between booze will stop you from overdoing it.

Hey, congrats on your first successful day. Hubby travels domestically quite often for work and we've worked on some tips that help him manage quite well.

He packs meal/ protein bars for long work days. We like Zone Bars and Life Choice(Walmart brand)These can serve as a snack or meal if necessary. @ the hotel he makes sure he has plenty of bottled water, generally eats oatmeal with fruit and eggs for breakfast. Dinners often consist of fish or seafood as it's low in calories but high in protein.

We bought travel sized pistachios that he brings on longer flights. Airports usually offer some type of yogurt option or salad, but he tries to avoid eating at the airport if possible.

When dining out, he asks for a to go box to control portions.

Good luck!!

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Tomorrow I'll grab a banana or an orange in the hotel to avoid being too hungry and have an healthy snack available, problem will be dinner were I have a cooking dinner...let's see.

That is what I try to do too. Most breakfast buffets have fruit there and I always grab two pieces for during the meetings. That way I bring my own snack. In the past, when there were only cookies and chocolate snacks I have asked for fruit at the meeting and got it daily from then on. Funny thing was that the fruit was eaten more than the cookies. However not every meeting place can provide that service in an instant.